Simon Jack

Of course it matters if companies list in the UK. CBI chair Rupert Soames talks to me about stemming exodus of public companies.

ICYMI: CBI Chair Rupert Soames spoke to @BBCNews @BBCSimonJack about the critical need to implement timely and targeted reforms to ensure that the UK’s public markets once again underpin growth, innovation, and economic resilience. Watch it here:

Anyone seen Mountainhead. My take - not very subtle - the Thiel and Musk characters thinly disguised but it was grippingly grotesque and didn't seem totally fantastical. Laugh out loud black humour in parts. reminded me of David Mamet - a Glengarry Glenross for techbros.

Sam Walton’s discount store Walmart is the largest retailer on Earth. 🎧 From celebs and CEOs to sport stars and tech titans, @BBCSimonJack @misszing find out how the world's billionaires made their money bbc.in/40DWQHu

UK vehicle making hits lowest level since 1953. bbc.com/news/articles/…

What’s so great about Alcaraz is that you genuinely feel there is nowhere he’d rather be and nothing he’d rather be doing.

US debt is now $37tn – and headed higher. should we be worried? A few thoughts. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Excellent piece by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in today’s Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/…

Wimbledon. I don’t miss the blazered line judges so much but I kind of miss the appeals/replays tension. Wrrrrr….etc.

Armchair view. IMHO Best bits of Glastonbury so far. Alanis Morrisette, lorde and en vogue. Didn’t get the 1975 set at all. Flimsy.

Legendary Radio 1 DJ Simon Bates gives the Donald Elon bromantic breakdown the Our Tune treatment. Really worth a listen.

UK wins steel tariff reprieve Donald Trump has issued an order raising steel tariffs on all countries from 25-50% EXCEPT the UK which will continue to see tariffs of 25% until a deal agreed between the UK and US to eliminate steel and aluminium tariffs comes into effect

Mining magnate Eike Batista was Brazil’s richest man but corruption led to his downfall 🎧 @BBCSimonJack @misszing find out how the world's billionaires made their money and decide whether they think they're good, bad, or just another billionaire? bbc.in/4kJ6kbT

I play the odd game of scrabble/chess etc on my phone and get these brief ads come up - what’s weird is that they all have this low production value type feel like they were made by amateurs and are very similar. Temu/Royal Match etc. what’s that all about?

My thoughts on 17 years of taxpayer ownership of RBS/Natwest. In case you are wondering, we ended up £10 billion down on the deal. But it was never an investment - it was a rescue. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Apart from the NFFO (fishing lobby) I can't see a single business/group that does not welcome the UK-EU reset. BCC, CBI, IoD, UK Steel, UK Hospitality, British Meat Processors Association, Morrisons, BAE Systems, Salmon Scotland(!), Port of Dover.

Telecoms magnate Strive Masiyiwa escaped kidnap to become Zimbabwe’s first billionaire. 🎧 @BBCSimonJack @misszing find out how the world's billionaires made their money and then decide whether they think they're good, bad, or just another billionaire? bbc.in/433MUZz

UK needs more nuclear to power AI, says Amazon Web Services boss bbc.com/news/articles/… @awscloud @BBCSimonJack @BBCNews

Please don't fine us - Thames Water asks regulator as it seeks new money for turnaround. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Thames Water boss warns of potential hose pipe ban. Chris Weston tells MPs that while he is confident that Thames will not run out of water, he is "not confident" that measures to restrict water usage will not be needed this summer.