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independent.co.uk

Companies told to stop hiring humans – we’re close to AI job apocalypse

As an AI agency in San Francisco launches a billboard campaign telling bosses to ‘Stop Hiring Humans’, the tech titans are betting big on companies replacing their workers. While their billions of investment are signalling a market crash, it may also be the only thing that slows down unemployment on a massive scale, writes Chris Blackhurst

about 1 month ago

independent.co.uk

Rachel Reeves’s raid on doctors and lawyers is a stroke of genius

Whether you call it a loophole or a tax break, limited liability partnerships are long overdue for the attention of the chancellor, writes Chris Blackhurst

about 1 month ago

independent.co.uk

Could your wages soon be paid in crypto? That just got a big step c...

Rachel Reeves wants Britain to push ahead with stablecoins and Donald Trump is personally invested in crypto, but the Bank of England wants to impose limits, as Chris Blackhurst explains

2 months ago

independent.co.uk

Was snobbery in the City the reason Jet2’s shares crashed?

It’s a no-frills, cheerful holiday company that TikTok loves and is based in the North. So why did the Square Mile not understand how healthy its business was, asks Chris Blackhurst – could it be old-fashioned elitism?

3 months ago

independent.co.uk

My son’s lucrative summer jobs should be a warning sign for British...

It isn’t just that unemployment has hit an all-time high – up 500,000 since Keir Starmer took office – businesses are being stymied by hiring freezes, the hospitality sector is increasingly reliant on agency staff, and the number of NEETs is on the rise. Under Labour, Britain simply isn’t working, says Chris Blackhurst

3 months ago

independent.co.uk

UK businesses are making foreign trade work – despite the obstacles

Trump’s tariffs have made the world of international trade much more difficult, writes Chris Blackhurst. But there are many British businesses which are thriving regardless of the hurdles

4 months ago

independent.co.uk

As unemployment rises, the AI era of universal basic income has jus...

There was a significant uptick in the jobless figures this week, and while many are pointing to the changes to national insurance, there is a more pressing problem facing the government, writes Chris Blackhurst

5 months ago

independent.co.uk

Chris Blackhurst answers your questions on wealth tax – from millio...

Business columnist Chris Blackhurst answered readers’ questions on a potential wealth tax in the UK, from fears of a millionaire exodus and offshore loopholes to Labour’s reluctance to commit

5 months ago

independent.co.uk

What would a wealth tax mean for Britain? Join Q&A with Chris Black...

Award-winning business writer Chris Blackhurst is here to answer your questions as Labour flirts with a wealth tax, investors grow uneasy, and doubts mount over the party’s economic direction

5 months ago

independent.co.uk

Rachel Reeves cannot afford to lose any more non-doms

Even if the exodus of billionaire entrepreneurs and investors has finally forced the chancellor to rethink her decision to tax non-domiciled individuals based on global assets, Chris Blackhurst says she will have much more to do to shake off the feeling that this government cannot abide the ‘filthy rich’

6 months ago

independent.co.uk

The City’s U-turn on WFH tells you everything you need to know abou...

More and more City firms are demanding staff work from their offices, after previously deciding to ditch their office space, writes Chris Blackhurst. But the outcome should be better for business – and for ambitious young employees

6 months ago

independent.co.uk

Donald Trump has hurt Elon Musk deeply – he may never recover from ...

As First Buddy, he was all smiles in the White House, but as he leaves his official role in the Trump administration, the tech billionaire may be just beginning to realise that being part of it was the biggest mistake of his life

6 months ago

independent.co.uk

Meet Trading 212’s Ivan Ashminov, the entrepreneur disrupting the w...

From humble beginnings, Ivan Ashminov has established one of the UK’s biggest savings and investment platforms thanks to his obsession with transformative technology. He tells Chris Blackhurst about his incredible rise – and how the hard work is only just beginning

7 months ago

independent.co.uk

Whisper it, but UK plc is nearly ready for Trump’s new world order

With the US president showing no sign of backing down on tariffs, a global trade war looks likely – but, thanks in part to happy accidents, Britain could be well placed to ride it out, says Chris Blackhurst

8 months ago

independent.co.uk

The anti-Tesla protests will produce a loser – and it will be Musk

Not long ago, Elon Musk was considered a genius who could dock returning space rockets as neatly as a car manoeuvring into a parking space, writes Chris Blackhurst. But the protests against Tesla show no sign of slowing – leaving him with a big decision to make

8 months ago

independent.co.uk

Women show how they’ve powered their way to the top in business

The number of senior positions held by women in British business has grown rapidly in the past decade, writes Chris Blackhurst. There is still much to do – but these leaders are blazing a trail for others to follow

8 months ago

independent.co.uk

Cut benefits by all means, but what happens when there are no jobs?

As Starmer and his colleagues wax lyrical about heightened defence, boosting economic growth and cracking down on welfare, we are not being told how and where jobs will be created, writes Chris Blackhurst

9 months ago

independent.co.uk

The ‘Trump Slump’ is real and has echoes of a Britain broken by Bre...

Leaving the EU would reverse our economic fortunes, Brits were told a mere nine years ago – now the US president is raving about a new era for America as he begins waging trade wars. It’s not hard to see where this is going, writes Chris Blackhurst

9 months ago

independent.co.uk

Jeff Bezos has turned the lights out at the Washington Post - and p...

Would the paper immortalised by ‘All the President’s Men’ bother to dig and expose a latter-day Watergate? Would it even be bothered? Its billionaire owner has given us the answer, writes Chris Blackhurst

9 months ago

independent.co.uk

AI cannot be allowed to thrive at the expense of the UK’s creative ...

Journalism – along with the film, music and television industries – must stand strong in the face of growing power of AI, writes Chris Blackhurst. In the end, we need each other to prosper

9 months ago

independent.co.uk

Elon Musk might want to take a look at himself before sending snark...

The DOGE head claims his message to federal workers asking them to tell him ‘what they achieved last week’ was a ruse to see if they were capable of sending an email. But has he looked at his own house lately, asks Chris Blackhurst

9 months ago

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