Whenever Rachel Watkyn’s job as a business leader thrusts her into the spotlight, she braces herself for a section of the response online: relentless comments about her appearance, misogynistic slurs, threats. “Without doubt it’s getting worse and worse and worse,” says the founder and managing director of Tiny Box Company, the UK’s largest online gift … Read more
How long can it last? Israel and Iran’s endurance battle
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Spotify founder Daniel Ek is leading a €600mn investment in Helsing, valuing the German defence tech group at €12bn and making it one of Europe’s most valuable start-ups. The deal comes as the Munich-based start-up … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is FT Working It editor and author of ‘The Future-Proof Career’ Women are more likely than men to be in jobs at risk of being automated, but are also 25 per cent less … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the EU economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Brussels is considering using an upcoming carbon tax on petrol and home heating to fund the EU budget, risking further controversy over a levy that is unpopular with France and Poland. The emissions levy on … Read more
London is at an increased risk of wildfires this summer, the UK capital’s fire service has warned, as it steps up efforts to prepare for blazes by investing in new equipment and sending firefighters on specialist training. London Fire Brigade, which traditionally has fought property fires rather than those in vegetation, told the Financial Times … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Global banks led by JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America boosted fossil fuel financing by more than one-fifth in 2024, in a major reversal of the trend of recent years, an annual report by … Read more
Blame hotels for ‘overtourism’ in Europe, says Airbnb
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Crypto billionaire Justin Sun’s digital asset platform Tron is set to go public in the US, four months after market regulators agreed to pause a fraud investigation into several of his companies. Tron … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Meta is introducing paid advertising to WhatsApp, as the Big Tech group cashes in on the world’s most popular messaging service. On Monday, WhatsApp, which counts 200mn businesses among its more than 3bn monthly active … Read more