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INSIGHT: The Novig Playbook, or How to Turn One Advert Into a Billion Dollars of Attention
Money and Commerce Posted on: September 16, 2026

INSIGHT: The Novig Playbook, or How to Turn One Advert Into a Billion Dollars of Attention

A business columnist tallies what the Sydney Sweeney campaign actually bought the company The Novig Playbook, or How to Turn One Advert Into a Billion Dollars of Attention Strip away the noise and the Sydney Sweeney Novig story is a fairly simple business case, sign […]

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Twenty Ways the Sussexes Are Diversifying, and What North London Business Can Learn
Money and Commerce Posted on: September 16, 2026

Twenty Ways the Sussexes Are Diversifying, and What North London Business Can Learn

A business columnist takes the Harry and Meghan portfolio seriously, briefly Twenty Ways the Sussexes Are Diversifying, and What North London Business Can Learn Harry and Meghans reported list of twenty new financial opportunities reads less like a royal memoir and more like a diversified […]

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Novig Learns That Billion Dollar Volume Buys You a Scandal Free of Charge
Money and Commerce Posted on: September 16, 2026

Novig Learns That Billion Dollar Volume Buys You a Scandal Free of Charge

The business case behind Sydney Sweeneys ad, and whether the backlash was worth the traffic Novig Learns That Billion Dollar Volume Buys You a Scandal Free of Charge Sports prediction platform Novig signed Sydney Sweeney as an equity holding spokesmodel, released a near nude ad […]

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The City Discovers Four Day Weeks, Panics Beautifully
Money and Commerce Posted on: September 16, 2026

The City Discovers Four Day Weeks, Panics Beautifully

North London business owners test flexible hours and their own nerves The City Discovers Four Day Weeks, Panics Beautifully A cluster of small firms across North London are piloting the four day week, and the results so far can be summarised as productivity holding steady […]

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North London Business Diary: A Third Day, Same Headlines, Deeper Boardroom Chatter
Money and Commerce Posted on: September 16, 2026

North London Business Diary: A Third Day, Same Headlines, Deeper Boardroom Chatter

Chelsea Bloom on continued market coverage threaded through with a persistent modern news cycle refusing to settle down Third day now, and the whole office’s collectively decided this week’s four stories are simply the background rhythm to everything we’re discussing, referenced over coffee, argued over […]

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North London Business Diary: Closing Out a Week That Reshaped Professional Conversation Entirely
Money and Commerce Posted on: September 16, 2026

North London Business Diary: Closing Out a Week That Reshaped Professional Conversation Entirely

Chelsea Bloom wraps up seven days where four unrelated headlines dominated boardrooms more thoroughly than actual market movements Final coverage day of the week, and, remarkably, genuinely reshaped reporting, four modern threads woven through analysis that started as purely market-focused material, which I genuinely did […]

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North London Business Diary: Deals, Coffee, and Four Headlines Nobody Predicted
Money and Commerce Posted on: September 16, 2026

North London Business Diary: Deals, Coffee, and Four Headlines Nobody Predicted

Chelsea Bloom on London markets, boardroom gossip, and a week where four unrelated stories dominated business conversation entirely Interest rate speculation should have dominated the boardroom chatter this week, given the timing of the latest announcement and the genuinely significant implications for anyone with a […]

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North London Business Diary: A Second Day of the Same Four Stories in the Boardroom
Money and Commerce Posted on: September 16, 2026

North London Business Diary: A Second Day of the Same Four Stories in the Boardroom

Chelsea Bloom on continued market coverage and a persistent news cycle that’s taken over professional conversation entirely Second day running with the same four stories dominating boardroom conversation, which under ordinary circumstances would genuinely surprise me, given how rarely anyone in finance discusses anything more […]

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North London Business Diary: Deals, Deadlines, and a Documentary Everyone’s Discussing Instead of Interest Rates
Money and Commerce Posted on: September 16, 2026

North London Business Diary: Deals, Deadlines, and a Documentary Everyone’s Discussing Instead of Interest Rates

Chelsea Bloom on London markets, boardroom gossip, and Britain’s billionaire film moment Interest rate speculation should have dominated the boardroom chatter this week, given the timing of the latest announcement and the genuinely significant implications for anyone with a mortgage, a loan, or a business […]

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London Business

London is the engine room of the British economy, a city where a two-bedroom flat costs more than a small country and somehow everybody acts like this is fine. It is home to the Bank of England, the London Stock Exchange, and approximately forty-seven thousand coffee shops staffed by people with economics degrees wondering where it all went wrong.

The City of London, that ancient square mile of suits and spreadsheets, processes trillions of pounds daily and has done so since Romans decided the Thames was a decent place to charge tolls. Canary Wharf arrived later, shinier, and with better sushi, promptly declaring itself the future of finance while the City quietly got on with actually being the future of finance.

London hosts more international headquarters than any other European city, attracts more foreign investment than it has any right to, and charges businesses rents that would make a New York landlord blush. The startup scene in Shoreditch operates on oat milk, optimism, and venture capital, in that order.

For all its contradictions — the wealth beside the food banks, the global ambition beside the collapsed Tube infrastructure — London remains what it has always been. The place where British business comes to be taken seriously, and to pay through the nose for the privilege.

Auf Wiedersehen.

The City of London

Billingsgate, Smithfield, Borough Market — three of the oldest trading markets in the world still operating within a mile of each other. The City of London built its entire commercial identity on the back of fish, meat, and bread sold at dawn before bankers were even awake.

Lloyds of London — the insurance market that will insure literally anything, has done so since 1686, and operates from a building that looks like it was designed by someone who lost a bet. They insured Bruce Springsteen’s voice. That is a business story.

The London Metal Exchange — where the global price of copper, aluminium, and tin is still set by traders shouting in a circle called the Ring. In 2024. Remarkable.

Street markets as economic indicators — Petticoat Lane, Portobello Road, Brick Lane. When the economy tightens, street markets boom. Londoners have always known how to trade their way out of trouble.

The Royal Exchange — founded by Thomas Gresham in 1565 as Britain’s first purpose-built trading centre. Now it sells luxury watches and champagne, which is either a fall from grace or the purest distillation of London commerce ever recorded.

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