If your name is unusual, it’s almost inevitable the barista will misspell it on the side of your coffee cup. And sometimes the mistakes seem downright unkindI do not drink the coffee in Starbucks because it doesn’t taste good. But even if I did, I wouldn’t, for another reason: my...

The US-China trade war is also having an impact on manufacturing worldwideThe shockingly bad snapshot of industry from IHS Markit and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply puts Britain on recession alert. It doesn’t mean that a recession will inevitably materialise.For that to happen, the poor performance of manufacturing...