ADL’s 2020 two sentence insights

Capitalism and technology have made the world glocal. It has and is bringing people closer together like no other point in human history. For example, today, because of the online gig economy, a start-up in London can contract affordable skilled services in the Philippines, without which neither would be able to add value to their […]

ADL Reflections – If we leave the EU.

If we leave the EU, in order for the UK to compete on the international stage it will have to reposition itself as a tax haven/secrecy jurisdiction such as Singapore and Switzerland. Any progress the tax justice network has made, I fear will be undermined. I can also see our controls on food standards being […]

The Brexit Effect: Cutting the Living Wage.

You would have to have been living on another planet to have missed the UK’s biggest political news so far this year: Brexit. The vote to leave the EU was a shock to many in the City, and for the large part, the economy has remained stable although there have been times where the Pound […]

Got Post-Brexit Financial Panic?

4 tips to manage your finances in the wake of the EU referendum If the recent results from the EU referendum have left you surprised, then it will only have been a matter of time until your mind turned to the financial implications. Leaving the EU is a political change that this country hasn’t experienced, […]

The EU. In or Out? More than an economic argument

The British public have been promised a referendum by Prime Minister David Cameron to be held sometime between now and the end of 2017. I have come to find that this is the most important issue facing the UK and international relations probably since the turn of the 20th century and far more important than […]