Martin Vander Weyer

Martin Vander Weyer is business editor of The Spectator. He writes the weekly Any Other Business column.

Soothing mood music from Hammond and May disguises challenges ahead

26 November 2016 9:00 am

Theresa May likes to give a kitten-heeled kicking to conference audiences, even when they are police officers or her own…

Soothing mood music from Hammond and May disguises challenges ahead

24 November 2016 3:00 pm

Theresa May likes to give a kitten-heeled kicking to conference audiences, even when they are police officers or her own…

In Trump’s Texas, the oil men awaken to hope of new prosperity

19 November 2016 9:00 am

 Houston, Texas It’s hard to find anyone in polite society here who admits to having voted for Trump, even among…

In Trump’s Texas, the oil men awaken to hope of new prosperity

17 November 2016 3:00 pm

 Houston, Texas It’s hard to find anyone in polite society here who admits to having voted for Trump, even among…

Should I pop a cheque in the post or brave the dangers of online banking?

12 November 2016 9:00 am

There’s an electronic device on my desk that looks — through its bubble- wrap — like a cheap miniature calculator.…

Should I pop a cheque in the post or brave the dangers of online banking?

10 November 2016 3:00 pm

There’s an electronic device on my desk that looks — through its bubble- wrap — like a cheap miniature calculator.…

It’s time for Hammond to send a ruthless hit squad into RBS

5 November 2016 9:00 am

The new series of The Missing is surely the gloomiest television of the year. But it has nothing on the…

It’s time for Hammond to send a ruthless hit squad into RBS

3 November 2016 3:00 pm

The new series of The Missing is surely the gloomiest television of the year. But it has nothing on the…

Despite what Big Bang destroyed, there’s still nowhere quite like the City

29 October 2016 9:00 am

As the 30th anniversary of Big Bang loomed, I found myself back at the scene of my City demise. Ebbgate…

Despite what Big Bang destroyed, there’s still nowhere quite like the City

27 October 2016 2:00 pm

As the 30th anniversary of Big Bang loomed, I found myself back at the scene of my City demise. Ebbgate…

The Nissan test: can we really negotiate Brexit sector by sector?

22 October 2016 9:00 am

I wrote last month that a key test of Brexit success will be whether Nissan is still making cars here…

The Nissan test: can we really negotiate Brexit sector by sector?

20 October 2016 2:00 pm

I wrote last month that a key test of Brexit success will be whether Nissan is still making cars here…

Hard Brexit, soft sterling and a glimpse of the Night Manager across the water

15 October 2016 9:00 am

This column comes from Puerto Pollensa in Majorca, my favourite off-season watering-hole. The hotel is full of elderly Daily Mail…

Hard Brexit, soft sterling and a glimpse of the Night Manager across the water

13 October 2016 2:00 pm

This column comes from Puerto Pollensa in Majorca, my favourite off-season watering-hole. The hotel is full of elderly Daily Mail…

Brexit spooks the markets, but the housing crisis will swing more votes

8 October 2016 9:00 am

‘I rang and said can I have a council house, I’ve nowhere to go, an’ the bloke said no you…

Brexit spooks the markets, but the housing crisis will swing more votes

6 October 2016 2:00 pm

‘I rang and said can I have a council house, I’ve nowhere to go, an’ the bloke said no you…

If Deutsche Bank goes down without a bailout, I really will eat my hat

1 October 2016 9:00 am

‘Can anyone seriously imagine the German state and corporate establishment allowing the bank that bears their country’s name to go…

Simple rules for happy retirement

29 September 2016 1:00 pm

‘Financial policy chiefs clash over best way to fund retirement’, said a recent FT headline. Andrew Bailey, head of the…

If Deutsche Bank goes down without a bailout, I really will eat my hat

29 September 2016 1:00 pm

‘Can anyone seriously imagine the German state and corporate establishment allowing the bank that bears their country’s name to go…

A free vote on the Heathrow runway? Don’t be so wet, Prime Minister

24 September 2016 9:00 am

Hinkley Point — for all its flaws and the whiffs of suspicion around its Chinese investors — has finally received…

A free vote on the Heathrow runway? Don’t be so wet, Prime Minister

22 September 2016 1:00 pm

Hinkley Point — for all its flaws and the whiffs of suspicion around its Chinese investors — has finally received…

The new world of work is a jungle but don’t call workers ‘animals’

17 September 2016 9:00 am

The TUC general secretaryFrances O’Grady doesn’t get a lot of airtime. Compared with predecessors a generation ago, such as Vic…

The new world of work is a jungle but don’t call workers ‘animals’

15 September 2016 1:00 pm

The TUC general secretaryFrances O’Grady doesn’t get a lot of airtime. Compared with predecessors a generation ago, such as Vic…

Mrs May the ‘Student Killer’ should count the cost of her visa crackdown

10 September 2016 9:00 am

In the post-Brexit landscape whose shape was barely glimpsed in G20 discussions at Hangzhou, one thing is clear: soon we’ll…

Lessons in lolly

10 September 2016 9:00 am

Do you ever tell your pupils that debt is a bad thing?’ I challenged the headmaster of a thriving Midlands…