Martin Vander Weyer

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

After the Black Friday flop, shops can get back to what they do best

5 December 2015 9:00 am

The high street flopperoo that was ‘Black Friday’ may have something to do with terrorism fears, or even the downturn…

After the Black Friday flop, shops can get back to what they do best

3 December 2015 3:00 pm

The high street flopperoo that was ‘Black Friday’ may have something to do with terrorism fears, or even the downturn…

David Cameron leaves the headquarters of the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in 2008 (Photo: Getty)

We must play the blame game over HBOS. How else will bankers learn?

28 November 2015 9:00 am

‘Everyone remembers the names of Applegarth of Northern Rock and Goodwin of RBS, but history may judge the HBOS men…

David Cameron leaves the headquarters of the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in 2008 (Photo: Getty)

We must play the blame game over HBOS. How else will bankers learn?

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

‘Everyone remembers the names of Applegarth of Northern Rock and Goodwin of RBS, but history may judge the HBOS men…

The micro-businesses that give me hope for Belfast

21 November 2015 9:00 am

At Stormont on Saturday, we observed a minute’s silence for the dead of Paris. Our conference group of Brits and…

The view from my Belfast bus: tribalism as the enemy of prosperity

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

At Stormont on Saturday, we observed a minute’s silence for the dead of Paris. Our conference group of Brits and…

If the world economy crashes again, blame the central bankers

14 November 2015 9:00 am

Like the Christmas pudding sampled by Hercule Poirot at Kings Lacey — but six weeks early — our Spectator Money…

If the world economy crashes again, blame the central bankers

12 November 2015 3:00 pm

Like the Christmas pudding sampled by Hercule Poirot at Kings Lacey — but six weeks early — our Spectator Money…

Maybe bitcoin isn’t the work of the devil, after all

7 November 2015 9:00 am

I confess to being an out-and-out Luddite when it comes to bitcoin and other so-called crypto-currencies. To the extent that…

I may have to revise my view that crypto-currencies are Satan’s work

5 November 2015 3:00 pm

I confess to being an out-and-out Luddite when it comes to bitcoin and other so-called crypto-currencies. To the extent that…

TalkTalk shows us the internet is only three clicks from anarchy

29 October 2015 3:00 pm

I’m not a customer of TalkTalk, the phone company which revealed last week that a hacker had potentially compromised the…

TalkTalk shows us the internet is only three clicks from anarchy

29 October 2015 9:00 am

I’m not a customer of TalkTalk, the phone company which revealed last week that a hacker had potentially compromised the…

Heathrow’s third runway could still be halted – here’s how

24 October 2015 9:00 am

The Great British Runway final between Heathrow and Gatwick is beginning to look like a game of two halves. The…

Heathrow’s third runway could still be halted – here’s how

22 October 2015 2:00 pm

The Great British Runway final between Heathrow and Gatwick is beginning to look like a game of two halves. The…

The spectre haunting George Osborne

17 October 2015 8:00 am

Rather more attention was paid last week to the strange position of George Osborne’s feet than to the dark shape…

The spectre haunting George Osborne

15 October 2015 2:00 pm

Rather more attention was paid last week to the strange position of George Osborne’s feet than to the dark shape…

Finally, a business rates reform! If only I knew what it meant

10 October 2015 9:00 am

This column has repeatedly cried that something must be done about business rates. Yes, it’s fair to ask businesses, as…

Finally, a business rates reform! If only I knew what it meant

8 October 2015 2:00 pm

This column has repeatedly cried that something must be done about business rates. Yes, it’s fair to ask businesses, as…

Perfectionism isn’t the same as integrity – as VW has shown

3 October 2015 9:00 am

Not that I was much of a boy racer, but the sexiest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen…

VW and the truth of engineering: say what you do, do what you say

1 October 2015 1:00 pm

Not that I was much of a boy racer, but the sexiest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen…

Our terrified central bankers have sat on interest rates long enough

26 September 2015 8:00 am

When news broke last Thursday evening that the US Federal Reserve had decided to keep interest rates on hold, I…

This will-they-won’t-they rate-rise saga has dragged on long enough

24 September 2015 1:00 pm

When news broke last Thursday evening that the US Federal Reserve had decided to keep interest rates on hold, I…

Don’t weep for Costa – but the Living Wage punishes small businesses that need our support

19 September 2015 8:00 am

What is George Osborne’s Living Wage? Is it a ploy to shift cost from the taxpayer to the employer by…

The Living Wage is nifty politics – but let’s see more help for small business too

17 September 2015 1:00 pm

What is George Osborne’s Living Wage? Is it a ploy to shift cost from the taxpayer to the employer by…

How Britain still gets boardrooms wrong

12 September 2015 9:00 am

Sir Adrian Cadbury, who has died aged 86, is remembered as the author in 1992 of a first stab at…