Helen Chandler-Wilde

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Helen Chandler-Wilde

Hi, it’s Helen Chandler-Wilde, a UK journalist and editor of the Readout. Hope you enjoy today’s newsletter. The past few weeks the Readout has reported much on the delicate operation of the government trying to somehow balance its relationships with the US, the EU and China, particularly on trade, defense and security.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Helen Chandler-Wilde

Hi, it’s Helen Chandler-Wilde, a UK journalist and editor of the Readout. Hope you enjoy today’s newsletter. Happy Easter, and welcome back. Although it hardly feels like we’ve had four straight days off in the UK, given the news today is pretty much where we left it last week: yet another downbeat forecast for the economy, and still more uncertainty about what Donald Trump’s tariffs mean for the UK.

4 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Helen Chandler-Wilde

Hi there, it’s Helen Chandler-Wilde, a UK journalist at Bloomberg and editor of The Readout. Hope you enjoy today’s newsletter. So far, this year has had something of a retro feel. Donald Trump is back, stagflation worries are with us again – even skinny jeans are apparently returning.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Helen Chandler-Wilde

Restaurant operators are starting to see the impact of recently enacted tax increases in the UK. (Bloomberg) -- Shorter menus, higher prices and fewer servers. If you’ve been out to dinner or drinks recently in the UK, you might have seen at least one of these scenarios play out. That’s because of a wide range of new costs that hit hospitality businesses on April 1, when tax increases announced in last October’s budget came into effect.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Helen Chandler-Wilde

As points programs become more popular, they’re also getting less generous. Two decades ago, Nick Ewen was flying around once a month from his home in Las Vegas to see his girlfriend, who was at graduate school in Florida. This was an expensive habit for two people at the start of their careers, but there was a solution: points. “Miles were a great way to afford it,” he says. Ewen describes this period as his introduction to “the game” of collecting and earning as many loyalty points as possible.