The chancellor's Savvy Squirrel campaign aims to boost investment in Britain. But it's unlikely to work, says Merryn Somerset Webb

Escape the cold with a getaway to Mallorca in the Balearic Islands where the seafood is fresh and the sun is plentiful, says Merryn Somerset Webb

Markets applauded new prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s victory – and Japan's economy and stockmarket have further to climb, says Merryn Somerset Webb

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Middle East is rich in undiscovered natural beauty. Get there before everybody else does, says Merryn Somerset Webb

Launching MoneyWeek gave ordinary investors information – and hence power, says Merryn Somerset Webb

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Scrap cash ISAs and set up a Brit ISA for stocks, says Merryn Somerset Webb

Merryn Somerset Webb embraces the carefree lifestyle in Playa del Carmen, on Mexico's Riviera Maya

A new golden age for nuclear power is upon us, says Merryn Somerset Webb

The private-equity party is over, so don't push pension funds into the sector, says Merryn Somerset Webb.

Ideologues want to squeeze more tax out of the rich with a wealth tax. They’re already wrung dry, says Merryn Somerset Webb

Leave the chill behind and head to Barbados for year-round sunshine, says Merryn Somerset Webb

Europe's stocks are cheap and the economic backdrop is starting to look cheerier, says Merryn Somerset Webb

In 1990 there were a mere 95,000 centenarians in the world (that we knew of). Now there are more than 500,000. That’s partly a function of a fast-growing population, of course – there were more births in 1925 than in 1890. But it is also one of…

In the wake of Jeremy Hunt’s Budget last week a small group of people on one of the UK’s most northerly islands were celebrating. Unst, part of Shetland, is home to the UK’s most northerly cafe, postbox and cake fridge (this is a Shetland thing). It…

The money pages of the weekend papers are often pretty miserable. But one piece in the Financial Times particularly stands out. Claer Barrett told us about Martin, a 59-year-old forced into early retirement after developing a disability. He checked…

Sri Lanka has had a tough few years. It suffered a series of hideous terrorist attacks in 2019, which, fast followed by global travel restrictions, led to the collapse of its tourist industry (once 10% of GDP). Mismanagement, corruption and too much…

High in the hills above Kandy, the tea planters of Sri Lanka have a problem. An ageing society, and a lack of willing younger workers, mean they haven’t got enough tea pluckers. Those who will work want to see a sharp rise from their current (very…

Wind isn’t working. Or so it seems. New developments are on hold both in the UK and in the US (where one of the world’s biggest companies, Ørsted, has just abandoned two big projects); the UK’s offshore auction earlier this year attracted not a…

What if everyone were thin? As thin as people tended to be before the 1970s? It sounds ridiculous, of course – today 26% of the UK population is obese and another 38% are overweight; 40% of the US population is obese. But it isn’t ridiculous.…