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Barney Macintyre

Business News Editor

Barney Macintyre is the Business News Editor at The Observer and the author of the Boardroom Sensemaker newsletter. He previously covered business and environment for Tortoise.

Photo of Barney Macintyre

Barney Macintyre

Business News Editor

Barney Macintyre is the Business News Editor at The Observer and the author of the Boardroom Sensemaker newsletter. He previously covered business and environment for Tortoise.

  • Barney Macintyre
    Why everybody wants a slice of Raspberry Pi

    The valuation of the FTSE250-listed mini computer maker hit £1bn last month. CEO Eben Upton talks to Barney Macintyre about volatile markets, British tech, and the craze for hosting powerful AI claw ‘agents’ on local hardware

    Sun, 1 Mar 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    Ben & Jerry’s without Jerry

    Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of the iconic ice cream brand, resigned after he claimed the company had been “silenced” on issues like Gaza.   Host: Tomini Babs Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland Episode Photography: Sophia Fenton Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

    9 min • S1, E1197

  • Barney Macintyre
    US firms seek refunds after Trump’s tariffs ruled illegal

    Supreme court decision triggers wave of lawsuits over duties paid under trade policy, as president plans to use alternative authorities

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    Delays and costs shouldn’t dent faith in UK’s nuclear plans, says EDF UK chair

    In the 2030s, Hinkley’s two reactors are due to finally start producing energy to power about 6m homes. The project’s rocky road provides many salutary lessons, says the UK chair of the French-owned giant

    Sat, 21 Feb 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    Schroders sale raises investor fears over London listings

    Despite assurances by the company’s chief executive, the City says the deal with Nuveen heralds change

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    Could depreciation be the spike that bursts the AI bubble?

    AI firms may be replacing their chips faster than they let on, cutting into their profits. But the impact is hard to quantify

    Sun, 25 Jan 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    CEOs sound alarm over AI threat to jobs

    Business leaders were split on how fast artificial intelligence will transform work but agreed that a coordinated policy response is needed

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    ‘Realtor president’ Trump strong on the sell but hazy on details

    Trump has approached his negotiations over the enormous territory as though he is organising a house sale

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    As Davos braces for Hurricane Donald, European leaders mull how to strike back

    Ahead of Trump’s address to the World Economic Forum, the EU is split on how to respond to his threat of tariffs over Greenland

    Tue, 20 Jan 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    Short-seller ‘validated’ by housing fraud inquiry

    The man who exposed the Home REIT scandal warns that investors in the listed property fund will lose in excess of £300m

    Sun, 18 Jan 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    BP looks to new management to re-energise fortunes

    Now Venezuelan oil is on the table, the firm faces tough decisions before its new CEO arrives

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    Copper boom powers talks on Glencore-Rio Tinto deal

    As the price of the metal soars, conditions look good for a mining tie-up. But will this ‘bigger is better’ strategy deliver value

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    What will be AI’s black swan event?

    Market crisis follow predictable patterns, but there is more than one way to read the AI bubble

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026

  • Barney Macintyre
    Monzo succession saga casts a shadow over plans for IPO

    The digital bank faces a shareholder revolt to reinstate TS Anil as CEO, highlighting splits over the timing of any listing

    Sun, 21 Dec 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Nato allies’ €1bn fund for defence startups suffers early casualties

    The Nato Innovation Fund has lost four of its five founding partners, as well as its chair, in the past 18 months

    Sun, 14 Dec 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Uncertainty over budget produces an early hangover

    The public’s financial behaviour shifted in the uncertain run-up to 26 November – and economic growth has emerged as the injured party

    Sun, 14 Dec 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Competition challenges lie ahead for Mail’s Telegraph bid

    As RedBird Capital drops out, a new prospective buyer emerges

    Sun, 23 Nov 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    UK set to raise prices of drugs in US agreement

    Proposed medicine hikes are ‘necessary’, says science minister Patrick Vallance, to continue attracting investment in UK pharma

    Sun, 23 Nov 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Chancellor told to free unspent levy funds for apprenticeships

    With nearly a million unemployed young people, an unallocated £600m could pay for 40,000 construction apprenticeships

    Sun, 23 Nov 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Gilt yields rise as Reeves’s budget U-turn rattles markets

    The interest rate rise on 10-year gilts reflected market volatility as confidence in the chancellor faltered

    Sun, 16 Nov 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Telegraph deal saga drags into third year

    The rightwing news group is in open revolt against prospective owner RedBird as regulators prepare to examine the purchase

    Sun, 9 Nov 2025

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