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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
    Tech turmoil threatens investment drive in UK

    Three sudden exits from the top of science and investment have raised fresh questions about Britain’s abilities to attract talent and capital

    Sun, 7 Sept 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Whistleblower’s complaint challenges London landlord

    Property developer calls in lawyers to investigate allegations that diversity data was misused to boost bonuses

    Sun, 24 Aug 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Low prices and tariff threats test Big Pharma’s ties to UK

    AstraZeneca chief is irked by cost of doing business as Eli Lilly raises price of Mounjaro after presidential pressure

    Sun, 17 Aug 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Biometrics are the new frontier in keeping tabs on employees

    PwC has launched a ‘traffic light system’ to track attendance in the office, as companies look to beef up ‘bossware’

    Sat, 16 Aug 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    From defence to hiking, OS is still mapping out the future of Britain

    Ordnance Survey has seen a 4% rise in revenue this past year after several profile-raising projects

    Sat, 9 Aug 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    KKR takes lead in Spectris bidding war

    US private equity firm bids more than £4.8bn for the British-based high-tech instrument maker

    Sat, 9 Aug 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Tether’s record quarterly profit shows strength of stablecoins

    Tether, the world’s largest issuer of dollar-backed stablecoins, registered a whopping net profit of $4.9bn (£3.7bn) last week

    Sun, 3 Aug 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Paltrow skit keeps kiss-cam pair in spotlight

    Actress and Goop CEO’s satirical video for beleaguered firm ‘belongs in the crisis management hall of fame’

    Mon, 28 Jul 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Unfair trade: banker who took rap for Libor walks free

    The case of Tom Hayes, who had his Libor conviction overturned last week, raises serious questions about the justice system

    Sun, 27 Jul 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Reeves is missing the key people to find the missing billions

    The exit of key figures at the Treasury has put the chancellor under pressure to shape policy

    Fri, 25 Jul 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Unemployment in Britain soars to highest figure since 2021

    Younger workers hit hardest in the jobs market, with AI, inflation, trade wars and elevated interest rates all playing a role

    Sun, 20 Jul 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Big four cut jobs for graduates as AI adds to consulting crisis

    Accountancy giants are reducing university intake and workforces, as the disruption caused by advanced AI takes effect

    Sat, 19 Jul 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Wobbly growth, troubled trade and rising debt: UK plc is in a fix

    The chancellor is searching for a brighter narrative – but the economy faces a string of difficulties

    Sat, 12 Jul 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Greece is on the path to fiscal order, but graft accusations dim its future

    A decade after avoiding ‘Grexit’, progress is being made, says finance minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis

    Sun, 6 Jul 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Looking for the Upside: YouTube creators seek ventures to grow

    The Sidemen online collective has built a business empire that shows the coming financial power of the ‘creator economy’

    Tue, 1 Jul 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Defence companies facing uphill battle for financing

    Banks are caught between protest groups and arms manufacturers claiming to be unfairly ‘debanked’

    Sun, 29 Jun 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    Netflix to carry French TV after landmark deal

    Subscribers in France to get access to five TF1 channels in move that may help firm meet legal requirements

    Mon, 23 Jun 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    KKR’s bid for NHS landlord exposes City’s vulnerability

    Private equity’s battle to acquire Assura is the latest example of companies snapping up discounts on the UK stock exchange

    Sun, 22 Jun 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    WPP advertises for new CEO amid AI disruption

    Mark Read’s exit from the company comes at a pivotal moment when agencies’ creativity faces the threat of artificial intelligence

    Sun, 15 Jun 2025

  • Barney Macintyre
    The great scrape: FTSE firms erase ‘DEI’ from annual reports

    Leading British companies are rewriting their yearly surveys in the wake of Donald Trump’s corporate crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion

    Mon, 9 Jun 2025

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