Tom Levitt
@tomlevitt.bsky.social
Author of ‘The Business of History’. Academic (Responsible Business), novelist, playwright, activist, Bees season ticket holder, Co-founder Fair for You and former Labour MP
Other well written histories are available… londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Other well written histories are available… londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
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Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
Reposted by Tom Levitt
Reposted by Tom Levitt
We’re delighted to announce that Currys is the latest major retailer to partner with Fair for You.
Our customers can now spend their Fair for You Shopping Card loan online at currys.co.uk, or in the electronics retailer’s nearly 300 UK stores.
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Our customers can now spend their Fair for You Shopping Card loan online at currys.co.uk, or in the electronics retailer’s nearly 300 UK stores.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We’re delighted to announce that Currys is the latest major retailer to partner with Fair for You.
Our customers can now spend their Fair for You Shopping Card loan online at currys.co.uk, or in the electronics retailer’s nearly 300 UK stores.
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Our customers can now spend their Fair for You Shopping Card loan online at currys.co.uk, or in the electronics retailer’s nearly 300 UK stores.
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When I was an MP (Labour) Dicky Bird came to my constituency to open a new cricket pavilion in a pretty village. At one point, clearly disconcerted, he said to me privately ‘They’re all *** Tories here, aren’t they?’
September 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When I was an MP (Labour) Dicky Bird came to my constituency to open a new cricket pavilion in a pretty village. At one point, clearly disconcerted, he said to me privately ‘They’re all *** Tories here, aren’t they?’
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The big turning point is not for or against ESG, but whether we try to respond individually or understand the new imperative that only collaborative action can succeed. I look forward to delivering my keynote to next week's 'amfori' European Sustainability Summit 2025. www.amfori.org/event/amfori...
September 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The big turning point is not for or against ESG, but whether we try to respond individually or understand the new imperative that only collaborative action can succeed. I look forward to delivering my keynote to next week's 'amfori' European Sustainability Summit 2025. www.amfori.org/event/amfori...
Trump says so much that by the law of averages one will make sense some time. Short termism since Friedman has been the bane of business
Trump is right here ... but probably for all the wrong reasons
Breaking news: Donald Trump has called for US companies to stop reporting quarterly results, adding that a shift to publishing figures twice a year will save them cash and allow executives to focus on their businesses. on.ft.com/47K1KHk
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Trump says so much that by the law of averages one will make sense some time. Short termism since Friedman has been the bane of business
At 3.15 today I’m talking about my new book at the Chiswick Book Festival. Still tickets left! londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
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September 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
At 3.15 today I’m talking about my new book at the Chiswick Book Festival. Still tickets left! londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
In West London next weekend? I’ll be discussing my book, The Business of History, at Chiswick Book Festival at 3.15 on Saturday, 13th at the Tabard Theatre. Come and join us! www.chiswickbookfestival.net
The Chiswick Book Festival 2025 - 2 - Chiswick Book Festival
Tickets are on sale now for the seventeenth Chiswick Book Festival, which takes place during 10-15 September 2025.
www.chiswickbookfestival.net
September 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In West London next weekend? I’ll be discussing my book, The Business of History, at Chiswick Book Festival at 3.15 on Saturday, 13th at the Tabard Theatre. Come and join us! www.chiswickbookfestival.net
Hey @whsmithofficial.bsky.social your company is one of 32 chronicled in my new book on tales and lessons from over 200 years of British commerce londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Hey @whsmithofficial.bsky.social your company is one of 32 chronicled in my new book on tales and lessons from over 200 years of British commerce londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
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Back in 2013, @tomlevitt.bsky.social was in was introduced to a former banker who had had a big idea.
The rest is (you guessed it), history...
The new edition of our 'Meet Fair for You' Q&A profiles a man who has been here since even before it all began.
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The rest is (you guessed it), history...
The new edition of our 'Meet Fair for You' Q&A profiles a man who has been here since even before it all began.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/he-her...
He was here from (before) the start, and soon we bid farewell: meet Tom Levitt
My role at Fair for You is..
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July 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Back in 2013, @tomlevitt.bsky.social was in was introduced to a former banker who had had a big idea.
The rest is (you guessed it), history...
The new edition of our 'Meet Fair for You' Q&A profiles a man who has been here since even before it all began.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/he-her...
The rest is (you guessed it), history...
The new edition of our 'Meet Fair for You' Q&A profiles a man who has been here since even before it all began.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/he-her...
I’m so proud of everything @fairforyoucic.bsky.social has achieved but now it’s time to move in
Back in 2013, @tomlevitt.bsky.social was in was introduced to a former banker who had had a big idea.
The rest is (you guessed it), history...
The new edition of our 'Meet Fair for You' Q&A profiles a man who has been here since even before it all began.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/he-her...
The rest is (you guessed it), history...
The new edition of our 'Meet Fair for You' Q&A profiles a man who has been here since even before it all began.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/he-her...
He was here from (before) the start, and soon we bid farewell: meet Tom Levitt
My role at Fair for You is..
www.linkedin.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I’m so proud of everything @fairforyoucic.bsky.social has achieved but now it’s time to move in
It’s Saturday. Time to get your copy of The Business of History. You won’t regret it londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
It’s Saturday. Time to get your copy of The Business of History. You won’t regret it londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
Why does BBC report “80% of respondents to a poll on X agree with Musk” as though this figure had any scientific validity whatsoever?
June 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Why does BBC report “80% of respondents to a poll on X agree with Musk” as though this figure had any scientific validity whatsoever?
Thank you Pam Bondi for that useful categorisation of trafficked people into “humans, children and women”
June 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Thank you Pam Bondi for that useful categorisation of trafficked people into “humans, children and women”
Of 32 companies studied by Beable 100 years ago (and revisited in my new book) you are one of the survivors, @whsmith.bsky.social - here it is: londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Of 32 companies studied by Beable 100 years ago (and revisited in my new book) you are one of the survivors, @whsmith.bsky.social - here it is: londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
Of 32 companies studied by Beable 100 years ago (and revisited in my new book) you are one of the survivors, @unileveruki.bsky.social - here it is: londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Of 32 companies studied by Beable 100 years ago (and revisited in my new book) you are one of the survivors, @unileveruki.bsky.social - here it is: londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
Great article by Juan Flores and Mitu Galati in today’s FT: ‘Ur-ESG, Brazil and the Rothschilds’. That ESG investing was happening in 1886 (in this case to further the abolition of slavey) will be of little surprise to those who have read my book! londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Great article by Juan Flores and Mitu Galati in today’s FT: ‘Ur-ESG, Brazil and the Rothschilds’. That ESG investing was happening in 1886 (in this case to further the abolition of slavey) will be of little surprise to those who have read my book! londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History will entertain both those involved in business and the general reader with a sense of curiosity londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Business of History will entertain both those involved in business and the general reader with a sense of curiosity londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
CEOs would be wise to reflect upon the lessons in this book', says @paulpolman.bsky.social of The Business of History londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CEOs would be wise to reflect upon the lessons in this book', says @paulpolman.bsky.social of The Business of History londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
Business Schools must do better, says Professor Martin Kitchener (Cardiff) talking about my book The Business of History londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Business Schools must do better, says Professor Martin Kitchener (Cardiff) talking about my book The Business of History londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
My new book, The Business of History, is now available from all good booksellers. And some others. londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
My new book, The Business of History, is now available from all good booksellers. And some others. londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History' - my new book - 15% off in May! 'fascinating new book' says Vicky Pryce londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The Business of History' - my new book - 15% off in May! 'fascinating new book' says Vicky Pryce londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
Still coming to terms with being older than the Pope, for the first time
May 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Still coming to terms with being older than the Pope, for the first time
@davidsonofaaron.bsky.social - ESG stands for environment, social and governance, 3 categories of investor risk defined by the UN 20 years ago. Your guest on The Briefing Room today needs to read my new book! londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...
The Business of History: Tales and Lessons from Two Centuries of British Commerce - LPP - The London Publishing Partnership
Building on WH Beable’s "Romance of Great Businesses", this book explores how some British commercial icons started, evolved and then coped with an ever-more-complex economic environment.
londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@davidsonofaaron.bsky.social - ESG stands for environment, social and governance, 3 categories of investor risk defined by the UN 20 years ago. Your guest on The Briefing Room today needs to read my new book! londonpublishingpartnership.co.uk/books/the-bu...