Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 300 (3rd July 2026)
Over the past generation, the US has developed a number of “bad habits”—social, economic, and political—that will make it more difficult for a depopulating America to thrive. This report identifies five requiring immediate attention.
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Friday Reading Edition 300 (3rd July 2026)
Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, and Sebastian Mallaby, Senior Fellow for International Economics, CFR – America’s 250th birthday is the talk of the nation. But the more important story might be what the milestone reveals about the fragile bargain between democracy and markets, and whether the republic can survive its own cultural divisions.
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Friday Reading Edition 300 (3rd July 2026)
Europe has four long-term paths to security autonomy from America – which it takes will depend on electorates’ appetites for far greater political integration and financial sacrifice.
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Friday Reading Edition 300 (3rd July 2026)
Earlier this year, the US Supreme Court held that the US administration did not have the authority to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Watch here for ongoing developments and guidance for operating in this dynamic and global commercial market.
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Friday Reading Edition 299 (26th June 2026)
Ten years after the historic Brexit vote, the landscape for emerging UK multinationals has undergone a dramatic shift, according to new data from Howden.
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Friday Reading Edition 299 (26th June 2026)
On the tenth anniversary of the Brexit referendum, CBI director-general Rain Newton-Smith stated that despite the economic pain of leaving the EU, businesses don’t want to go back.
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Friday Reading Edition 299 (26th June 2026)
A new landmark study by Bank of England and Stanford economists puts the total cost of Brexit at 6 to 8% of GDP - the insurance sector was one of the most EU-exposed industries in the country.
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Friday Reading Edition 293 (15th May 2026)
King Charles has outlined the government's law-making plans for the coming year in a speech to the House of Lords. The speech gave an outline of 37 bills ministers want to pass in the next parliamentary session, including eight previously introduced to Parliament. But the event was overshadowed by the leadership speculation that continues to surround Sir Keir Starmer.
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Friday Reading Edition 293 (15th May 2026)
Joël Reland argues that the UK government’s plans for closer EU alignment may prove more difficult than anticipated. The government is sending ever stronger signals about its plans for closer alignment with the EU.
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Friday Reading Edition 293 (15th May 2026)
On 9 March 2026, the UK Government released its first substantive update on the new UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement following the commitment in May last year to take the Agreement forward. The proposed SPS framework would effectively create a shared SPS zone to streamline the GB-EU/Northern Ireland movement of food, feed, animals and plants, reducing checks and paperwork. It would also see the UK dynamically aligning with a wide body of EU SPS legislation.
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