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 262 (19th September 2025)
Whilst early gains have been made with the Trump administration, most clearly through the UK-US Economic Prosperity deal (EPD), diplomatic, legal and economic uncertainty surrounding the future direction of US-UK trade are intensifying.
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Friday Reading Edition 262 (19th September 2025)
The UK-US special relationship is founded on shared history, values, and innovation. We do more together than any other two countries in the world across society, culture, defence, intelligence, and economy.
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Friday Reading Edition 262 (19th September 2025)
The relationship between the US and UK, often referred to as the ‘special relationship’, has long been a cornerstone of international diplomacy. This timely report accurately captures many of the challenges confronting the alliance today, as well as what keeps the two countries so closely tied together.
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Friday Reading Edition 262 (19th September 2025)
We are witnessing a fundamental redesign of the world trading system, and its outcome is unpredictable. The announcement of the EPD between the UK and the US is a significant development but is likely to be only one step in a long process.
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Friday Reading Edition 248 (16th May 2025)
Building resilience to climate change is set to become an even more critical focus, spanning health, infrastructure, and the value of water. Geopolitical risks and an increasing pushback against regulation pose significant challenges to further progress in tackling climate change and protecting the environment.
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Friday Reading Edition 247 (9th May 2025)
This white paper delves into the practical aspects of cyber resilience, drawn from the front-line practices of leading organisations globally. In doing so, it seeks to equip organisations with the insights needed to build robust cyber resilience roadmaps and confidently navigate today’s increasingly complex threat landscape.
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Friday Reading Edition 247 (9th May 2025)
Commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Home Office, this survey provides a comprehensive overview of the cyber security landscape for UK businesses and charities.
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Friday Reading Edition 247 (9th May 2025)
This Airmic webinar provides an overview of how the output of a cyber resilience programme can be used to model cyber economic loss exposures and the typical issues that arise when comparing these exposures to policy language.
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Friday Reading Edition 246 (2nd May 2025)
This year, nearly 60% said they expected the trade conflicts of the incoming Trump administration to have a negative impact on their finances. That was a similar proportion to those saying the Ukraine conflict had negatively impacted their business in 2023.
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Friday Reading Edition 243 (4th April 2025)
Developing a future view is often called developing ‘foresight’, and horizon scanning, in the organisational use of the term, is the action part of an organisation’s process of looking forward and informing that foresight view.
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