IEA: Clean energy spend must increase 250 per cent to £3.7 trillion per year to meet net zero September 26, 2023 Clean energy spending must reach £3.7 trillion per year in the 2030s for the world to reach net zero, the International Energy Agency says.
Productive relations with the EU are a win-win for the City and the UK as a whole May 15, 2023 The City can only benefit from improved relations between the UK and the EU. As the leading financial centre, the Square Mile should push for even stronger cooperation with EU partners, writes Chris Hayward
Election 2024: All City A.M.’s winners and losers of the campaign trail this week June 1, 2024 Whether it’s stump speeches, policy implosions or just political gaffes, we’re bringing you the highs and lows from all parties.
Linklaters cashes in on UK push to bolster naval fleet December 4, 2022 Magic Circle law firm Linklaters is cashing in on the Royal Navy’s push to bolster its fleet with the purchase of five new battleships from British arms manufacturer BAE. The City law firm is advising the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) as it pushes forwards with the purchase of five new battleships from BAE Systems [...]
Met to contact more than 50 people this week in partygate probe February 9, 2022 The Met police has announced it will begin contacting people believed to have taken part in Downing Street parties as well as reviewing its decision not to investigate a further party in December 2020.
Truss has just about survived the rhetoric melodrama, now for the work October 10, 2022 Harold Wilson’s maxim that a week is a long time in politics is in danger of becoming a rule for 2022 too. In the last eight days, we have seen the Conservative Party conference take place in Birmingham, the MPs and activists churn themselves into a maelstrom of high drama, and the government abandon its [...]
Water firms to face more sewage dumping tracking from environment watchdog March 25, 2024 The Environment Agency today said that from next year, utility providers in England and Wales will be required to fit monitors on an additional 7,000 emergency overflow pipes that have to date not been accounted for.
Breezy does it: Onshore wind gets green light after Government U-turn December 6, 2022 Onshore wind is finally set for a revival following Government U-turn, with Downing Street pledging to relax restrictions on new turbines.
Harvey Nichols boss warns tourism tax is hurting UK economy May 22, 2023 The boss of Harvey Nichols has warned that the so-called ‘tourism tax,’ created by the scrapping of tax-free shopping in 2021, is having a significant impact on the wider British economy. Chief executive Manju Malhotra told The Times that the tax was affecting not just retailers that benefit from international visitors, but the “entire ecosystem [...]
Boris Johnson did have surprise birthday party during lockdown and yes, it was indoors, No 10 admits January 25, 2022 Downing Street has admitted the Prime Minister did have a birthday celebration inside No 10 during the first lockdown. Downing Street conceded that staff “gathered briefly” in the Cabinet Room following a meeting after it was alleged 30 people attended and shared cake despite social mixing indoors being banned. A Downing Street spokeswoman said: “A [...]