France waives environmental rules to ensure nuclear power plants run over winter August 8, 2022 France has temporarily lifted environmental rules to ensure five of its nuclear power plants can stay running ahead of a challenging winter.
Oil prices collapse to February lows amid growing fears of global recession August 8, 2022 Fears of a worldwide recession and weakened demand for oil continues to weigh down prices on both major benchmarks.
Book review: Fancy Bear Goes Phishing by Scott Shapiro – a tour de force of hacking and the information age May 25, 2023 From Russian hackers to Paris Hilton, Scott Shapiro's new book Fancy Bear Goes Phishing is a tour de force of the information age told in five hacks.
London law firms cannot continue to quietly take Russian money and clients March 8, 2022 In the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the silence from board rooms across the City’s law firms has been deafening. For too long now, global law firms with London bases have profited from work for Russian entities and oligarchs. Now, faced with dilemmas over taking a stand publicly and shunning Russian interests, many of [...]
Zelensky says Ukraine ‘will surely win’ in Orthodox Easter message April 24, 2022 Volodymyr Zelensky has today claimed that “Ukraine will surely win” against its Russian invaders as a part of his message on Orthodox Easter. The Ukrainian President said “the great holiday today gives us great hope and unwavering faith that light will overcome darkness, good will overcome evil, life will overcome death”. Zelensky will welcome US [...]
Shell lawsuit: Institutional investors back legal challenge over climate risk February 11, 2023 A group of European institutional investors is backing a novel London lawsuit against Shell's board over alleged climate mismanagement.
‘Ukraine’s rightful place is in Nato’: Rishi Sunak promises Kyiv ‘security arrangements’ June 1, 2023 Ukraine’s “rightful place” is in Nato, Rishi Sunak has said. The Prime Minister is in Moldova for a gathering of European leaders, with his comments coming after a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. Kyiv has long called for Ukraine to be admitted to Nato, but allies are divided about when and how any accession [...]
Analysis: Could Ofgem’s prepayment meter crackdown end up fuelling ‘bad debt’? April 18, 2023 Ofgem and Energy UK have warned over bad debt after the latest clampdown on prepayment meters failed to ban forced installations.
World heading towards a ‘perfect’ cybercrime storm, cybersecurity experts warn September 6, 2022 THE COMBINATION of mounting geopolitical tensions, the looming economic downturn and the push to digitalise business processes is creating a “perfect storm” for hackers, cybersecurity experts told City A.M. NCC chief executive Mike Maddison said the digitisation agenda on the back of the global pandemic has created new opportunities for hackers in opening up new [...]
UK inflation poised to slip out of the double digits to lowest level in over a year May 22, 2023 UK inflation is poised to tumble to its lowest level in over a year in what is expected to begin a steady descent from its multi-decade highs, new figures out this week are likely to reveal. The rate of price increases in April is tipped to have dropped markedly to 8.2 per cent last month, [...]