Energy storage: UK puts faith in tech to harness the renewable revolution January 17, 2023 The UK is turning to technology to meet its energy needs as renewables' role in the domestic energy mix continues to grow.
Shunting civil servants around the UK will never deliver what enterprise can February 8, 2022 You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. Advice from the past that seems pertinent to a government committing levelling up into law. What was a slogan is now “12 national missions” published in a white paper last week, to provide a central mission for government to deliver economic parity to all regions of the [...]
Cost of living crisis: Millions of savers miss out as UK banks pocket profits from higher interest rates January 10, 2022 The UK’s major banks have failed to pass on last month’s interest rate rise to millions of savers, according to Moneyfacts.
Balancing the budget won’t win voters hooked on Sunak’s years of spending April 20, 2022 On a balmy September day eight years ago, Ed Miliband strode onto the stage at Labour Party Conference and proceeded to deliver a marathon 66-minute speech without notes. Unfortunately for the then Labour leader, he managed to forget a key chunk of his prepared remarks – the bit about tackling the deficit. Cue glee from [...]
Army of virtual lawyers in UK growing rapidly as pandemic launches new era of hybrid working December 6, 2021 There has been a 38 per cent rise in the number of lawyers at ‘virtual’ law firms in the past year as the pandemic leads to a dramatic shift towards hybrid and flexible working arrangements, There are now 1,875 lawyers working for ‘virtual’ law firms, up from 1,355 a year earlier. This increase is even [...]
Panic in China’s richest city as 25m residents of Covid-ridden Shanghai run out of food in world’s strictest lockdown April 8, 2022 Frustration, panic and anger is growing in Shanghai as millions of residents are struggling to get their hands on meat, rice and other food supplies while the government tries to contain a spreading Covid outbreak with anti-coronavirus controls that confine most of its 25m people to their homes, People in China’s business capital have complained [...]
Exclusive: Fracking revival draws mixed response from industry analysts September 5, 2022 The growing possibility of fracking being revived in the UK has drawn a mixed response from energy analysts and think tanks.
FTSE 100 stocks to watch January 20, 2022 With January underway, we look at two high volume FTSE 100 stocks that you should keep an eye on in the coming months. 1. Lloyds In mid-December 2019, Lloyds was worth a respectable 64p per share. But after the pandemic-induced mini-crash, it had collapsed to 25p by September 2020. But after significant volatility, it’s recovering in the [...]
Ofcom allows BT pricing flexibility to encourage fibre broadband rollout March 18, 2021 Communications watchdog Ofcom said this morning it will create new conditions for telecom giant BT to make significant investments in nationwide full-fiber broadband by allowing the company pricing flexibility for its fastest services. “We aim to allow all companies the opportunity to achieve a fair return over their whole investment period, and do not expect [...]
Lorry drivers allowed to work longer hours as fears of empty shelves grow July 7, 2021 Truck drivers will be able to drive for longer hours from Monday in a bid to relieve the current shortage of haulier operators, the government today announced. Transport minister Grant Shapps tweeted: “We’re aware of a shortage of HGV drivers, so I’m announcing a temp extension of drivers’ hours rules from Monday 12 July, giving flexibility to drivers & [...]