Will oil and gas remain biased to the upside? December 24, 2023 You cannot tell the story of oil and gas in 2023 without talking of a fall.
Liz Truss: ‘Clear and shocking evidence of deliberate and malicious cyber attacks by the Kremlin’ May 11, 2022 The Kremlin has been blamed for a series of cyber attacks, including on a communications company in Ukraine an hour before Russia’s invasion. The Foreign Office made an announcement this week citing “clear and shocking evidence” of the action by Moscow, following an in-depth assessment by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The NCSC [...]
BP, Unilever, and HSBC have failed to properly exit Russia after Ukraine war, new report warns January 2, 2023 Three FTSE 100 companies – HSBC Holdings, Unilever, and BP – have been named as members of a “dirty dozen” of high-profile multinationals still heavily involved in Russia. The three UK headquartered companies have failed to properly exit Russia in the wake of Putin’s invasion, according to a new report by the Moral Rating Agency [...]
Staff left in the dark leads to ‘unengaged employees’ as half of all Brits want new job, warns Aspire chief July 28, 2022 Almost two thirds businesses have not communicated with their staff about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to research shared with City A.M. today. While a third of businesses have spoken to their employees about the invasion of Ukraine, almost half of these businesses have not yet outlined their plans with regard to whether they [...]
UK military may break NATO pledges, MPs warn April 20, 2023 The UK’s plan for arming its military is a “broken system” and government ministers may struggle to meet crucial commitments to NATO, a prominent group of MPs has warned. A critical report into the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) plans to buy military equipment found a “cycle of costly delay and failure” and an ignoring of [...]
Stubborn inflation in UK might finally be set to give way July 7, 2023 It's all about the workforce and yes, Brexit.
Oil, gas and LNG drives Trafigura to record £4.4bn half-year profits June 7, 2023 Trafigura posted a record net profit of £4.4bn ($5.5bn) in the first half of its 2023 financial year that ended in March.
World’s top insurers to face aircraft leasers in High Court ‘mega trial’ over planes seized by Russia March 15, 2023 Insurance giants Lloyd’s, AIG and Fidelis are set to face a ‘mega trial’ in London’s High Court over their refusal to pay out billions in insurance claims to aircraft leasers that had their planes seized by President Vladimir Putin. A High Court judge has ruled claims brought forward by an array of the world’s biggest [...]
Why are Extinction Rebellion Talking About Palestine? March 4, 2024 Workers in the City of London will, by this point, be quite familiar with the sight of climate activists causing a ruckus. As key hub for the finance industry, the square mile has been the site of many direct-action protests over the past few years, including office occupations, event disruptions, banner drops, and unwanted building [...]
Russia launches ‘massive raid’ on Ukraine with 100 missiles hitting cities and cutting off power November 15, 2022 Ukraine has come under a renewed wave of missile attacks from Russia with at least 100 hitting the capital Kyiv after its president addressed the G20. Kyiv, Lviv and Rivne were among western cities targeted by the Kremlin today, in addition to multiple cities in the east and south. Parts of the west were impacted [...]