E.On, Good Energy and Octopus cough up millions in compensation payments for bill delays May 17, 2023 Gas and electricity firms E.On Next, Good Energy and Octopus Energy have paid £8 million over compensation failures for delays in producing final bills when customers switch, regulator Ofgem has announced. The energy watchdog said more than 100,000 households were affected after the three suppliers either missed or delayed compensation payouts that were due when they did [...]
London office market now a race for best in class, says British Land May 17, 2023 The gap between the "best and the rest" is beginning to define the London office market, say property developers British Land this morning.
Brexit is ‘threat’ to UK car factories says parent firm of Vauxhall, Citroen, Peugeot and Fiat May 17, 2023 One of the world’s largest carmakers has said it will be unable to keep their commitment to make electric vehicles in the UK without changes to the Brexit deal. Stellantis – the parent company of Vauxhall, Citroen, Peugeot and Fiat – which employs more than 5,000 people in the UK – told a Commons inquiry [...]
Running a business is hard, but Tide makes it easier May 17, 2023 | Sponsored Claire Pedley, a 41-year-old mother of two, has one company with three phone lines. People will ring and expect to speak to a man “because obviously I don’t know anything about concrete”, she says. Claire likes to connect such callers to one of her alternative numbers and to hear the surprise in their voice when [...]
KSI and JD Sports ad falls afoul of watchdog May 17, 2023 An Instagram post by YouTuber KSI promoting JD Sports has been banned after he failed to clearly mark it as an ad.
Bennett on Business: London listings and the Bank’s bitter Pill May 17, 2023 Neil Bennett discusses London's IPO problem, the Bank's chief economist and more in his fortnightly City A.M. column
Russian oil exports reach highest levels since Ukraine invasion as China and India buy up supplies May 16, 2023 Russian oil exports shot up to their highest levels since its invasion of Ukraine, with the majority heading towards China and India, according to the International Energy Agency. In its latest monthly oil report, the Paris-based climate agency said total oil shipments reached “a post-invasion high” in April rising to 8.3m barrels per day (bpd), [...]
CBI appoints new executive to revamp culture after sexual abuse claims May 16, 2023 The Confederation of British Industry, the lobbying group dealing with accusations of sexual misconduct, has hired a new executive to crack down on its toxic culture. Chief people officer Elizabeth Wallace has been hired to implement a series of reforms at the under-pressure trade body. It comes after the CBI fired its director general and [...]
Give bosses a pay boost to attract top talent to the UK, says City minister May 16, 2023 The City minister has thrown his weight behind efforts to boost the pay packets of the country’s top bosses today as a debate around pay in the City gathers steam. The compensation of executives at the UK’s top listed firms has been a topic of hot debate in recent weeks as regulators and officials look [...]
‘It’s our duty to be vigilant’: CMA bosses defend blocking Microsoft-Activision deal May 16, 2023 Bosses of the UK’s competition watchdog said today that they will not turn a blind eye to anti-competitive mergers as they defended the agency's controversial move to block Microsoft’s £55bn takeover of Activision Blizzard after it was waved through by EU regulators yesterday.