Oil industry pivots to low carbon projects to rake in US green subsidies March 7, 2023 The oil industry is positioning itself to take advantage of billions of dollars of US tax credits established through the US Inflation Reduction Act.
Rebuilding the world as Lego uses sales growth to roll out 145 more stores in China March 7, 2023 Toymaker Lego said store openings in China and strong demand in Western Europe and the Americas had delivered 17 per cent sales growth in 2022. The family-owned company known for its colourful plastic bricks said sales rose to kr64.6bn (Danish krone) (£7.74bn) last year, when it opened 155 new stores, bringing the total number of [...]
Black cabs: London’s electric taxis overtake diesel for first time with 6,000 now on capital’s roads March 7, 2023 London now has more electric black cabs than diesel powered ones for the first time, following widespread uptake of taxis in line with London’s net zero push. There are now more than 6,000 fully-electric black cabs in London’s taxi fleet, meaning electric taxis are now the most common type of Hackney carriage on the capital’s [...]
‘Pervasive’ plastic use must be tackled across industry, warns chemicals boss March 7, 2023 The industry has to do more to lower the use of plastic in products, argued the boss of a FTSE 250 specialty chemicals firm.
High rents are driving young people out of London and depriving businesses of talent, industry warns March 7, 2023 Fears that young talent could be driven out of London due to soaring rents and a lack of affordable accommodation is “bad news” for London’s businesses and the economy, industry bodies warn. Paul Swinney, director of policy and research at Centre for Cities’, told City A.M the capital has already seen a “squeeze” on the [...]
Slack to offer users a ChatGPT AI tool which will write messages for them ‘in seconds’ March 7, 2023 Slack customers will get “new superpowers” after the app unveiled a ChatGPT AI tool aimed at boosting millions’ of its users productivity. The messenger service’s owner Salesforce has teamed up with ChatGPT’s developer OpenAI, a Slack customer, to offer the artificial intelligence chatbot to the system for the first time. ChatGPT is an AI chatbot [...]
Fishing for chips: Semiconductor industry demands UK strategy to attract investment March 7, 2023 The UK is in danger of losing out on investment to rival markets without a semiconductor strategy, argues the co-founder of Pragmatic.
Reach: Mirror, Star and Express publisher suffers heavy losses as costs up 40 per cent and ads dry up March 7, 2023 The publisher of the Daily Mirror and Express newspapers has revealed that annual profits tumbled by more than a quarter as it saw costs surge by 40 per cent and a drop in advertising demand. Reach, which also owns the Daily Star and a raft of regional titles across the UK, posted underlying pre-tax profits [...]
Just Group profits on pensions buyout boom as rising interest rates drive record deals March 7, 2023 Just Group today said the boom in pensions buyout deals had helped boost its underlying profits by 19 per cent. The Surrey firm completed 56 pensions de-risking deals, worth £2.6bn, successfully profiting on the pension’s buyout boom. Higher interest rates over the previous year have improved pension scheme funding levels, in a shift that has [...]
Apollo makes another takeover swoop for Wood Group March 7, 2023 Shares in energy and consulting firm Wood Group surged today after it revealed a £1.6bn takeover swoop from US buyout giant Apollo, its fourth bid for the firm. The London-listed engineering and energy consulting firm, which has rejected the three previous cash offers on the grounds they undervalued the firm, said it was set to [...]