Small businesses ditch green agenda as ‘survival’ becomes priority January 20, 2026 Small businesses are ditching green finance initiatives as “ensuring survival” becomes a bigger focus for firms amid the pressures of rising costs. The latest business growth tracker from Natwest showed prioritising of sustainability was at an all time low among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by the end of 2025. Just 30 per cent of [...]
UK jobs at risk from ‘over-reliance’ on China January 16, 2026 Tens of thousands of jobs in high-growth sectors are feared to be at risk due to the UK’s trading reliance on China, researchers have warned. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a left-leaning think tank that has shared a close relationship with senior Labour figures, has warned that around 90,000 jobs are at the [...]
Robert Jenrick defects to Reform after sacking from ‘rotten’ Tories January 15, 2026 Robert Jenrick has announced his defection to Reform UK after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch sacked him for plotting to switch over “in secret”. Hours after Badenoch announced Jenrick’s suspension from the Conservative Party, the former shadow justice secretary appeared in a press conference alongside Nigel Farage promoting the transfer. In a press conference he arrived [...]
Tories call Miliband’s latest offshore wind push ‘a vanity project’ January 14, 2026 Ed Miliband has reaffirmed the UK’s ambitious 2030 clean power goal with the biggest ever expansion of offshore wind farms that could add as much as £1.8bn a year onto households’ energy bills. The government unveiled an auction of offshore energy sites with a total capacity of 8.4 gigawatts, far outstripping analyst estimates and enough [...]
BP shares fall as net zero plans trigger hit of up to $5bn January 14, 2026 Oil giant BP has warned it will take a hit of up to $5bn in the final quarter of 2025 as the value of green energy projects withered. The FTSE 100 firm said it expects a write-down of between $4bn and $5bn (£3.7bn), as it rethinks its strategy for transition assets and partnerships in the [...]
Public officials ‘not truthful’ about ‘fantasy’ net zero costs January 13, 2026 Net zero is set to cost the UK economy billions of pounds more than public officials estimate, a new report has suggested, raising questions over the supposed savings to be made from the energy transition for households and businesses. A new paper published by the Institute of Economic Affairs, a free market think tank, has [...]
Britain does not have to accept industrial decline January 9, 2026 Britain's industrial decline was not inevitable. It's time to revive Britain's industrial economy as a national priority, writes Rian Chad Whitton.
How AI took the wheel in 2025 December 27, 2025 2025 was the year artificial intelligence (AI) took the driver’s seat, literally. Not just in boardrooms or on trading floors, but increasingly on the tarmac, in showrooms, and behind the wheel itself. From record-breaking EV sales in the UK and Europe to autonomous taxis navigating San Francisco streets and preparing to arrive in London next [...]
Flying taxis to slash Heathrow to City trip to 12 minutes December 10, 2025 Commuting from Heathrow to central London may soon be a thing of the past. Vertical Aerospace, founded by the man behind OVO energy, has unveiled Valo, its next generation aircraft designed for quick, zero emission airport to city travel. While the British electric aviation giant’s shares have seen a 94 per cent decline since its [...]
We’re speeding up the queue for clean power December 8, 2025 This government’s grid connections reforms replace the first come, first served queue with a pragmatic first ready, first connected system and aligns that system to what we strategically need as a country, says Michael Shanks We’ve all been there. Standing behind someone in a queue who isn’t actually ready to be called next. Faffing about [...]