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By: Jack Richardson

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  • As we pay for Putin’s energy war, we must also protect our future supplies

    Jack Richardson

    Liz Truss’ government has finally arrived as the country heads towards a pivotal winter. There’s been ceaseless debate about what its much anticipated support package should include, but the fundamentals were always clear. First, it is expensive to protect ourselves from Russian manipulation of gas markets we rely upon. Second, we must put all efforts [...]

  • International Energy Agency chief warns oil demand could sink 20 per cent

    Global demand for oil could fall by 20 per cent as 3 billion people around the world live in lockdown. Head of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol, who made this prediction, also called on Saudi Arabia to rectify the situation. Brent crude, currently at $26 a barrel, has been driven to record lows because [...]

  • Dyson to make ventilators to bolster NHS supply in fight against coronavirus

    Sir James Dyson's company to make ventilators to fight coronavirus

    The government has ordered 10,000 ventilators from household appliance firm Dyson. The company said it has designed a new ventilator from scratch with engineers working “round the clock.” The government had earlier called for manufacturing firms in the UK to use their production capacity to make ventilators to counter a national shortage. However, the provision [...]

  • Weir axes dividends, slashes US jobs and cuts costs as coronavirus crisis hits firm

    March 26, 2020

    Energy services and engineering firm Weir has scrapped its dividend as a result of coronavirus uncertainty. The FTSE 250 listed, Glasgow-based company, becomes the latest in a list of firms to do this as they try to cut costs. Although it reported a return to normality with its Chinese operations, the company’s main area of [...]

  • Brompton Bikes boss: long-term thinking is needed after coronavirus

    March 25, 2020

    Coronavirus may have stopped everyday life in its tracks, but the boss of one of London’s manufacturing success stories says employers must adopt long-term strategies now for when the wheels start turning again. Will Butler-Adams, the boss of Brompton Bikes, says this applies to macro: the future of transport, as well as the micro: the [...]

  • Storage space issues could force oil prices down to $10

    March 25, 2020

    Oil prices could hit $10 per barrel as storage facilities across the world run out of space amid a coronavirus-inspired price war, it is reported. Worldwide oil storage has reached three quarters of capacity, it was reported today, after Saudi Arabia flooded the market with cheap oil to hurt its rival, Russia. Canada, a key [...]

  • Oil prices stage brief rise thanks to Fed coronavirus action

    March 24, 2020

    Oil prices rallied today after a torrid day yesterday. Brent crude was up to almost $28 a barrel and WTI crude futures is at $23, a four per cent rise on yesterday. This has been attributed to pledge from the Federal Banking Reserve to dramatically increase support for US business, although the US Senate could [...]

  • The gender pay reporting rules have been waived due to coronavirus

    March 24, 2020

    The annual reporting of gender pay gaps at UK businesses will not be required this year. The Equality and Human Rights Commission and Government Equality Office made the announcement as the country comes to terms with unprecedented restrictions to combat coronavirus. Last night, the Prime Minister announced wide ranging restrictions on social interaction to prevent [...]

  • Oil prices wallow near 20-year lows amid coronavirus price war

    March 23, 2020

    Oil prices came close to hitting 20-year lows today, as Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) dropped under the growing coronavirus economic panic. Brent crude fell as low as $25 a barrel before falling 2.2 per cent down at $26.40. That is still a level not seen since 2003. WTI, a US oil benchmark, [...]

  • Asda donates money to help food banks during coronavirus crisis as supermarkets offer new jobs

    March 23, 2020

    Supermarket chain Asda will donate £5m to partner charities. The donation to the Trussell Trust and FareShare is part of an effort to help four million vulnerable families. “This funding will help us recruit and train new food bank volunteers across the UK, and support the coordination of packing and delivering pre-made food parcels to [...]

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