By: Jessica Morris

I write about energy and industrials for City A.M. I'm particularly interested in geopolitics, energy policy and, of course, the ever lively oil markets.

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Cornwall, Scotland and Wales: These are the most popular destinations for a British summer holiday

June 13, 2015

Brits will be flocking to destinations across the length of breadth of Britain this summer, with almost two-thirds saying they intend to take a holiday in the UK. According to research for the Post Office travel insurance domestic holidays report, popular BBC drama Poldark has made Cornwall the most coveted home holiday spot – a [...]
Queen’s Birthday Flypast: Bad weather grounds some aircraft

June 13, 2015

Dark skys and grey clouds means that not all of the aircrafts due to take part in the Queen's official birthday celebrations flew over Buckingham Palace today. The Royal Air Force tweeted saying that only its helicopters and Red Arrows would be taking part in the event which kicked off at 1pm today. #Flypast update: [...]
Queen’s Birthday Flypast: Tornado, Hurricane and Typhoon some of the RAF aircraft on parade

June 13, 2015

Unfortunately bad weather grounded most of the aircraft scheduled to take part in the Queen's birthday fly past, with the RAF saying only its helicopters and Red Arrows would be taking part in the event. Among those that didn't make it into the skies were the Typhoon fighter jets, as well as the commerical carrier-like Voyager. [...]
WHO says South Korea’s Mers outbreak “large and complex”

June 13, 2015

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said South Korea's outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) is both "larger and complex" however it doesn't look like it will spread into the wider community, "Because the outbreak has been large and is complex, more cases should be anticipated," Keiji Fukuda, assistant director general of the WHO, said in [...]
EU officials hold first talks on Greek default

June 13, 2015

Senior Eurozone officials have met to discuss the possibility of a Greek default for the first time, according to media reports. Sources told Reuters that they had talked about a number of scenarios in Bratislava, Slovakia yesterday, including a potential default on the €1.6bn (£1.2bn) payment the cash-strapped country must make to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at [...]
Britain likely to exit deflation next week

June 12, 2015

Economists have said that official data due to be released next week will likely show Britain escaped from a brief period of technical deflation last month. They think that prices could have risen slightly in May due to higher fuel prices, alongside increases in the cost of air/sea transport, and holiday prices. Inflation turned fell by [...]
Bank of England’s Ian McCafferty says time for interest rate rise nearing

June 12, 2015

Bank of England official Ian McCafferty has said the time for an interest rate hike is drawing closer, with the factors keeping a lid on inflation are expected to fade "as we move into next year". "The economy is starting to return to more normal conditions, after arguably the biggest shock in over a hundred [...]
Mansion House, Sainsbury and Tower Hamlets: Five charts summing up the week

June 12, 2015

There were a series of huge announcements out of a black-tie dinner at Mansion House, struggling supermarkets Sainsbury said it was seeing the first signs of a revival, Labour won the Tower Hamlets mayoral election and the IMF walked out of Greek debt talks. Here are five charts summing up the week: UK will have [...]
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn acquitted of “aggravated pimping” charges

June 12, 2015

Former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been acquitted of "aggravated pimping" charges by a French court today. Read more: Prosecutor calls for pimping charges to be dropped against former IMF chief It brings to a close a four-year saga during which Strauss-Khan was accused of a procuring a number of prostitutes [...]
UK GDP to be revised up after construction falls less than thought

June 12, 2015

Britain's economy is expected to have grown much faster than previously thought last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Britain's gross domestic product grew 3.1 per cent in 2014, up from a previous estimate of 1.4 per cent, all other things being equal. Additionally this year's first quarter economic product growth would [...]

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