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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What is the safest way to travel? One chart which reveals that flying is less dangerous than you may think

May 15, 2015

A spate of high-profile plane crashes have occurred in recent months and may have been playing on the minds of anyone who is scared of flying. There was the tragic loss of the Germanwings Flight 4U9525 in March after it was deliberately downed by co-pilot Andreas Lubitz. In December, an AirAsia plane, flight QZ8501, went [...]
Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey says HSBC right to eye move abroad

May 15, 2015

A Bank of England official has said that HSBC, the country's biggest bank, is right to eye a move abroad. "We will obviously be in close contact with them because there are important issues for us," Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the Bank of England's prudential regulation authority, said. "It is entirely natural that as [...]
World Whisky Day: Seven surprising figures from the Scotch whisky industry

May 15, 2015

Scotch drinkers will be smiling tomorrow as World Whisky Day gives them an excuse to guzzle their favourite tipple. And as people around the world gear up to celebrate the so-called "liquid gold" here's a quick overview of its surprisingly important contribution to the UK economy: Here are seven important figures for the Scotch whisky [...]
UK construction sector boosts GDP hopes as output bounces back – although it misses expectations

May 15, 2015

Britain's construction industry rebounded in March bringing an end to four months of decline, boosting hopes that the disappointing first quarter gross domestic product figure will be revised upwards. Total construction output rose 3.9 per cent month-on-month, following a 0.3 per cent fall in February. However, this was slightly below analyst estimates for an increase [...]
SABMiller just snapped up London-based craft brewer Meantime

May 15, 2015

Hipsterism just got even more mainstream after the world's second largest brewer SABMiller snapped up Greenwich-based craft brewer Meantime. The acquisition fits into SABMiller's drive to meet the growing demand for beer “outside its traditional role as the favourite drink for men in pubs and bars”. Founded in 1999, before most hipsters had grown their first curly moustache, the [...]
Poundworld owners quids in after selling majority stake to US private equity firm TPG in £150m deal

May 15, 2015

Britain's second-largest single price retailer Poundworld has been snapped up by US-based private equity group TPG in a deal reportedly valuing the business at £150m. Poundworld was started from a market stall in Wakefield, West Yorkshire in 1974 by owner Chris Edwards Sr and has since growth to have around 270 stores and over 5000 employees. [...]
BP has bagged ex-MI6 chief Sir John Sawers as a non-exec director

May 14, 2015

Oil giant BP has bagged ex-MI6 chief Sir John Sawers, who will sit on its board as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Sawers completed his five-year tenure as the top boss of the UK secret intelligence service in November 2014, and was the first MI6 chief to be appointed from outside of the service since 1968. [...]
The UK just came 20th in the biggest global schools ranking ever

May 14, 2015

The UK has come 20th in the biggest ever ranking of the world's best school systems, trailing behind less developed countries such as Vietnam. It also showed around a fifth of school leavers are failing to reach a basic level of education in the UK, and that improving this could add trillions of dollars to [...]
British Land profits lifted by lucrative London property market

May 14, 2015

The figures: British Land said that underlying profit before tax rose 5.4 per cent to £313m for this financial year, up from £297m a year earlier. Diluted underlying earnings per share rose 4.1 per cent to 30.6p, an increase from 29.4p in 2014. The developer's total portfolio valuation rose by 12.1 per cent to £13.63bn. This was [...]
George Osborne is offering greater devolved powers to English cities if they agree to have their own directly elected mayor

May 14, 2015

More large English cities could soon have their own directly elected mayor like Boris Johnson under new plans to be unveiled by Chancellor George Osborne later today. Osborne wants to offer English cities greater devolved powers over housing, transport, planning and policing as long as they agree to be governed by a directly elected mayor. Greater Manchester will [...]

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