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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Autumn Statement 2014: This is what the CBI wants George Osborne to deliver

November 24, 2014

What will George Osborne get out of his red box when he delivers the Autumn Statement next week? The CBI got off the starting block early with its wishlist, asking for a range of measures to boost British business, including better infrastructure around Stonehenge and business rates reform. Here's what the group businesses wants to [...]
UK government hits back against Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s damning report

November 24, 2014

The UK government has hit back against a damning report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, by arguing that the UK's relative poverty level is at its lowest since the mid-1980's. It also said it will continue to focus on the long-term economic plan, through which the government aims to reduce the deficit, cut taxes [...]
HSBC’s private banking arm placed under formal investigation by French authorities

November 21, 2014

The Swiss private banking arm of HSBC has been put under investigation in France. French magistrates are looking into whether the bank helped some of it clients avoid making tax payments in 2006 and 2007. Earlier this week it emerged the bank's Swiss private banking arm had been put under investigation for fraud by Belgian [...]
Singapore to start regulating taxi apps from mid-2015: Introduces fee limits, license requirements

November 21, 2014

Singapore has said it will start regulating taxi apps such as Uber from next year, by capping fees and ensuring drivers are licensed. Its Land Transport Authority (LTA) unveiled a regulatory framework designed to "safeguard commuter safety and interests". They will ensure the fees charged by taxi apps are no higher than those of regular [...]
Mario Draghi delivers dovish speech as inflation becomes ‘increasingly challenging’

November 21, 2014

European Central Bank (ECB) boss Mario Draghi has said the Bank will "do what we must to raise inflation and inflation expectations as fast as possible" across the eurozone, hinting a new round of monetary stimulus is on its way. At a conference in Frankfurt, Draghi suggested that if current policies fail to work, then the [...]
Uber hires Hogan Lovells to probe data policies

November 21, 2014

Uber has hired Hogan Lovells to review its data policies, amid controversy surrounding its handling of users' private data. It has hired a team of Hogan Lovells lawyers who will review and make recommendations on its data policy. The team will be led by Harriet Pearson, a partner at the law firm's Washington office, who [...]
UK business taxes are so bad, we’re now two places behind Macedonia

November 21, 2014

It looks like entrepreneurs' complaints about the standard of the UK's business tax system are justified – a new report has found that the cost of compliance is so bad, we've now fallen behind Macedonia. The Paying Taxes report, an annual league table of 189 business tax systems compiled by PwC and the World Bank, [...]
London Underground just had its busiest day ever, with 4.6m journeys

November 20, 2014

Last Friday was the busiest day in the history of the tube, according to Transport for London. London Underground carried well over four and a half million passengers (4.6m) on Friday the 14 November. This beat its previous record, which was set during the London 2012 Olympic games, when a whopping 4.5m journeys were made [...]
Minecraft turns the Tate into a virtual 3D world: The first releases are London and New York

November 20, 2014

The Tate is being transformed into a series of virtual 3-D worlds. Minecraft, which produces the block-style adventure game, is creating a series of 'maps' which will be known as Tate Worlds. People will be able to use the maps to journey through a series of artwork-inspired virtual worlds. The first lot will be available [...]
Wonga’s fallen soldiers: Errol Damelin, Tim Weller and Niall Wass – its lost chief executives

November 20, 2014

To lose one chief executive may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness. Unfortunately, Wonga has just lost its third: today it emerged Tim Weller, who had been the company's interim chief exec since May, stepped down in October, according to filings at Companies House. Which just seems sloppy… So who are the [...]

The Magnificent 7 in 2025 – and the survival of the richest

Reading owner Rob Couhig considers selling training ground to raise funds

Food trends 2026: What Londoners will eat in the new year

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