Four more suppliers collapse as UK energy crisis shows no signs of improving November 2, 2021 Four more energy suppliers are set to stop trading from today due to UK’s energy crisis, which brings the total of collapsed firms to 18. Omni Energy, MA Energy, Zebra Power, and Ampoweruk leave some 23,700 domestic and non-domestic customers awaiting a new supplier, which will be appointed by industry regulator Ofgem. It follows fellow [...]
Johnson apologises to Israeli minister who was unable to access COP26 in wheelchair November 2, 2021 Prime minister Boris Johnson has apologised to an Israeli minister who was unable to access COP26 in her wheelchair, and had to return to her hotel 50 miles away. Johnson said he was sorry for the “confusion” when he met minister Karine Elharrar with Israel’s prime minister Naftali Bennett. Elharrar, who has muscular dystrophy, told [...]
Pfizer enjoys 130 per cent revenue boost as Covid-19 vaccine roll out continues November 2, 2021 Pharmaceutical giant and vaccine maker Pfizer has enjoyed a more than 130 per cent revenue boost in its third quarter, as the global vaccine drive continues. Pfizer pulled in a revenue of $24.1bn in its third quarter, up from $10.27bn in the same period last year. While revenue for its vaccine branch Comirnaty came in [...]
‘Go green or go home’, City Lord Mayor urges finance industry amid climate talks November 2, 2021 The finance industry “cannot afford to hold back” in pumping capital behind the world’s climate efforts, the City’s Lord Mayor has warned. “The stakes could not be higher,” Lord Mayor William Russell told senior financiers at the Green Horizon Summit. The summit, organised by the City of London Corporation and the Green Finance Institute, has [...]
Small businesses look to COP26 for fiscal support in the great sustainability push November 2, 2021 Small businesses are hoping COP26 will unlock more financial support and policy to help them become more sustainable, according to a new report from the Federation of Small Business (FSB). The majority of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are concerned about climate change, but just one in three have a plan in place to [...]
France calls for day-long ceasefire amid post-Brexit fishing saga November 1, 2021 French president Emmanuel Macron has given the UK until the end of climate negotiations at COP26, to fix the ongoing fishing row. “The British are going to come back to us tomorrow with further proposals. We’ll see where we are at the end of the day,” Macron told reporters in Glasgow. “We won’t be bringing [...]
‘Unsustainable situation’: Bluegreen becomes 14th supplier to collapse amid energy crisis November 1, 2021 Energy supplier Bluegreen has become the latest casualty amid the UK’s energy crisis, as it confirmed today that it will cease trading. The country’s energy crisis, which has seen prices for gas and electricity hit record levels, has now pushed a total of 14 firms into administration in just two months. Bluegreen, which serves 5,900 [...]
Thousands in London issued with ‘no fault’ eviction notices despite proposed ban November 1, 2021 Thousands of Londoners have been issued “no fault” eviction notices, despite the government pledging to ban them in 2019. Section 21 of the 1988 Housing Act has allowed private landlords to evict tenants with two months’ notice without having to prove any fault or wrongdoing – with 5,700 city folk receiving them over the last [...]
David Beckham’s partner for Seven Global joint venture close to financial collapse November 1, 2021 David Beckham’s joint venture partner is reportedly teetering on financial collapse, which could see the football player gain full control of shared firm Seven Global. Partner GBG International Holding Company, which owns 51 per cent of the consumer products licensing business, is mulling the decision to appoint Teneo Restructuring as administrator, Sky News’ Mark Kleinman [...]
Johnson: Other climate promises will just be ‘blah blah blah’ unless leaders act at COP26 November 1, 2021 Prime minister Boris Johnson has called climate change the real world’s ‘doomsday device’, as he welcomed world leaders ahead of two weeks of climate negotiations at COP26 today. “We are in roughly the same position, my fellow global leaders, as James Bond today, except that the tragedy is that this is not a movie, and [...]