Waitlists, ambulance delays, a looming GP strike? It must be the NHS’ birthday July 5, 2022 So, happy birthday, NHS. It’s not every day a national health service turns 74, is it? And what a way to celebrate, after making it through the pandemic, doctors and nurses are threatening to strike, backlogs are getting worse and worse, and people are hopping in their cars to get to A&E because an ambulance [...]
Privacy, please. Demand for phone booths is a sign the open-plan working craze is over July 5, 2022 Collaborative space in offices has been in vogue for some time now. The demand for open plan offices was behind the creation of thousands of co-working companies. You’ve heard the phrases: bumping into colleagues, water cooler chats, office banter – all the things we missed in the office. But whether people are in the office [...]
Renewables haven’t pushed prices down because we haven’t learned to use them July 5, 2022 WIND and solar technologies promised us “power from thin air”: zero marginal cost generation to lower energy bills and carbon emissions in step. Yet today, as renewable records continue to roll in, they seem to have done little to assuage rocketing power prices. It’s not that renewables were a bad bet. In fact, they remain [...]
UK enters minerals race with new data centre July 5, 2022 The UK has waded into the supply scramble for critical minerals, with the launch of a new centre for analysis and research.
Exclusive: ‘Government must give clarity on Venture Capital Trusts’ or risk jeopardising start-up growth, says industry chief July 5, 2022 The government risks jeopardising funding for early-stage UK startups if it fails to provide clarity on the future of the venture capital trust (VCT) regime, an industry chief has warned today.
Fresh poll puts Channel 4 at bottom of Tory voters’ wish list July 5, 2022 New polls show that Channel 4 privatisation has the least support out of ten Tory policies that the government want to deliver between now and the next election. According to polling from WPI Strategy, privatisation of the broadcaster as the least support from those who voted Conservative back in 2019.Just 16 per cent of voters [...]
Germany registers first trade deficit since 1991 on surging energy prices July 5, 2022 Surging European energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left Germany with its first trade deficit in over three decades, official figures released today revealed. German imports outstripped exports for the first time since 1991, generating a €1bn (£862m) trade deficit in May, according to the country’s statistics agency. Exports dropped 0.5 per [...]
EU most powerful EV charging hub opens in Oxford July 5, 2022 Europe’s most powerful electric vehicle (EV) charging hub opens in Oxford. The £41m project will initially provide ultra-fast charging for 42 electric cars, reaching up to 400 cars when at full capacity. Transport minister Trudy Harrison said: “Electric vehicles form a key part of our strategy to decarbonise transport, so I’m pleased to see Europe’s [...]
Online platforms could have ‘legal obligation’ to fight state disinformation as part of amendment to Online Safety Bill July 4, 2022 Online platforms now have the legal obligation to take “proactive, preventative action” against any state-sponsored disinformation, under a new government amendment. The change will link the National Security Bill and the Online Safety Bill by adding a new Foreign Interference Offence to the list of priority offences within the new internet safety rules. “We cannot [...]
After EU passes crypto rules, lawyers ask whether the UK will follow suit July 4, 2022 The EU’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, decided last week, will be the world’s first regulatory framework for crypto and could serve as a “benchmark” for the UK’s own legislation, according to legal experts. The MiCA regulation, which will come into force at the end of 2023, will apply to crypto-asset issuers and service [...]
