Government warned that a poor investment climate risks new UK energy projects August 3, 2023 The UK’s investment climate must be improved if the government wants to attract more private sector funding for renewable projects.
It is time Britain rid itself of its entrenched tall poppy syndrome August 3, 2023 Britain has a tendency to chop down the tallest of our poppies, from growing tech businesses to promising young footballers. Some try to do that with one of our more appealing recent success stories: English wine.One recent article elsewhere said the red tasted like vimto and the good stuff was too expensive; buy French, seemed [...]
Climate investors will flock to the EU if we keep dulling our green ambitions August 2, 2023 As Rishi Sunak quietly dampens green policies, Britain's business community will lose faith in our tepid climate ambitions and flee to other countries, writes Ted Christie-Miller.
Shapps: UK will still meet ‘net zero’ targets despite oil and gas licences August 2, 2023 Energy security secretary Grant Shapps has insisted the UK will “still meet our net zero targets” despite new oil and gas licences.
Alcohol duty rise is ‘biggest shake up’ in decades as booze to be taxed by strength August 1, 2023 The price of beer and wine will increase today as part of plans previously set out in the Spring Budget. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the measures as part of the budget back in March, which saw an end to the blanket alcohol duty freeze which was put in place via the Autumn Budget 2020 during [...]
Green investor Andrew Forrest threatens to quit UK after Sunak pledges new oil and gas August 1, 2023 A major green technology investor has threatened to take his money out of the UK, after the government announced fresh oil and gas licensing.
Trade bodies back government’s embrace of North Sea oil and gas industry August 1, 2023 Trade bodies across the energy industry has welcomed the government's decision to support the North Sea's oil and gas sector.
Want to find freedom? It’s in net zero and low traffic zones, not Thatcher’s old car August 1, 2023 Blowing up the green agenda won’t give us freedom, it will tie us to a future which is already out-of-date, writes Ben Ramanauskas
Electric vehicle charging roll-out slowed by local authority delays, research shows July 31, 2023 The roll-out of electric vehicle charge points has been slowed by delays at the local authority level and is currently set to fall well short of government targets, new research has found. FOI data obtained by the law firm RPC shows 8,000 chargers were installed by local authorities in the UK over the last year, [...]
Labour slams Rishi Sunak’s plans to boost North Sea oil and gas July 31, 2023 Rishi Sunak's energy policies are "weak and confused" and will "not take a penny off bills", said shadow climate secretary Ed Miliband.