Can CEO Rishi Sunak turn the Conservative party around in time for an election? April 6, 2023 Rishi Sunak has billed himself as a quiet competent manager, the CEO of Britain, in a bid to turn the Conservative Party's prospects around, writes John Oxley.
Mark Kleinman: This licence to print money may soon run out of road April 6, 2023 How’s that licence to print money going? Not so well if you’re a long-standing investor in De La Rue, the authentication and currency specialist which has managed to squander a market-leading position and hundreds of millions of pounds in shareholder value. Oberthur Technologies, its French-based peer, tabled an indicative offer in 2010 worth 905p-a-share, or [...]
Ofgem: Suppliers risk their licence if they fail to ringfence renewable payments April 6, 2023 Suppliers will have to ringfence renewable payments separately from their commercial operations or risk losing their licence.
Easter holidaymakers facing MORE disruption as Dover port authority tells coach firms to shift bookings April 5, 2023 Thousands of holidaymakers face having their Easter trips disrupted as ferry operators are asking coach operators to amend some Good Friday ferry bookings from the Port of Dover. The Kent port said in a statement that this is a result of its “urgent review” after “horrible” delays last weekend. Good Friday is expected to be [...]
Fake QAnon Shaman falling off his bike: A frame-by-frame analysis April 5, 2023 As Donald Trump arrived in New York to be charged with falsifying accounts, his rag-tag bunch of MAGA supporters were out in force. One of them looked familiar: a man dressed as the infamous QAnon Shaman, who was part of the raiding party that stormed the White House after Trump lost the last election. We [...]
Nigel Lawson in 10 of his most memorable quotes April 4, 2023 Following the death of former Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson, we have picked out some of his most memorable quotes. November, 1981. “The Conservative Party has never believed that the business of government is the government of business” As Chancellor in 1984 “I shall resist the temptation to dwell on the golden age of the 1950s [...]
Heartfelt tributes paid to ‘Tory giant’ ex Chancellor Nigel Lawson who dies aged 91 April 3, 2023 The former Chancellor Nigel Lawson, who oversaw the City’s mid-eighties Big Bang, has passed away at 91. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak led tributes to the party grandee and leading Brexiteer as an “inspiration” while Boris Johnson marked him as a “giant” of Tory politics. Prior to entering politics Lawson was the City editor of the [...]
Green Day’s Good News: Here are the winners in the energy sector April 3, 2023 Green Day is over - with much of the energy industry disappointed. But there were some winners which City A.M. highlights.
No plans to delay EU laws ‘bonfire’ deadline, says government April 1, 2023 The government has said that there are no plans to delay the deadline of the so-called “bonfire” of EU laws following reports that Rishi Sunak’s pledge, scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, was proving difficult. The Times reported on Saturday that Downing Street is considering a six-month extension to the Government’s [...]
Green Day: Industry slams government over lack of new policies to rival US subsidies March 30, 2023 The UK risks falling behind its rivals in the global green energy race, after Whitehall’s latest raft of policies failed to cough up cash.