BBC needs to be ‘realistic’ about fee hike, says media secretary Lucy Frazer December 4, 2023 Media secretary Lucy Frazer has urged the BBC to be more "realistic" about what people can afford to pay for the TV licence fee.
ITM Power: Hydrogen specialist sets sights on greener pastures December 4, 2023 Hydrogen power producer ITM Power said it is making "substantial progress" towards building a solid operating year.
Why are small firms at a disadvantage for funding? December 4, 2023 SMEs continue to face funding difficulties, with research suggesting a large number of small businesses have never secured external funding.
UK motor insurers break payout records as the sector battles rising cost December 4, 2023 Insurance companies have paid out £2.5bn in motor insurance claims in the third quarter of the year, which was a 21 per cent jump on the same period last year. Over the third quarter of 2023, UK insurers have issued the highest quarterly payout since the Association of British Insurers (ABI) began collecting this data [...]
Rishi Sunak: My tax cuts are ‘clear dividing line’ with Labour December 4, 2023 The Prime Minister said the UK economy had “turned a corner” and that further tax cuts, following measures in last month’s Autumn Statement, were the “direction of travel”. Speaking to journalists en route to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Sunak was quizzed on the date of the next election, the contents of the Tory [...]
Berkeley shares at 12-month high as investors regain confidence in UK’s property market December 4, 2023 Shares in high-end housebuilder Berkeley stand at a 12-month high, as investors are beginning to regain hope in the UK property market after a torrid few months. The FTSE 100 firm is set to post its half year results on Friday, with its cheery outlook boosted by plans by boss Rob Perrins to storm ahead [...]
Week ahead: US jobs, Berkeley and Ashtead Group December 3, 2023 Markets are bracing for next week's US jobs data and key results from housebuilder Berkeley and the equipment rental giant Ashtead Group.
COP28: Exxon Mobil boss rejects IEA criticism of carbon capture strategy December 2, 2023 Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods on Saturday rejected the International Energy Agency’s recent claim that using wide-scale carbon capture to fight climate change was an implausible “illusion”, saying the same could be said about electric vehicles and solar energy. “There is no solution set out there today that is at the scale to solve the [...]
Why Cop28 will be a failure and leaders should stay at home December 1, 2023 At Cop28 the likely response will be much wringing of hands and pointing of fingers as people conclude, once again, that mankind lacks the moral and political will to save the planet and itself.
Interactive: Here’s how much rents have gone up where you live as London prices spiral December 1, 2023 Rents have gone up over the past year but more in some areas than most - with London hit particularly hard by increases