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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to meet energy leaders ahead of new pledges July 30, 2023 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and energy security secretary Grant Shapps will meet industry leaders from across the energy sector.
UK and India could sign trade deal this year, says official July 29, 2023 The UK and India could sign a long-awaited trade deal before the end of the year, according to a senior Indian official. The country’s commerce secretary Sunil Barthwal told reporters on Friday: “We want to finalise the deal at the earliest.” He also said that it was possible that the deal could be agreed “much [...]
Anti Brexit activist Gina Miller warns ‘we don’t have a functioning democracy’ after party’s Monzo account shut July 28, 2023 Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller has warned that “we don’t have a functioning democracy” if new political parties cannot access banking services after she was told her own party’s account would be shut. The Government and financial services watchdog must step in and ensure new parties and MPs can access banking to be able to operate, [...]
Rishi Sunak and Sadiq Khan at loggerheads over London housebuilding July 27, 2023 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has threatened to wade into mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s efforts on housebuilding in the capital. The politicians traded verbal blows today as the PM accused the mayor of failing to build enough homes for Londoners, while Khan branded his claims “desperate nonsense”. Speaking during a visit to a development in [...]
LendInvest founder Christian Faes: Why I left London for California July 27, 2023 Fintech founder Christian Faes tells City A.M. why he's swapped London for California.
Mark Kleinman: Natwest’s future, Ovo Energy and Hargreaves Lansdown’s search for a successor July 27, 2023 Mark Kleinman is City editor at Sky News What next for Natwest? Somebody with a tighter grip at the top, and that’s just the start Banking with the human touch: that’s how Coutts, the high net worth bank owned by Natwest Group, likes to position itself. Like so many corporate slogans, however, it often bears [...]
Loss of tax-free shopping costing the UK £4.1bn, say London bosses July 26, 2023 Scrapping the tourist tax could generate £4.1bn annually for the UK economy, new research suggests, as a cluster of prominent business owners call for the government to reinstate VAT shopping for international tourists. Rishi Sunak scrapped the tax which saw international shoppers able to claim 20 per cent back with their purchases. It was largely [...]
Welcome to the Great Green Delay, and Khan’s Ulez expansion is the first victim July 26, 2023 As Sadiq Khan’s expansion of the Ultra Low Emission zone became a flashpoint for the Uxbridge by-election, other green policies face being quietly shelved, writes Comment & Features editor Sascha O’Sullivan.
BAT: Lucky Strike maker reaps rewards of vape shift with 1.5m new customers as profit nears £6bn July 26, 2023 Lucky Strike maker British American Tobacco (BAT) has seen dramatic revenue growth in its ‘new categories’ division thanks to its acceleration of investment in ever-more popular cigarette alternatives. Its revenue from vaping and tobacco-free products hit £1.6bn, a 29 per cent increase from the first half of 2022, and BAT said it is making “good [...]
Business groups cheer plans to speed up planning process for big infrastructure projects July 25, 2023 Top business groups have welcomed government plans to speed up the planning process for key infrastructure projects as a “major signal” on green growth. Ministers want to overhaul the system and create a new fast-track route for major schemes, such as offshore wind farms, transport connections, waste facilities and nuclear power stations. Prime minister Rishi [...]