How can UK businesses prepare for Trump? Remember how he thinks January 21, 2025 The best approach to dealing with Trump? Resist the hysteria and remember how the President thinks, writes Michael Martins.
Russia sanctions under spotlight in landmark case with Abramovich ally January 15, 2025 UK Russian sanctions will be under the scope at the Supreme Court today as Eugene Shvidler seeks to remove the sanctions against him
Russia back at London court in long-running oil row January 15, 2025 Russia is back at an English court today over a long-running battle with former shareholders of oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky oil company
Taiwan: The technology of freedom January 15, 2025 This week, Tom Tudgendhat spoke at the Taiwan Institute for National Defence and Security Research. Here he makes an impassioned case for the island’s outward-facing, innovative economic model – and argues it is an essential partner for the West Visiting Taipei, a city striving at the forefront of innovation, even as it upholds Chinese traditions and [...]
Ineos boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe: UK chemical manufacturing ‘having the life squeezed out of it’ January 13, 2025 Ineos boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe has warned British chemicals manufacturing is having the “life squeezed out of it” by the government, and is on the verge of extinction. The business titan slammed the de-industrialising of Britain, which started in the 1970s and 1980s, and criticised the government for a lack of energy strategy and high [...]
Britain has enough gas, network says amid warnings stores are low January 11, 2025 Britain has enough gas, the network operator has said after warnings that stores are at “concerningly low” levels. National Gas said on Friday that supplies remain “healthy” and that Britain is “well-placed” to respond to demands this winter. It added that gas stocks kept at the UK’s storage sites are well-above half full. It comes [...]
British Gas owner Centrica: UK has less than a week’s worth of demand for gas in store January 10, 2025 UK gas stores have fallen to “concerningly low” levels amid freezing cold temperatures, the owner of British Gas has said. Centrica said the UK now has less than a week’s worth of demand for gas in store. On Thursday, stocks at UK gas storage sites were 26 per cent lower than the same period last [...]
Give parliament a vote on quantitative easing January 9, 2025 QE should not be the preserve of bean-counting central bankers – money printing is not an abstract issue, it has real consequences for people’s ordinary lives, says Sam Bidwell If one thing characterises British politics in the post-Thatcher era, it is a serial addiction to avoiding questions about the structure of our economy. On the [...]
PMQs: Siddiq ‘acted appropriately’ by referring herself to adviser, Starmer says January 8, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has insisted Tulip Siddiq has “acted appropriately” by referring herself to the independent adviser on standards and said he would not give “running commentary” of the recently announced probe into her finances. The City minister referred herself to Sir Laurie Magnus, the Prime Minister’s Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests on Monday, for [...]
Gloucester Rugby forced to pull Russia flag from player shirt January 8, 2025 Gloucester Rugby has been forced to remove a Russian flag from the shirt of one of their players after a complaint from a fan. The Cherry and Whites have operated a policy, since 2015, of rewarding their international stars with the flag of their Test nation on their club shirt. But Gloucester were forced to [...]