National Grid has struck a deal to sell its Electricity System Operator (ESO) to the government for £630m, paving the way for the division to transition into public ownership. The …
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Price rises and smaller data packages: Regulator voices concerns over Vodafone’s £15bn Three merger
The planned £15bn merger between Vodafone and Three could lead to price increases for tens of millions of mobile customers, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned. The watchdog …
Volvere: Shire Foods owner sees profit rise again as costs stabilise
Turn-around investment firm and frozen pie maker Volvere has seen its profit more than double after its food manufacturing division saw the cost of raw materials stabilise, it said today. The London-listed …
Rugby needs to look to USA and other wild ideas
When I read this week in City A.M. that Premiership rugby clubs are keen to head to the United States again I was pleased, if not too surprised. It didn’t …
The great greying of the British right
Why are none of the Conservative leadership candidates talking about the economy? It’s down to a self-fulfilling cycle of pandering to pensioners and alienating younger workers, says Kristian Niemietz The …
L’Oréal Paris’ biggest-ever beauty-wellness event comes to London
L’Oréal Paris is set to transform the heart of London with its largest-ever beauty event, The Worth It Experience, ahead of Paris Fashion Week. From Thursday, 19 September to Monday,23 …
Retail group calls for ‘rates corrector’ in next Budget
High business rates and other bills have led to an overtaxing of the retail industry compared to its size in terms of GDP, according to fresh data. The British Retail …
Media mogul Conrad Black reportedly set to back US bid for The Telegraph
Lord Conrad Black, the media tycoon who owned The Daily Telegraph for nearly two decades, may be set to return to the British broadsheet. Black has been floated as a …
National debt: Government must reform or things will ‘blow up’
Sooner or later the British government is going to face a reckoning on the national debt. The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) latest report on debt sustainability makes clear that …
Government must ‘offer hope’ to attract investment, CBI chief to argue
The government must “have and offer hope” in order to attract global investors to bet on and back Britain, the chief executive of the Confederation for British Industry (CBI) will …