The sooner we end Europe’s GDPR disaster the better
Well, that is one way of looking at it. As so often, the rhetoric from Brussels does not quite match the reality. Last week, Carl Benedikt Frey…
Virgin Atlantic plots British Airways blitz after oil bet pays off
Virgin Atlantic hedged half its fuel costs at an equivalent of $90 a barrel shortly afterwards, according to industry sources. With oil hitting almost $140 in the…
Pubs and hotels join business push to help Ukrainian refugees
More businesses are understood to be interested in helping, with offers of jobs or to assist in other ways. Tesco and Vodafone have already announced they will…
Russia and China’s ‘no-limits’ friendship is put to the test
Both Xi and Putin have sought to make themselves less dependent on American semiconductor technology, and Russia is already the world’s biggest buyer of Chinese microchips. The…
End of Russian wood pellets mean soaring bills for biomass boiler owners
Homes and businesses heated by biomass boilers face soaring costs as the supply of wood pellets is disrupted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia is a major…
More guided munitions and fighter jets: what higher spending will mean for Britain’s armed forces
Set to benefit from any rise in demand is BAE Systems which owns a third of the Eurofighter programme, while Airbus control 46pc and Italy’s Leonardo the…
War means Rishi Sunak must rethink his plans to boost government spending
Further out, the Chancellor has announced plans to increase corporation tax, bringing in some £17.2bn. If he were to rescind either or both of these two planned…
Grant Shapps takes aim at Russian aviation and shipping
Sean Doyle, the British Airways chief, said that the closure of Russian airspace would have a minimal impact on profits. While airlines will burn more fuel avoiding…