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The British electricity grid has entered a fraught chapter as investigations unfold into claims that staff at the state backed operator concealed evidence of grid instability during a scorching June
The government has set out a plan to extend the reach of the road charging system beyond the borders of the United Kingdom, arguing that the transition to electric vehicles
Tom Blomfield, the former Monzo chief executive who helped redefine consumer banking in Britain, has embarked on a new chapter in Silicon Valley style a move that places him at
In the wake of a dramatic overnight development in the battle for easyJet, the market has shifted focus from the price of a deal to what kind of owner the
The latest chapter in London’s long-running saga about the resilience of its listed companies unfolds around Segro, the property group built on factories, warehouses and a growing portfolio of data
A significant challenge to the established order within Britain’s mutual sector has prompted a senior member nominated candidate to appeal directly to Andy Burnham, the Labour leader and widely regarded
British American Tobacco and North Korea have in recent weeks become the focal point of a mounting inquiry into how multinational businesses handle sanctions, disclosure, and the complex terrain of
The High Court hearing into the Metropolitan Police and Palantir raises more than a single commercial dispute. It exposes a collision between the ambition to deploy advanced analytics in policing
Eurostar has always sold a particular idea of Europe: the ease of stepping onto a train in London and emerging in Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam with the faint sense that
There are moments in commercial aviation when calamity is not averted by the grandeur of technology or the certainty of procedure, but by a narrowing corridor of physics. One April
British drivers are being pulled back into an old, uncomfortable arithmetic at the forecourts: the price on the pump is no longer chiefly a function of domestic tax or supermarket
For years, the most lucrative corner of payments has been the one the public scarcely notices. Not the shiny consumer apps, nor the branded cards, but the dull, intricate plumbing
The legal profession has always been adept at turning social change into doctrine. It takes a new technology, a fresh risk, a novel commercial habit, and then quietly, sometimes without
The most unsettling futures are not those imagined in distant galaxies, but those that grow out of the habits of ordinary life. Picture a hot July morning a generation from
Terry Smith has never made much secret of his impatience with corporate theatre. The Fundsmith founder speaks in the clipped idiom of a long-term investor who believes that most of
