UK’s Global Investment Summit is very nice – but the £29.5bn figure is pure hype | Nils Pratley

[ad_1] If you’ve hired Hampton Court Palace for your Global Investment Summit, and have King Charles lined up to serve drinks afterwards at Buckingham Palace, it is obligatory to publish…

UK offshore wind is no longer a bargain. But it’s still better than the alternatives | Nils Pratley

[ad_1] The good news is that the government has an offshore wind strategy again, something that was in doubt after the last auction flopped by producing no bids from developers.…

Rishi Sunak’s crackdown will not stub out share prices of tobacco firms | Nils Pratley

[ad_1] Did “the biggest public health intervention in a generation” whack the share prices of tobacco firms? Well, it caused a slight cough. Imperial Brands – the firm behind Embassy,…

BP needs a new chief executive not a slower strategy towards net zero | Nils Pratley

[ad_1] Bernard Looney, after four years talking about orderly transitions, has made a disorderly transition out of BP. Not being fully transparent with the board of directors – whether about…