16 November 2017 A Lens on the Week UK BREXIT: There is gang warfare in the Cabinet. Foreign Secretary Johnson and Environment Secretary Gove have got over the animosity caused by Gove undermining Johnson’s leadership bid and now stand back-to-back in their shared concern that the Government is not putting sufficient energy into the… Continue reading Issue 129:2017 11 16:Lens on the Week
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Issue 99:2017 03 06:Lack of energy
06 April 2017 Lack of Energy Enough to be getting on with. by J.R.Thomas If there is a staple subject for the Business Pages of the Shaw Sheet, it is energy. That fabled visitor from another planet might well conclude that the earth is about to run out of power, so much concern is endlessly… Continue reading Issue 99:2017 03 06:Lack of energy
Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief Financial
16 February 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE – AGAIN: Last week it was regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press who got the Shaw Sheet Business Pages prize for optimism. We have a new contender this week for our award – Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, who announced a pretty startling… Continue reading Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 November 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT STRATEGY: A memorandum leaked to The Times, and said to have been written by a consultant from the accountancy firm Deloittes, indicates that civil servants are struggling to produce an exit strategy in time for the giving of the Article 50 notice in March of next… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Week in Brief: UK
22 September 2016 Week in Brief: UK International Politics FORWARD POLICY: In her first speech to the United Nations, Mrs May confirmed that the UK would continue to spend 2% of GDP on defence. She is also to send troops to Somalia and provide aid to create jobs in Ethiopia. This is a continuation of Mr… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: Business
11 August 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY NOT TO THE POINT: The troubled saga of the new Hinckley Point power station – or at least, the lack of construction thereof – continues. As readers will recollect, EDF, the French mainly state owned company who had entered into complex arrangements with the British… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: Business
Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Week in Brief: UK
04 August 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government News HINKLEY POINT: The Government has postponed a decision on Hinkley Point C pending a further review. The announcement, which was made just before the deal was due to be signed, took the energy industry by surprise. It is understood that EDF, the French company which was… Continue reading Issue 65: 2016 08 04: Week in Brief: UK
Issue65:2016 08 04: Week in Brief financial
4 August 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY STEADY…: There is a great deal of chat now that Brexit vote has not had the expected negative effects on the UK economy and that the economic outlook is good, even dazzling. And also, in direct contradiction, that economic indicators are weak and pointing steeply downwards… Continue reading Issue65:2016 08 04: Week in Brief financial
Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Week in brief (business)
28 July 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY REACHING OUT: Ofcom have finally issued their long delayed report on British Telecom’s infrastructure business, Openreach. Openreach is the telecoms equivalent of Railtrack in that it owns the wires and fibres and transmission equipment which allows broadband connections – not just for BT, but for all… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: Week in brief (business)
Issue 62:2016 07 14:Week in Brief (Financial)
14 July 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City TATA REVIEWS DATA: In an abrupt and unexpected reversal of intent, Tata Steel have announced that they now do not intend to sell the Port Talbot steelworks in South Wales, which they announced earlier this year. The sale of the Scunthorpe plant which makes rail… Continue reading Issue 62:2016 07 14:Week in Brief (Financial)
Issue 55: 2016 05 26:Week in brief Financial
26 May 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BLOWS THE WIND FOR FRANCE? After many months, years indeed, of negotiations at all levels, the outlook for building the proposed Hinkley Point nuclear power station is still confused. Readers may recall that the power station, to be built and operated by EDF, the French… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26:Week in brief Financial
Issue 54: 2016 05 19: Week in Brief: UK
19 May 2016 Week in Brief: UK Queen’s Speech MEASURES INCLUDED: the Queen’s speech included: a legal right to faster broadband (although residents in the remotest properties may have to contribute); restrictions on access to porn sites; measures to encourage driverless cars; a streamlining of planning; measures to make it easier to switch banks and… Continue reading Issue 54: 2016 05 19: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 49:2016 04 14: Week in Brief International
14 April 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL Europe BRUSSELS: Five men were detained by police following anti-terrorist raids in Brussels. One of them is thought to be the third airport-bomber. Another is also thought to have been directly involved in the airport attack. EU: The European Court of Justice has handed down a judgment which… Continue reading Issue 49:2016 04 14: Week in Brief International
