29 September 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY STORM BREWING: So much of what we value has come from the North Sea – kippers, Cromer crabs, oil and gas. Trouble is, they are all running short – and the ones that might soon have the biggest effect on our lifestyles are diminishing oil… Continue reading Issue73:2016 09 29: Week in Brief financial
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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 54:2016 05 19: Week in Brief Financial
19 May 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY LOST CONNECTION: After many months of negotiation, lobbying, and speculation the European Commission finally refused to allow CK Hutchison Group, the Hong Kong telecoms operator, to use its UK operation, Three, to take over O2, which is one of the largest mobile telecoms operator in… Continue reading Issue 54:2016 05 19: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: Business and City
17 September 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY SAWING OFF THE BRANCHES: The dismemberment of the Royal Bank of Scotland empire continues. A lot of this is the implementation of the promises made in 2008 when the government rescued the bank (once the biggest in Europe and with even greater aspirations under its… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: Business and City
