As the global economy accelerates out of a pandemic-induced slump and to a greener future, there is one thing it is likely to need: metals. They are required in industry and manufacturing, while some are essential for green technology. Such demand is the prime reason why investment house Amati Global Investors has just launched its … Read more
Shell picks oil and gas veteran Sir Andrew Mackenzie to lead its green revolution By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 11 March 2021 Shell raised eyebrows yesterday when it picked former BHP chief executive Sir Andrew Mackenzie to steer it through the green revolution. … Read more
A museum is to use Government cash to host a virtual drag queen night to kick-start a research project to find gay, lesbian and transgender Britons who may have helped in the Industrial Revolution more than 200 years ago. The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust runs sites in the Shropshire Valley region known for its 18th … Read more
Greta Thunberg has rubbished Boris Johnson’s promises of a ‘green revolution’ after the government approved the use of a bee killing pesticide and a new coal mine. The Prime Minister has presented himself as being at the head of efforts to green the global economy with, for example, promises of huge reductions in greenhouse gas … Read more
Nearly 4.5million leaseholders in England will be ‘tens of thousands of pounds’ better off as a result of laws to be unveiled today by the Housing Secretary. Robert Jenrick said his attempt to make it cheaper and simpler for leaseholders to buy their properties is the biggest property law reform since Margaret Thatcher’s right-to-buy revolution … Read more
The boss of bar chain Revolution today blasted the Government’s ‘scandalous’ treatment of bars and nightclubs during the pandemic. Chief executive Rob Pitcher said state support for bars which have seen their trade decimated during the crisis is ‘totally inadequate’ and called grants of £1,000 per wet-led pub or bar ‘derisory and insulting’. The group, … Read more
ELECTRIC VEHICLES PM’S PLAN: Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘ban new sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2030’ . He announced £2.8billion in funding as part of his ten-point green plan, including £1.3billon on the rollout of electric car charging points. REALITY: The 2030 target is viewed by the industry as ‘incredibly ambitious’ with … Read more
ELECTRIC VEHICLES PM’S PLAN: Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘ban new sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2030’ . He announced £2.8billion in funding as part of his ten-point green plan, including £1.3billon on the rollout of electric car charging points. REALITY: The 2030 target is viewed by the industry as ‘incredibly ambitious’ with … Read more
Like all my football games at Eton, Simon Henderson’s time as headmaster started off okay but rapidly went downhill. I joined the school as a pupil at the same time as he started as head. My early impression of him was as an unremarkable but likeable headmaster, known chiefly for once mangling an anecdote about … Read more
The first in a series of articles investigating growth sectors, developing technologies and niche themes that adventurous private investors can back in their Isas – and how they might do so. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that many companies in the green energy and infrastructure sectors will thrive in the coming years. … Read more