The EU executive is unlikely to impose a price cap on Russian gas, according to a leaked document seen by the Guardian. However, the EU is currently seeking to introduce windfall taxes on energy company “surplus” profits. The Guardian published a report on the EU’s draft regulation on the “electricity emergency tool”, which contained no […]

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FTSE 100 was largely flat on Monday trading as gains from telecom and mining shares helped lift the index which was being dragged by drops in Experian and some retailing stocks. China’s lockdowns have driven slowing growth this quarter and raised investors concerns about the health of the world’s second largest economy. China reported that […]

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Following the first European Central Bank (ECB) meeting of 2021, the institution announced that it will be sticking to its current key rates and the scale of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) for the foreseeable future, as the European economy continues to grapple with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. In what The Telegraph […]

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Through an ongoing global pandemic and a seemingly never-ending Brexit negotiation process, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) across the UK have been forced to operate in a climate of uncertainty. Rules and regulations are changing by the day, and as a new strain of Covid-19 emerges and the UK prepares to dive out of the […]

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By way of the State of the Union speech delivered by President Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission has proposed to increase its emissions reduction target to ‘at least’ 55% by 2030. The renewed emissions reduction target follows the previous commitment to a 40% reduction, and has been made as part of the EU’s […]

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