London rules Europe for world’s biggest companies

Formula E, a new electric racing series with motors made by the British engineering firm McLaren, is set to announce that investment funds have injected around £25m into the business to get a 20 per cent stake as it heads into its inaugural race in September.

Global Outlook: The illegal privatisation of formerly democratic institutions is so dangerous

The BCC’s final speaker contrived to make his appearance almost as newsworthy as that of Vince Cable, under siege in the aftermath of the National Audit Office’s report into the Royal Mail sell-off.

The Government increasingly recognises that high and unavoidable fixed costs are holding many small businesses back – hence the further help offered on business rates in the Budget. But having assisted with one of the two biggest costs for many small firms, what can it do to mitigate the other one – their rising energy bills?