Uber jumps on electric vehicle bandwagon to fight air pollution! Uber announced a £150 million fund to tackle UK air pollution and offer a diesel scrappage scheme. They want to encourage their drivers to switch to electric or hybrid vehicles. Their aim is for all vehicles in London using its …

BMW electric dreams are big. Just a quick update to my previous electric car posts. I see report from BMW says that they have 25 electric and hybrid models by 2025 for sale, twelve of which will be entirely electric. They also say that they will have more than 200,000 …

Is the UK economy stuck? If the data released from The British Chambers of Commerce is correct then, yes! The gloomy picture painted suggests the UK economy growth in 2018 will be the weakest since the 2088/2009 recession. The British Chambers of Commerce say the UK economy as a whole …

On The Market takes AIM. Onthemarket.com is planning to float on the junior AIM (Alternative Investment Market). Presumably the capital raised will be used for restructure and expansion. Onthemarket.com is the estate agents own property portal and an alternative to Rightmove PLC. One to watch.

US tax reform by end of year? How likely is it that US tax reforms will come to fruition by the end of 2017? I notice US treasury secretary has indicated that President Donald Trump’s tax reforms will be passed by congress. Is this elusive or likely? Originally US corporation …

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to go electric. This is brilliant… Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced today (07/09/17) that their vehicles from 2020 will be electric or hybrid. They said, ‘Every new Jaguar Land Rover model line will be electrified from 2020 – giving customers even more choice.’ The first fully …

US debt deal boosts Asian markets The news of Donald Trump’s short term deal to raise the US governments debt limit helped markets in Asia.

European Central Bank (ECB) September 2017 meeting Summary European Central Bank (ECB) leaves rates and bond-buying programme unchanged. Mario Draghi said Eurozone interest rates will remain at current levels for an extended period of time and well past the horizon of net asset purchases. It appears that now is not …

Wall Street lifts on debt ceiling deal. US President Donald Trump agreed a deal to extend the debt ceiling with the Democrats. On 6th September congressional leaders and Donald Trump agreed to pass an extension of the debt limit until 15th December 2017. This came after Donald Trump threatened to …

France to explore new law to ban oil & gas production. In a previous post I wrote about France’s plan to end the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by 2040. I notice a new plan now being considered is to introduce a law to ban the production of …