Simon Jack
Business Editor at BBC
Host at Good Bad Billionaire
BBC Business Editor Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 Co-Presenter Good Bad Billionaire - Best Business Podcast 2024
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Michael Race |Simon Jack |Alice Cunningham
Michael Race & Simon JackBusiness reporter & Business editor, BBC NewsThe prime minister has said he is "not writing a blank cheque" to pay for a new UK nuclear power plant, after the government announced it would commit £14.2bn to the project. Sir Keir Starmer told the BBC the development of Sizewell C on the Suffolk coastline would create 10,000 jobs over the next decade, and provide energy security and independence for the country.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Michael Race |Simon Jack
No blank cheque for Sizewell C nuclear project, says PMMichael Race & Simon JackBusiness reporter & Business editor, BBC NewsBBCAlice CunninghamThe prime minister has said he is "not writing a blank cheque" to pay for a new UK nuclear power plant, after the government announced it would commit £14.2bn to the project.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Simon Jack
Simon Jack: Tariff relief for UK but new clock ticking on US dealSimon JackBusiness editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesIt is hard to argue the UK exemption from the doubling of US tariffs on imported steel from 25 to 50% is not good news. It was not a given that the UK would get this carve-out despite having done a deal on 8 May to reduce tariffs on the metals to zero.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Simon Jack
Blow to Thames Water as preferred bidder pulls outSimon JackGetty ImagesThames Water has suffered a major setback in its attempt to secure its future after US private equity giant KKR pulled out of plans to buy the company. KKR had been selected as the preferred partner to inject £4bn of much needed cash into the UK's biggest water company. The setback increases the possibility that the company will collapse into a government supervised administration.
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4 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Simon Jack
UK taxpayers no longer own NatWest - but 17 years on, are banks safer from collapse? BBCThe Treasury has announced the sale of its final shares in the NatWest Group. It means the bank will be under full private ownership, almost two decades after it was bailed out by the taxpayer amid the 2008 financial crisis. This marks a symbolic end to a dramatic chapter in British banking history.
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