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| Aug 26, 2026 | Octopus boss Greg Jackson calls for ‘urgent reform’ on energy as bills rise | Octopus boss Greg Jackson has called on Andy Burnham to deliver “urgent reform” to the energy market to protect households from “volatile” gas prices.
Jackson, founder of the UK’s biggest household electricity supplier, said: “The governmen... |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Hyundai and Kia Launch AllDayEnergy to Let EV Owners Sell Power Back to Grid | By Henry Baker
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| Jul 21, 2026 | British Business Bank cuts jobs in automation push | The British Business Bank slashed its headcount in the last year as the government-owned economic development bank underwent a major restructuring.
The bank – which backs loans from financial institutions in a bid to drive up UK small busin... |
| Jun 29, 2026 | From Vision to Action: GECC Launches the Global Energy Circular Economy Coalition and Circular Battery Design Guidelines | LONDON, June 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 22, CATL and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation announced two new initiatives together with BMW, Renault, Volvo, Google, Xiaomi and other industry leaders and stakeholders, at the Climate Innovation... |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Liz Kendall ramps up push to funnel pension cash into UK startups | The government is stepping up efforts to channel more institutional money into British tech firms as ministers look to stop promising startups heading overseas for funding.
Tech secretary Liz Kendall announced that Labour would pursue refor... |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Kraken Launches Autonomous Agents for Utility Customer Service Built in Partnership with Sierra | Kraken, the most-loved operating system for utilities, today unveiled Autonomous Agents, utility-specific AI agents that orchestrate complex workflows to deliver customer resolutions at scale. Developed in partnership with Sierra, Autonomou... |
| Jun 6, 2026 | Peter Kyle vows state will take bigger stakes in Britain’s next tech giants | The government is preparing to take larger stakes in Britain’s fastest-growing companies as Peter Kyle ramps up Labour’s efforts to turn the state into a more active backer of private enterprise.
Ahead of London Tech Week, the business secr... |
| May 27, 2026 | Octopus acquires legal team to boost bereavement services with AI | Octopus Legacy, a bereavement service owned by Octopus Group, has acquired a private client team from a large UK-based law firm as part of a push to speed up its services using AI.
The company’s legal arm, Octopus Legal Services, has taken ... |
| May 20, 2026 | Vattenfall energy portfolio poised to be snapped up by private equity firm | Swedish energy giant Vattenfall is poised to offload a portfolio of its British assets to private equity firm Reinova in the latest step in its retreat from the UK, City AM understands.
The conglomerate, owned by the government of Sweden, i... |
| May 7, 2026 | Revealed: The 2026 City AM Awards Winners | Around 500 guests enjoyed a night of celebration at London’s Guildhall on Wednesday 6 May where the winners of the 2026 City AM Awards were crowned. From 60 finalists across 12 categories, the judges chose their champions.
Greg Jackson CBE
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| May 6, 2026 | Divorce costs hit finances beyond lawyer fees, says Octopus legal group | Divorce costs are financially draining for separating couples in the UK beyond just legal fees, according to a new report from Octopus-owned legal service, Amicable.
The report, which surveyed 2,000 UK adults who have either divorced, separ... |
| May 5, 2026 | Gen Z don’t want meaningless work – but that might be a good thing | Gen Z will not accept meaningless work, nor should they. The burgeoning industry of green jobs could be the answer, write Carolyn Dawson and Rebecca Dibb-Simkin
In the current economic climate, young people are not in a position to be picky... |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Miliband to bow to pressure on North Sea drilling | Energy secretary Ed Miliband is poised to bow to significant pressure to allow drilling in the North Sea to counter collapsing fuel supply chains and soaring energy costs.
Miliband is planning to give the green light to the Jackdaw gasfield... |
| Apr 2, 2026 | EV demand is getting a boost from the Iran war — just as auto giants pivot back to combustion engines | Analysts expect the fallout from the Iran war to spur demand for EVs, although a shift away from traditional internal combustion engine vehicles is expected to be gradual.
Various car selling platforms have reported a sharp increase in cons... |
| Mar 25, 2026 | AI Drive Sparks Redundancies at Octopus Investments | Part of Octopus Group, which includes Octopus Energy and Octopus Money, the firm is one of the UK’s largest providers of specialist tax-efficient investments that qualify for relief from inheritance tax. 130 of the firm’s roles, predominant... |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Britain responds to Iran war energy shock by requiring solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes | The U.K. government on Tuesday introduced new rules requiring all new homes in England to be installed with heat pumps and solar panels.
It forms part of the country’s response to the Iran war energy shock.
“Whether through solar panels fit... |
| Mar 24, 2026 | UK must learn lessons from this crisis – starting with energy policy | Has the US brought Iran to heel? Or has Iran discovered it has the upper hand? These are urgent questions and the world waits with bated breath for clear answers.
Trump claims Iran approached the US, seeking a deal to end the war, and while... |
| Mar 24, 2026 | UK must ‘urgently’ reopen North Sea drilling amid global volatility | Households and businesses will be left even more exposed to geopolitical shocks like the one playing out in the Middle East unless the government “urgently” reopens the UK’s North Sea oil fields to new drilling projects, an industry body ha... |
| Mar 18, 2026 | City AM Awards 2026: Meet the Finalists | The City AM Awards are back and this year our finalists are stronger than ever. Our judges now have the task of voting for an overall winner in each category, to be announced at the Guildhall on May 6. And the nominees are….
Greg Jackson CB... |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Iran War Blocks Key Strait, Unleashes Global Energy Crisis | The Iran conflict escalated. Global oil prices surged over 40%. The critical Strait of Hormuz faces imminent closure threats. This disrupts a fifth of the world's oil supply. The US demanded allied warships secure the vital waterway. UK hou... |
| Mar 16, 2026 | FTSE 100 Live: Stocks jump, Oil spikes, fresh Thames Water rescue deal | Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog.
This morning Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose 1.8 per cent to $104.98 per barrel during early trading in Asia.
It follows President Trump stating he is unwi... |
| Mar 15, 2026 | Ed Miliband rejects ‘totally false’ calls to drill North Sea | Ed Miliband has dismissed calls for the UK to exploit the North Sea’s oil supply, despite widespread calls to drill the area as fears of an energy shock rise amidst the war in the Middle East.
The energy secretary said: “Some people want to... |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Miliband and Reeves to meet petrol retailers as fuel costs spike | Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said the government “will not tolerate” energy firms profiteering from the rising price of oil amid the war in Iran.
Oil prices climbed back above $100 a barrel on Thursday despite the International Energy A... |
| Mar 7, 2026 | UK AI Ambitions Face Geopolitical Reality Check | Britain drives to become an AI superpower. UK chip startup Fractile pledges a massive £100 million investment. This move bolsters domestic AI hardware. The government champions sovereign tech. It urges bold risks and innovation. Yet, a star... |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Middle East war could ‘bring down the economies of the world’ | The war in the Middle East could “bring down the economies of the world” as oil prices could surge to $150 per barrel if Gulf energy exporters shut production, Qatar’s energy minister has warned.
Saad al-Kaabi said that restarting the produ... |
| Mar 6, 2026 | How geopolitics is influencing investment | The UK’s classification of AI as critical infrastructure is being paradoxically balanced by increasingly strict national security scrutiny on ownership, investment, and partnerships, introducing political risk into the innovation pipeline, ... |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Greg Jackson urges Labour to exploit North Sea oil as UK ‘stares down barrel’ of energy price shock | Octopus founder and government adviser Greg Jackson has urged Labour to “use what’s available” in the North Sea and rethink its key net zero policies.
Jackson said the county was “staring down the barrel” of an energy price shock in light o... |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Top entrepreneurs demand ‘radical reset’ in new campaign | Britain is entrenched in a narrative of decline that can only be reversed with a radical political and cultural reset, a group of top entrepreneurs has warned at the launch of a campaign to improve the investment and trading environment for... |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Exclusive: Octopus to swerve new private stock exchange | Octopus Energy will not join the delayed Pisces private stock market when it launches, its boss Greg Jackson has said, in a sign the utilities giant is distancing itself from the project after attending an event for interested companies las... |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Mark Kleinman: Audit watchdog at risk of becoming empty shell | Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column
Will the last one to leave please turn out the lights? That might seem an exaggerated extrapolation on the retirement of Sir Ja... |
| Feb 16, 2026 | Octopus Energy Generation invests $1 billion in California clean tech, expands U.S. energy footprint | California’s clean energy economy just pulled in another major foreign backer. Octopus Energy Generation is committing nearly $1 billion to California-based climate and energy projects, deepening its presence in the United States at a time ... |
| Feb 13, 2026 | UK innovation economy is the most under-priced asset in global markets | Don’t write off Britain’s science and innovation sector. We are building global companies and attracting international attention, says Saul Klein
If you listened only to the mood music in the City, you’d think the UK’s innovation story was ... |
| Feb 9, 2026 | Octopus boss: UK risks ‘falling behind’ without China energy ties | The boss of Octopus Energy has warned that the UK risks being “left behind” in the clean energy race if it fails to work more closely with China on renewable technology, claiming the country should not ignore China’s advances in wind and cl... |
| Feb 2, 2026 | From PopMart to JD.com: Britain and China rush to forge business deals as diplomatic thaw takes hold | U.K’s prime minister met with the Chinese president and secured deals that would see hundreds of millions worth of new investments from Chinese businesses.
Beijing promised to expand market access for British companies and improve a busines... |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Starmer looks to woo Japanese investors amid Asia trip backlash | Keir Starmer said he would hold discussions with investors and business owners in Japan after landing in Tokyo, with the Prime Minister hoping to defy critics of his recent trip to China with new deals to boost the UK economy.
Speaking on a... |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Reinventing the light switch as Europe’s missing energy interface | For years, Europe’s energy debate has focused on increased supply — more renewables, more grid capacity, more infrastructure. But as electrification accelerates, from heat pumps to EVs, the real challenge is shifting from how we generate po... |
| Jan 28, 2026 | CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter: Starmer’s great crawl to China | Keir Starmer this week leads a delegation of British businesses as he makes the first visit to China by a U.K. prime minister in eight years.
China was Britain’s sixth largest export market for goods and services in the year to June 2025, b... |
| Jan 25, 2026 | UK Boosts Energy Tech Giant Kraken Amidst Global IPO Battle | Kraken Technologies, a prominent AI-powered energy operating system, recently secured a pivotal £25 million investment from the British Business Bank. This commitment, part of a larger $1 billion financing round, bolsters Kraken's global ex... |
| Jan 21, 2026 | British Business Bank Commits £25 Million To Kraken Technologies | The British Business Bank has committed to invest £25 million in Kraken Technologies as part of Kraken’s $1 billion demerger from Octopus Energy Group, in a deal done in partnership with Octopus Group and facilitated by Octopus Ventures.
Th... |
| Jan 20, 2026 | British Business Bank invests £25M in Kraken Technologies | The UK government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) is taking a £25m stake in Kraken Technologies, the software entity being spun out of Octopus Energy, marking the bank's biggest ever direct investment into a private firm.
Octopus Energy ... |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Peter Kyle: Tariff tension could delay UK-US trade talks | Donald Trump’s threat to unleash another round of tariffs on UK goods could delay work on the UK-US trade deal’s final stages, according to business secretary Peter Kyle, who branded the latest tensions “lose-lose” for Britain and America’s... |
| Jan 19, 2026 | Greg Jackson: London IPO a ‘no brainer’ if capital flows reverse | Octopus chief Greg Jackson has said choosing London as the destination for the blockbuster IPO of tech spin-off Kraken would be a “no brainer” if the exchange maintains its world-leading performance in 2025 and demonstrates it can lure fres... |
| Jan 7, 2026 | CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter: Is Britain back? Five things to watch for the U.K. in 2026 | While 2025 was forgettable for the U.K. economy, there were some signs of improvement as it drew to a close.
From chancellor challenges to jobless-rate jitters, here are five things to watch for the U.K. economy in 2026.
This report is from... |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Kraken Raises $1 Billion; Valued at $8.65 Billion | Kraken, a London, UK- and NYC-based utility software startup, raised $1 Billion in funding to split by Octopus Energy.
The round was led by D1 Capital Partners, with participation from Fidelity International, Durable Capital Partners and On... |
| Jan 2, 2026 | ИИ-подразделение Kraken британской Octopus оценено в $8,7 млрд | Эта сделка стала первым шагом на пути к выделению Kraken в отдельную компанию.
В рамках первого раунда финансирования Octopus продала около $1 млрд акционерного капитала Kraken консорциуму новых и существующих акционеров, говорится в заявле... |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Kraken Technologies Spins Out from Octopus Energy: AI Utility Platform Valued at $8.65 Billion | Kraken Technologies, Octopus Energy's AI unit, completed a $1 billion funding round, valuing it at $8.65 billion. This fuels a strategic spinoff, making Kraken an independent, global operating system for utilities. The move accelerates Krak... |
| Dec 30, 2025 | AI Utility Giant Kraken Breaks Free, Valued at $8.65 Billion After $1 Billion Funding Round | Kraken, Octopus Energy's AI utility platform, has spun off following an €850 million funding round. This landmark investment, led by D1 Capital Partners, values Kraken at a staggering €7.3 billion. The transaction formalizes Kraken’s comple... |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Kraken Technologies: An AI Powerhouse Spins Off, Valued at $8.65 Billion | Octopus Energy spun off its AI unit, Kraken Technologies. The move establishes Kraken as an independent entity. It secured $1 billion in new funding, reaching an $8.65 billion valuation. D1 Capital Partners led the investment round. Kraken ... |
| Dec 30, 2025 | UK’s Octopus Energy to spinoff AI unit Kraken at $8.65 billion valuation | Octopus Energy raised $1 billion in its first standalone funding round for Kraken, valuing the business at $8.65 billion.
The statement said “a major Kraken customer,” which it did not name, and Daniel Sundheim’s hedge fund D1 Capital Partn... |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Britain's Octopus Energy to spin out Kraken at $8.65 billion valuation | Dec 29 : Britain's Octopus Energy said on Monday it will spin off its technology arm, Kraken, as an independent company valued at $8.65 billion, after a funding round led by U.S. investment firm D1 Capital Partners.
Kraken supplies energy ... |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Octopus Energy to spin out AI utility platform Kraken at €7.3B valuation after €850M funding round | Octopus Energy Group has raised €850 million ($1 billion) for its technology company, Kraken. The round is the first standalone investment into Kraken and values the business at €7.3 billion ($8.65 billion). This transaction establishes Kra... |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Ben Raises Over $27.5 Million To Expand AI-Native Global Employee Benefits Platform | Ben, the employee benefits technology company operating under Thanks Ben Ltd., has raised more than $27.5 million (£20.8 million) in a Series B financing to accelerate product development and broaden go-to-market efforts as large employers ... |
| Dec 20, 2025 | AI Benefits Platform Ben Secures $27.5M to Redefine Global HR | Ben, the London-based AI platform, has secured a significant $27.5 million in new funding. This capital injection, led by Mercia Ventures and backed by QuantumLight Capital, will fuel the company's ambitious product roadmap and expand its m... |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Ben Raises $27.5M in Funding | Ben, a London, UK-based provider of a platform using AI to help global enterprises manage employee benefits, raised $27.5M in funding.
The round was led by Mercia Ventures with participation from existing investors Atomico, Cherry Ventures,... |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Used by Deliveroo and Zalando, the UK’s Ben secures €23.6 million to scale employee benefits platform | Ben, a London-based platform using AI to help global enterprises manage employee benefits, has raised €23.6 million (£20.8 million) to accelerate its product roadmap and strengthen its go-to-market capabilities to meet the growing demand.
T... |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Powervault: London Mayor-backed Tesla battery rival collapses | Battery storage firm Powervault, which had been tipped to become the UK rival to Tesla, has collapsed into administration, City AM can reveal.
The London-based company, which had been backed by the Mayor of London’s Greater London Investmen... |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Czech VCs Invest in Rightcharge to Accelerate Europe’s EV Transition | British CleanTech Rightcharge raised GBP 1.6M led by Czech Soulmates Ventures The platform simplifies EV charging payments and reimbursements across home, work, and public locations It helps fleets cut charging costs by up to 90% and emissi... |
| Oct 31, 2025 | FII9 Day 2: AI, Energy, and Ambition Define Riyadh's Vision for Global Progress From AI sovereignty to energy resilience and national transformation, global leaders gathered in Riyadh to define the next phase of prosperity. | The second day of the 9th Future Investment Initiative (FII) spotlighted the rise of the age of intelligence — where data, compute, and ambition are reshaping industries, economies, and the human experience.
From AI sovereignty to energy re... |
| Oct 24, 2025 | EV Fleet Charging Transformed: Rightcharge Secures £1.6M for Europe Expansion | London's Rightcharge secured £1.6M in seed funding, spearheaded by Soulmates Ventures. This pivotal investment fuels its European expansion. Rightcharge simplifies complex fleet EV charging payments. It automates home charging reimbursement... |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Mark Kleinman: Ovo’s quest for cash needs fresh spark | Talk about losing its spark. For Stephen Fitzpatrick, the 2020 acquisition of SSE’s retail energy supply arm was a defining moment – a daring swoop by Ovo, the upstart utility he had founded, for a principal member of the sector oligopoly.
... |
| Oct 23, 2025 | London-based Rightcharge raises €1.8 million to simplify EV charging payments for fleets across Europe | London-based Rightcharge has secured €1.8 million (£1.6 million) in a seed funding round to expand its fleet EV charging payment solution across Europe. The round was led by Soulmates Ventures, with participation from Blackwood Ventures, Un... |
| Oct 13, 2025 | OpenAI, G42, and Microsoft Shape the Future of AI Nations at GITEX GLOBAL 2025 As the 45th edition of GITEX GLOBAL opens from October 13-17, 2025, at Dubai World Trade Centre, the world's most influential tech and AI leaders gather to define strategies for building AI-native societies at scale. | With global attention fixed on the emergence of AI nations, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has joined GITEX GLOBAL 2025, alongside Peng Xiao, Group CEO of G42, in a virtual discussion on the theme of moving "From Early Adoption to AI-Nativ... |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Financing Asia's Future: IJGlobal's Infrastructure Finance Forum (IFF): Asia 2025 comes to Singapore | SINGAPORE, Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Taking place on 18 & 19 November 2025 at The Westin hotel in Singapore, IFF Asia will focus on bridging the region's infrastructure financing gap in high-growth markets - showcasing investable pro... |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Explainer: Why are energy prices so high? | Energy prices for consumers across the UK rose again this month.
Ofgem, the energy regulator, set the maximum annual rate for an average household for gas and electricity at £1,755 until the end of the year.
The cap is now over £600 higher ... |
| Sep 23, 2025 | BNVT Capital: $150 Million Debut Fund Launched | BNVT Capital has recently unveiled its inaugural investment fund, which is set at an impressive $150 million. The primary goal of this fund is to focus on companies that leverage artificial intelligence and technology to tackle some of the ... |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Greg Jackson spins off Kraken from Octopus Energy | Greg Jackson’s Octopus Energy has announced the spin-off of its technology arm Kraken to become a standalone business.
The group said the move is aimed at “speeding up the platform’s expansion across the globe” and allowing Kraken to “fast-... |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Octopus Energy to spin off Kraken software unit at potential $15B valuation
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| Sep 17, 2025 | BNVT Capital launches $150M debut fund to tackle humanity’s biggest challenges | BNVT Capital today announced the launch of its debut $150M fund to invest in AI-first and technology-driven companies solving humanity’s most pressing challenges.
BNVT’s approach is built on a groundbreaking study, “Benevolent Disruption: T... |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Former Gates Foundation investors launch €126 million VC fund BNVT Capital to solve “the biggest problems” | London’s BNVT Capital today announced the launch of its debut €126 million fund to invest in AI-first and technology-driven companies “solving humanity’s most pressing challenges“.
Rory Mounsey-Heysham, managing partner at BNVT Capital said... |
| Aug 26, 2025 | London Stock Exchange gets go-ahead to run Pisces private stock market | The Financial Conduct Authority has given the London Stock Exchange the green light to operate a new Pisces private stock market, clearing the path for the market’s launch later this year.
The City watchdog confirmed on Tuesday that London’... |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Tesla bids to enter British energy market | Elon Musk’s Tesla could soon enter the British energy market, taking on the likes of British Gas, Octopus, and E.ON. The US electric car giant has applied to Ofgem, the British energy regulator, for a licence to supply electricity, accordin... |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Octopus heat pump ad claim row boils over | A war of words has erupted between energy providers after an Octopus Energy advert was banned for claiming that households could have a heat pump installed for as little as £500.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint ... |
| Jul 29, 2025 | Smart Pension invests £330m into Octopus Energy fund as Mansion House Accord bears fruit | Smart Pension has made a £330m investment into two funds managed by Octopus Energy in an early sign the Chancellor’s Mansion House Accord is beginning to bear fruit.
The pensions firm, which has more than £7bn in assets under management, sa... |
| Jul 29, 2025 | New ETC report demonstrates that wind and solar-dominant power systems are competitive, reliable, and technically and economically feasible | LONDON, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) has today published a landmark report, Power Systems Transformation: Delivering Competitive, Resilient Electricity in High-Renewable Systems. The report sets out ... |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Amperon: Strategic Investment Raised From Acario | Amperon, a leader in AI-based energy forecasting and analytics, has secured a strategic investment from Acario, the corporate venture capital division of Tokyo Gas. This investment reflects investor confidence in Amperon’s technology and wi... |
| Jul 17, 2025 | SSE reaffirms outlook and welcomes clarity after zonal pricing spat | Scottish renewable power giant SSE has reaffirmed annual guidance despite a decrease in quarterly renewables output.
The London-listed firm narrowed its annual earnings per share forecast earlier this year to between 155p and 160p and annou... |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Mansion House: UK giants to agree to pick high-return pension schemes | UK giants Tesco and NatWest Group are set to answer the City of London Lord Mayor’s calls to focus on driving returns rather than getting bogged down by fee costs when picking pension schemes for employees.
Ahead of the Mansion House speech... |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Ed Miliband rules out zonal energy pricing | The UK government has ruled out the introduction of a zonal energy pricing system that would have seen regions closer to renewable energy sources likelier to see lower prices.
Ed Miliband’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has op... |
| Jul 9, 2025 | French AI boss calls for youth mobility scheme | The boss of one of France’s most successful tech start-ups has thrown her weight behind calls for a youth mobility scheme between the EU and UK, warning that Europe must have access to deep pools of talent to stand a chance of competing in ... |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Octopus’s Greg Jackson: We have been gaslit by vested interests | Octopus Energy founder Greg Jackson has accused his opponents of “gaslighting” ahead of an imminent decision by ministers on whether to split up the UK’s power market.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is expected to draw a line under the zon... |
| Jul 7, 2025 | European stocks close higher as investors await U.S. trade deal developments | This was CNBC’s live blog covering European financial markets.
Stock markets in Europe rose, awaiting several trade deal announcements from the White House in the coming days.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index provisionally closed 0.4% higher. Reg... |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Zonal pricing proposals backed by peers | Plans to introduce a “zonal pricing” regime to the UK’s electricity market have been backed by an influential group of Lords.
A report from the Industry and Regulators Committee found regional pricing “should enable better use of existing g... |
| May 28, 2025 | Victims of forced prepayment meter installation to receive £18.6m | Tens of thousands of Brits are set to receive compensation after being forced to install prepayment devices in their homes.
Eight energy suppliers will be writing off debts or providing compensation – valued at a total of £18.6m – to at lea... |
| May 19, 2025 | Could Zonal Power Pricing Risk Clean Energy Goals? | Only a quarter of Scots would support the rollout of zonal power pricing in the UK’s energy system, a new poll from True North reveals.
The UK government will soon decide on the introduction of zonal power pricing, sparking concerns across ... |
| May 13, 2025 | Ravio: $12 Million Series A Closed For Enhancing Compensation Data Platform | Ravio announced it has raised a $12 million Series A funding round led by Spark Capital (US) with participation from Blackbird (Australia) and Cherry Ventures (Europe) to transform how companies manage compensation with real-time market dat... |
| May 12, 2025 | Zendo raises £1.75M to decarbonise data centres | London-based energy software startup Zendo has raised £1.75 million in Pre-Seed funding to develop what it calls the first AI-powered “Energy OS” for data centres.
The round was led by Fly Ventures (backers of Wayve) with participation from... |
| May 9, 2025 | Octopus and Utility Warehouse: suppliers to pay £7m after Ofgem price cap breach | Octopus Energy and Utility Warehouse are among ten UK energy suppliers ordered to refund and compensate over 34,000 customers after an Ofgem investigation uncovered systemic overcharging linked to technical billing errors.
The total payout ... |
| Apr 2, 2025 | The Resilience of ESG Investing Amid Political Storms | The landscape of investing is shifting. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has faced significant turbulence in recent years. Critics claim it’s a casualty of political backlash, particularly under the Trump administration... |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Rory Sutherland: Capitalism is ‘unbelievably tedious’ and ‘needs a rebrand’ | Capitalism is “unbelievably tedious” and needs to be rebranded in order for people to fight for its survival by the end of Donald Trump’s second US administration, marketing veteran Rory Sutherland has said.
Speaking on the latest episode o... |
| Mar 31, 2025 | ‘It’s tragic that Britain hasn’t made Greg Jackson a national hero’ | The billionaire founder of Octopus Energy, Greg Jackson, should be recognised more for his achievements in business and made a national hero, according to marketing veteran Rory Sutherland.
The vice chairman of Ogilvy added it’s “tragic” th... |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Solar Solutions: The Dawn of a New Energy Era in Southeast Asia | In the heart of Southeast Asia, a quiet revolution is brewing. It’s not a coup or a political upheaval. It’s a shift towards renewable energy, and it’s gaining momentum. TotalEnergies ENEOS and Imerys have teamed up to launch a groundbreaki... |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Xlinks’ sub-sea high-wire act | The story of a Moroccan wind and solar farm the size of Greater London providing energy for a country thousands of miles away would ordinarily be the preserve of sci-fi books. But Xlinks founder Simon Morrish tells Ali Lyon that the only th... |
| Mar 12, 2025 | Reshape Energy: Pioneering the Future of Building Energy Services in Europe | In a world where energy costs soar and sustainability becomes a necessity, Reshape Energy GmbH emerges as a beacon of hope. This Munich-based company has just secured €5 million in funding, a financial boost that promises to reshape the lan... |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Reshape Energy's all-in-one solution for energy optimisation bags €5M funding | Munich building energy services company Reshape Energy has raised €5 million in expansion capital.
Reshape Energy is addressing a multi-billion-euro opportunity fueled by rising energy costs and increasing regulatory pressure on European pr... |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Octopus sees ‘electric’ demand for shares in green energy projects | |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Octopus Energy: Profit slashed as Greg Jackson’s giant battles rising costs | |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Major new ETC report presents complete picture of global buildings sector emissions and pathways to decarbonisation | LONDON, Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest report from the Energy Transitions Commission, Achieving Zero-Carbon Buildings: Electric, Efficient and Flexible, draws a complete picture of the buildings sector's emissions and energy use an... |
| Jan 21, 2025 | UK sale of collapsed Bulb to Octopus under microscope in legal battle | |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Rolls-Royce chair and Octopus founder named among industrial strategy panel | |
