CBI urges government to continue energy cost support to protect UK economy from recession
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has urged the UK government to extend the Energy Bill Relief Scheme for significant…
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Sebastian Shehadi
Sebastian Shehadi is political editor at Investment Monitor and a contributing writer for the New Statesman. He joined from the Financial Times, where he was an editor at fDi Magazine (undertaking dozens of high-profile interviews with the likes of Ban Ki-moon and Portuguese PM Antonio Costa). Sebastian's special interest include geopolitics, corrosive capital and emerging markets, and he has written for the FT, BBC, Sifted and Middle East Eye. Prior to his journalism career, he served as a political risk analyst at Citibank.
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Lebanon and Belarus rank at bottom of Global Energy Vulnerability Index
Lebanon and Belarus come last in Euromonitor's inaugural Global Energy Vulnerability Index, as both countries lack resources and struggle with…
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Ukraine and Russia’s brain drain continues as record numbers of academics flee conflict
A UK charity has reported that record numbers of Ukrainian and Russian academics and their families have been rescued in…
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“Reckless and irresponsible”: critics speak out against the UK’s U-turn on net-zero targets
The UK will water down policies aimed at achieving its target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 following Prime Minister…
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“Reckless and irresponsible”: critics speak out against the UK’s U-turn on net-zero targets
The UK will water down policies aimed at achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's decision,…
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G20 must tackle global poverty with financial inclusion and FDI: DeVere Group CEO
With 1.7bn people having no access to basic financial services, the G20 summit starting this week has a golden opportunity…
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‘Migrant-led start-ups do better’: interview with the founder of One Way Ventures
In this month's spotlight interview, Investment Monitor sat down with Semyon Dukach, founding partner and managing director of US-based One…
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How Scotland secured its place as a UK foreign investment hub
Waste management may not be a go-to dinner table conversation, but it does make for major foreign direct investment (FDI)…
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German companies in Hungary now face hostile takeovers from the Orbán Government
German companies are sounding the alarm: the expropriation of foreign companies in Hungary is becoming frequent. This is the thrust…
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As Washington leads sanctions against Russia, US companies continue to pay the Kremlin the highest amount of tax
The US, along with an international coalition of more than 30 allies and partners, has imposed sweeping sanctions, export controls…