Utility Week: Penrose review not likely to gather dust

The publication this week of John Penrose‘s review into the effectiveness of UK regulation could be dismissed as simply another Whitehall shelf-filler. However, David Blackman argues that Penrose’s proximity to the centre of power mean his views are more likely than most to be acted upon. So, what could this mean for utilities?…

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My Customer: Power to the people

“If competition works in favour of consumers rather than companies (or of business customers rather than their suppliers) then our post-covid, post-Brexit economy will grow faster and our society will be both happier, fairer and more just as well.” That’s just one of many headline comments from an independent report into the…

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The Business School, City, University of London: We must break through the sludge to bring consumers relief from red tape

Professor Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, discusses the need for reduced bureauocracy — at company and governmental level — or there may be a heavy cost to consumers and their emotional wellbeing. Barriers to opportunity and progress are commonplace in business and industry, but they do not have to…

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Politics Home: Facebook’s contempt for free press and disregard of legislative democracy should concern us all

This article was written by Damian Collins MP for Politics Home. You can find it here. With a united voice, we must support the Australian government in the face of this bullying from Facebook. This week the attention of the tech policy world has been focused on the Australian House…

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