Charles E. Barnes

Europe’s largest cruise company pushes for change to emissions rules

...Currently, the IMO’s carbon intensity indicator, which came into effect at the start of this year, grades cruise and container ships’ carbon efficiency on a scale of A to E by calculating the amount of carbon...

September 21, 2023

UK Budget 2024

British American Tobacco chief embraces new UK vape tax

...The new rate of tax will vary according to the nicotine content of e-cigarettes, according to proposals seen by the Financial Times....

March 6, 2024

FT Live

Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?

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UK Budget 2024

Vaping tax leads shake-up of ‘sin’ duties

...Earlier this year, the UK government announced a crackdown on disposable vapes and flavoured e-cigarettes, which have been blamed for a surge in underage usage....

March 6, 2024

UK public policy

UK to ban disposable vapes as Sunak warns of ‘endemic’ impact on youth

...In the year to the end of July, £1.3bn worth of disposable e-cigarettes were sold in Britain, according to NielsenIQ data....

January 28, 2024

UK politics

UK launches consultation over crackdown on disposable vapes

...In the year to the end of July, £1.3bn of disposable e-cigarettes were sold in Britain, according to NielsenIQ data....

October 12, 2023

News updates from October 12: US inflation hotter than expected in September, FCA bans Staley

Sales of most popular US vape halted by FDA

...The US federal drug regulator has told British American Tobacco’s US subsidiary to halt sales of its menthol-flavoured Vuse Alto vape, the most popular e-cigarette in the US, following a jump in popularity...

October 12, 2023

FT Live

Future of Retail

Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation

Rocco Forte Hotels Ltd

Saudi Arabia buys 49% of Rocco Forte’s luxury hotel chain

...But he added that the business, which he built after losing the Forte Group owned by his father Charles in a hostile takeover, was still at heart a family-run company....

December 4, 2023

Tech start-ups

Sex party planner Killing Kittens predicts profitable exit for UK government

...It is also developing an ad platform for adult brands that counts sex toy company Lelo among its clients, and runs an e-ticketing platform for other adult events, which Sayle billed as the “Ticketmaster...

October 30, 2023

Tobacco

FDA issues ban on RJ Reynolds menthol-flavoured vapes in US

...The US federal drug regulator has told British American Tobacco’s US subsidiary to halt sales of its menthol-flavoured Vuse Alto vape, the most popular e-cigarette in the US, following a jump in popularity...

October 12, 2023

Apollo Global Management LLC

Apollo to buy Wagamama owner in £506mn deal

...Among its past investments are the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant chain....

October 12, 2023

Scottish politics

Scotland’s first minister to boost welfare spending by £1bn

...Last week, France announced a ban on single-use vapes, while Germany has banned flavoured e-cigarettes, joining Australia and New Zealand, which have rolled out crackdowns on the products....

September 5, 2023

Charles Parton

In the hawk-dove ornithology of China policy, consider the drongo

...It is not science fiction: last year the UK security services stripped down a government car because data was emanating through its “e-sim” to China....

December 28, 2023

Huw Edwards

Huw Edwards named as presenter at centre of BBC scandal

...Edwards is one of the best-known news readers at the BBC, helming its coverage of the UK’s most important state and international events, including Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and King Charles III’s coronation...

July 12, 2023

Travel & leisure industry

Britons look to southern Europe for cheaper summer holidays

...However, Paul Charles, a travel industry consultant, warned that soaring prices meant bargains were hard to find....

July 14, 2023

News in-depthUK companies

Where is the embattled UK consumer spending their money?

...“Higher mortgage rates and prices across the economy will lead to some people tightening their belts, so I’d expect a September to December period which sees lower demand,” said Charles....

July 1, 2023

FT Live

Infrastructure Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

Identifying opportunities for investors and asset managers

Transcript

The dark side of the US sports-betting boom

...Brooke Masters Or this: Charles Barkley, in a FanDuel adWith same game parlays on FanDuel, you can bet on how your favourite players would do. Brooke Masters Betting on sports in the US is legal now....

September 5, 2023

LexRobinhood

Robinhood: bitcoin price rally is no salve for trading woes Premium

...Brokerage platform Charles Schwab added 665,000 active accounts during its third quarter. Morgan Stanley, which owns E*Trade, added about 300,000 accounts during the September quarter....

November 8, 2023

UK politics

UK to clamp down on vape products targeted at teens

...Some 18 per cent of 15-year-olds in England and Wales were using e-cigarettes in February last year — an all-time high, according to the NHS....

April 9, 2023

UK politics

Rapid uptake in England of underage vaping prompts health warnings

...One tobacco executive said the UK was in the throes of its own “Juul moment”, referring to the popular e-cigarette brand that sparked a “vaping epidemic” among US high school students....

April 20, 2023

Letter

Letter: Parliament and the citizen both benefit from electronic polling

...Andrew StevensonHertford, Hertfordshire, UK Letter in response to this letter: Politics by focus group taken to a whole new level / From Charles Pugh, London SW10, UK...

October 27, 2023

UK honours system

Former chancellor Sajid Javid knighted in New Year honours

...Additional reporting by Samuel Agini and Oliver Barnes...

December 29, 2023

The Big Read

The environmental cost of single-use vapes

...Ben Johnson, the company’s chief executive, describes disposables as the “fast fashion” of e-cigarettes....

March 7, 2023

Transcript

SVB’s cardinal sin

...The FT’s Oliver Barnes joins me to talk about this. Hi, Oliver. Oliver BarnesHey, thanks for having me....

March 13, 2023

Altria Group Inc

Altria exits vaping group Juul after stake plummets in value

...Gifford said Altria was “continuing to explore all options for how we can best compete in the e-vapor category”....

March 4, 2023

Tobacco

Altria nears deal to buy e-cigarette maker Njoy for at least $2.75bn

...In contrast, other e-cigarette products have struggled to gain approval from the agency....

February 27, 2023

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