Microsoft President: Britain Should Write World's AI Rules

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   7 Oct 2026 · 52 min

   London Stock Exchange CEO: Negative Headlines Drove Firms Away

   Negative perceptions of London’s stock market influenced companies’ decisions about where to list, according to Dame Julia Hoggett, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange. Speaking on Big Boss Interview, she acknowledges that companies had delayed or considered listing elsewhere because of the narrative surrounding London, but says that reflected the mood three or four years ago. “Markets do operate on sentiment,” she says. “We need to stop throwing shade at ourselves as a nation and being a bit surprised if it’s a bit dark, a bit chilly and a bit damp.” Hoggett also argues that…

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   29 Sep 2026 · 40 min

   EDF CEO: Another Energy Crisis is Coming

   Britain is "walking into a second significant energy crisis", the boss of the country's largest electricity generator has warned. Simone Rossi, chief executive of EDF in the UK, told the BBC's Business Editor Simon Jack on the Big Boss Interview that household bills are forecast to rise by around 20% in January. Customers still owe more than £5bn from the last crisis, four years ago. Gas is driving the rise. Gas prices are up 25%, while the electricity part of the price cap is 4% lower than in January. His advice is blunt: where you can, choose electricity over gas. He blames wars hitting…

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   28 Sep 2026 · 59 min

   Aviva CEO: We're Building Uninsurable Homes

   The boss of Aviva, Britain's biggest insurer, has warned that some homes being built today could eventually become impossible to insure because of flood risk. Speaking to Sean Farrington, Dame Amanda Blanc said Britain is continuing to build homes in areas exposed to flooding, despite the growing threat from climate change. Aviva estimates 6.3 million UK homes are already at risk of flooding, a figure it expects to rise to 8 million by 2050. She said insurance works by spreading risk across large groups of people, but once flooding becomes almost certain, cover becomes much harder to…

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   23 Sep 2026 · 42 min

   Sage CEO: Don't Build Data Centres in UK

   The chief executive of Britain’s biggest listed technology company has questioned the government’s push to build more data centres, arguing that the UK does not have the scale to become a truly sovereign AI nation. Steve Hare, chief executive of Sage, says Britain should be realistic about where it can compete. He argues that data centres themselves are simply infrastructure and do not give the UK control over the underlying technology. If Britain wants greater technological sovereignty, he believes it would need to work with larger economies rather than try to build the whole AI stack…

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   18 Sep 2026 · 22 min

   INEOS CEO: I Have No Confidence in the UK

   Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in Britain and can see no circumstances in the near future in which he would return and reinvest his wealth in the UK. Ratcliffe, one of Britain’s wealthiest businessmen and founder of one of its biggest industrial companies, is now a tax resident of Monaco. He argues that high and frequently changing taxes, energy policy and a lack of long-term political decision-making have damaged Britain’s ability to attract investment. “I don’t have any confidence in the UK, really,” the INEOS founder tells BBC business editor Simon Jack for this episode of…