by Whitehouse Communications | 5 Nov 2021 | European Union, Politics, Public Sector
In October, amid preparations for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) where world leaders are currently discussing the need to reduce carbon emissions, the UK Government turned its coal power plants back on, in the wake of an energy crisis that could...
by Whitehouse Communications | 1 Nov 2021 | European Union, Politics
Big Tech is spending a fortune lobbying the EU. Corporate Europe Observatory estimated in August that Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, colloquially known as the GAFAMs, have spent almost €23 million lobbying the European institutions. Twice as much as...
by Whitehouse Communications | 22 Oct 2021 | European Union, Politics, Public Sector
Brexit is back, negotiations and all. Brexit Minister, Lord Frost and EU officials are embroiled in a new stand-off, with Britain calling for the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP) – the sensitive compromise with the EU to prevent a hard border – to be replaced. Frost...
by Whitehouse Communications | 7 Oct 2021 | European Union, Politics, Public Sector
On 26th September, 45 million Germans went to the ballots to elect a new government. It is no surprise that a political change in the country that is “doomed to lead Europe”, as the Economist once put it, has caused leaders in Brussels, London, and across the globe,...
by Whitehouse Communications | 24 Sep 2021 | European Union, Food & Drink
This week, British supermarket giant M&S announced that it would be closing over half of its French stores. Leaving only nine bricks-and-mortar shops, M&S have cited the difficulties in the supply chain caused by Brexit as the reason. With the issues posed by...
