
28 October 2005
Summer 06 responds to a number of end users sensibly buying a product which looks historically low.
Following on from yesterdays news item, it is clear that some buyers have seen Sum 06 fall to £38 and this is almost too good to be true, there is no doubt that if you were to take Sum 05's average price and add in emissions costs it would not be too far away from the magical £38 number, so this seems a sensible ploy. Many will look at buying Summer 06 nearer expiry in February and March, but one suspects that if the WInter is late and cold (which it looks like being) this could be a big mistake. There has been a good bearish run on the Summer and although it may well come down a bit further buying now is a lot less painful than buying at the highs of £55 seen earlier on in the year.
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Power Market eases off.
 
02 August 2005
The power market sags under the weight of its fundamental friends. Steel industry points to unfair advatages in Europe.  
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Is seasonality dead
 
23 June 2005
The differences between Winter and Summer are getting narrower, but this may indirectly cause more problems. If the Swiss trains stop what next?  
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2nd Quarter Growth at 1.1%; What Role For Energy
 
23 July 2010
Preliminary figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests the UK economy grew by 1.1% in the second quarter, up from the previous quarter's 0.3%. While the figures are preliminary (and based on around 40% of the ultimate data), what they do show is that construction, a relatively small part of the economy, contributed significantly to this growth figure. With 6 out of 10 civil engineering firms looking to the energy and water sectors for their income streams, it seems energy has a role to play in underpinning the recovery.  
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Green Investment Bank still a Concept
 
16 July 2010
Leading figures from across industry warned that the need for new tools to finance future investment in infrastructure are necessary to secure Britain's growth as a low carbon economy. While the coalitions Green Investment Bank (GIB) is supported, it is important to recognise that it is still at present only a concept.  
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Suddenly it's "British Petroleum"
 
02 June 2010
A name not used in a very long time, but suddenly the US are quick to refer to BP by its old name of British Petroleum, hoping perhaps to distance itself from blame regarding the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But as the US announces a criminal investigation and as BP shares suffer further should the British economy concern itself?  
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A Week for Releasing Figures
 
20 April 2010
With the political debate heating up; more 'head to heads' scheduled and with the News Channels pouring over polls, polls of polls and more polls - then the economic figures coming out this week are surely going to add a lot more ingredients to the boiling pot.  
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