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    Peggy Hollinger is the FT's international business editor and writes a fortnightly column for Inside Business. Since joining the FT 35 years ago, she has been industry editor, UK companies editor and Paris bureau chief, a leader and Lex writer. She has also covered the aerospace, retail, oil and gas, and utilities sectors.
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    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
      European Space Agency
      European agency aims to develop spacecraft to take astronauts to Moon

      ESA director-general outlines plan to develop independent human launch capability within a decade

    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Inside BusinessManagement
      Younger CEOs may be an answer to business uncertainty

      The average age of chief executives is falling — but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing

    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      Virgin Orbit
      Branson and creditors of Virgin Orbit raise $36mn from fire sale

      Rivals Rocket Lab and Stratolaunch acquire assets of failed rocket company

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      Inside BusinessSpace Exploration Technologies Corp
      Starship enterprise: the economics of Elon Musk’s bold bet

      Does the satellite industry actually need the enormous capacity that SpaceX has to offer?

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      Pollution
      EU ban on forever chemicals would hit bloc’s green transition, warns top industry boss

      Chemours chief joins chipmakers in publicly pushing back against bloc’s proposal to restrict use of PFAS variants

    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      Confederation of British Industry
      Can Britain’s business lobby rediscover its mission after misconduct scandal?

      CBI president must convince members and the government that he can change the organisation’s culture

    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      Brexit
      UK’s re-entry into EU’s Copernicus space programme is in doubt

      Failure to agree budget contribution could block bid to rejoin €95.5bn Horizon research scheme

    • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
      Inside BusinessAirlines
      Climate crisis means aviation must change — whether it likes it or not

      As sentiment shifts, the industry must engage in debate on how to temper growth

    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      Virgin Orbit
      Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy protection in US

      Richard Branson’s rocket launch spin-off has already ceased operations and cut 85% of workforce

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Satellites
      Mis-steps that brought Virgin Orbit crashing back to earth

      Branson vehicle teeters after series of flawed decisions and a failed launch lead to painful denouement

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Virgin Orbit
      Virgin Orbit shares plunge after announcing ‘ceased operations’

      Richard Branson’s rocket company to axe 85% of staff as it struggles to secure rescue funding

    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Inside BusinessEU business regulation
      Why there is no future for ‘forever chemicals’

      PFAS compounds have long been known to be harmful. Now restrictions on their use will force industry to adapt

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Space industry
      Isar defies space tech downturn to raise $165mn in countdown to launch

      Rival groups such as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit have struggled to find investors

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      EU business regulation
      EU industrialists attack Europe’s counter to Biden green bonanza

      Net zero Industry Act is not enough to compete with tax incentives offered by US, warn major groups

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Satellites
      Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit in talks about potential buyout

      Shares hit after company announces ‘operational pause’ and puts staff on unpaid furlough

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Inside BusinessTelecoms
      A dose of reality is needed in the race to connect smartphones to space

      There are still substantial hurdles to cover the world’s communications black spots

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Energy crisis
      European industrialists question focus of energy subsidies

      Policies should concentrate on reducing fossil fuel demand and transition to renewables, say top executives

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Inside BusinessBribery and corruption
      The fight against global corporate graft needs to aim higher

      More funds from settlements of prosecutions by rich countries need to go to victims in developing nations

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      Indonesia
      Indonesia presses UK over corruption probe into Bombardier

      Jakarta wants a share of any financial settlement agreed between London and the company

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      Global trade
      European business groups attack US over latest green investment move

      American officials asked to stop acting ‘in their own interest’ by trade organisations and lawmakers, while companies see opportunities

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Inside BusinessEuropean companies
      Sledgehammer of big fines looms over EU worker consultation

      Proposals in Brussels seek to introduce penalties in line with those for GDPR breaches

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Inside BusinessContainer shipping
      Maritime divorce puts Maersk’s strategy to the test

      As Danish shipping company seeks to transform into a broader logistics group, it faces rising competition from MSC

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Space industry
      Space funding plunges 58% from record year as investors shun risk

      Many put off by ‘disappointing’ performance of companies that were highly valued during 2021 space boom

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Inside BusinessDanone SA
      Danone lawsuit could be test case for new war on plastics

      Three environmental groups are suing the producer of Evian water and Activia yoghurt

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Satellites
      Virgin Orbit pledges to return for new UK satellite launch

      Richard Branson’s company wants to try again later this year after failed mission from Cornwall

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