hello and welcome. the philippinejournalist and nobel peace prize winner, maria ressa, has been acquitted of tax evasion charges by a manila court. her news site, rappler, was also cleared of tax evasion. ms ressa, who was awarded the nobel prize alongside a russian journalist in 2021, is head of rappler, which earned a reputation for its in depth reporting and tough scrutiny of the former president rodrigo duterte. she was convicted in 2020 for libel and does face several other charges, which she says are politically motivated. she spoke a little earlier. today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins. a brazen abuse of power. voice waivers and meant to stop journalists from doing theirjobs, but. give me two seconds. these cases are where capital markets, where rule of law, where press freedom meet, right? so, this acquittal is notjust for us, for rappler, it is for every filipino who has ever been unjustly accused. lian buan isjustice reporter with rappler and has been closel
administration, with immediate effect, with the majority of its 232 staff made redundant. the firm had hoped to build a 5.8 billion giant factory to make electric car batteries in northumberland part of a long term vision to boost uk manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries and create around 3,000 skilled jobs. the uk currently only has one chinese owned battery plant next to the nissan factory in sunderland, while 35 plants are planned or already under construction in the european union. david bailey is professor of business economics at the birmingham business school. david, good morning to you. good morning. good morning. so, why did britishvolt good morning. so, why did britishvolt fail? good morning. so, why did britishvolt fail? it - good morning. so, why did britishvolt fail? it was - good morning. so, why did l britishvolt fail? it was always a re britishvolt fail? it was always a pretty difficult britishvolt fail? it was always a pretty difficult job - britishvolt fa
forthcoming in this case, because it s a great site up at blythe where britishvolt planned to make batteries. you could see someone like invizion, who you mentioned, who is a chinese battery maker who is a chinese battery maker who works with nissan. or you could see somebody like tatar, who s recently said it s looking to build bat razz in europe and, by the way, owns jaguar. europe - and, by the way, owns jaauar. , , europe - and, by the way, owns jaauar. ,, ., jaguar. are we less attractive now in terms jaguar. are we less attractive now in terms of jaguar. are we less attractive now in terms of brexit - jaguar. are we less attractive now in terms of brexit in - jaguar. are we less attractive l now in terms of brexit in terms of being place to invest for a big battery factor compared to, say, the eu? big battery factor compared to, say. the eu? say, the eu? there s been lots of investment say, the eu? there s been lots of investment in say, the eu? there s been lots of
both here in the uk and in the euro area throughout 2022 that really fed through towards the tail end of last year in a way that was surprisingly robust, i think, for most people. we ve also had very good news on the energy front, which i think is a combination of good planning and a bit of good luck when it comes to weather. those two factors, i think, comes to weather. those two factors, ithink, have made comes to weather. those two factors, i think, have made the outlook through this winter a more positive one. that said, the fundamentals around the energy challenge, around tight global energy supply that remains. and of course, the geopolitical risks around an intensification from russia/ukraine remains a risk for europe as well. we appreciate for europe as well. we appreciate your - for europe as well. we appreciate your analysis. will someone come to the rescue of the uk battery startup britishvolt? it collapsed into