BBC News – 15/05/13 Official figures show that France has entered into its second recession in the past four years, after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. The French economy shrank by…

TheGuardian.co.uk – 23/04/13 It is believed that EDF Energy will be cutting approximately 150 jobs, from the 800-strong workforce, at the site of the new power plant in an attempt to reduce…

Reuters.com – 09/04/13 Today, the French Central Bank has released forecasts, showing that the economy narrowly dodged a recession in the first quarter of this year. It is estimated that the second-biggest…

PowerEngineering.com – 21/03/13 The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has given EDF Energy the go ahead to construct the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant worth approximately £14bn. Hinkley Point…

GlobalPost.com – 11/03/13 A report released on Monday showed that the Portuguese economy contracted by 3.2%, its most severe annual decline in 37 years. Last month the national statistics institute Ine estimated…

Reuters.com – 08/03/13 On Friday, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced that ministries are expected to cut a further €5billion next year. Last month, the government admitted that EU directed deficit ceiling…

  Reuters.com – 22/02/13 The United Kingdom saw its first ever sovereign credit ratings downgrade from major rating agency, Moody’s on Friday. Moody’s downgraded the UK one notch from Aaa to Aa1,…

Reuters.com – 22/02/13 On Friday, the European Commission announced that the EU will not experience growth until 2014. The European Commission have reversed their position from expecting growth in 2013, to now…

Reuters.com – 13/02/13 The French government have admitted that they will not meet their deficit target of 3% of nominal GDP by the end of this year, an agreement that was made…

PowerEnergy.com – 11/02/13 EDF Energy are in talks with the British government over state backing of the nuclear site at Hinkley Point. EDF are asking Treasury to guarantee some of the costs…