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Creditors of Thames Water have told the Treasury that taxpayers would face an immediate compensation bill of up to £144bn to nationalise the water sector. The estimate, produced by consultancy Frontier Economics on behalf of the creditors, includes funding existing investment commitments as well as increases in inflation.”

The report follows separate UK Finance figures released in June which indicated that APP fraud losses rose sharply last year. Authorised push payment (APP) fraud losses have fallen by an estimated £73 million annually, according to a review into the impact of rules requiring banks to reimburse victims.

Outdated regulation could be as big a threat as the technologies it is supposed to govern, write Gus O’Donnell and Sharon White

Looming offerings by SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are potentially perilous experiments in corporate governance, writes Gill Whitehead

Catherine Galano and Stefan Rohm from Frontier Economics, one of Europe’s largest economic consultancies, explore what it will take to bridge that gap, and why the next phase of the transition will depend as much on investment conditions as on policy ambition.

Closer links between universities and industry would help to fix 120,000 shortfall in required technical staff by 2035, says study.

he UK digital and technologies sector could face a shortfall of up to 120,000 technical professionals by 2035, according to new analysis by Frontier Economics.

The biggest gaps are expected in artificial intelligence, cyber security and semiconductors. Across these three areas, the cumulative shortfall could reach up to 79,000 technical professionals by 2035.

Sarah Snelson from Frontier Economics, one of Europe’s largest economic consultancies, shares with us the findings of their recent study on the potential of female entrepreneurship.

If the 3.7 million Britons with sore joints but without a care plan exercised for two hours a week then they, their families, the NHS and the UK economy would benefit by as much as £34bn, researchers say.

Nuffield Health, Frontier Economics and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) analysed the structured exercise programme that the private gym group has offered free of charge to more than 40,000 joint pain sufferers who used their 110 gyms across the UK.

A Look at Supervisory Regulation - Annabelle Ong explores how a supervisory approach in water could work in practice.