On Tuesday 7 July the first roundtable in a series on tax policy responses to COVID-19 crisis was held. Sponsored by KPMG International and Jericho Chambers, a more detailed explanation of the program can be found here. The first event, attended by representatives from corporates and both the IMF and OECD, discussed what measures European-based multinationals thought would be helpful to stimulate economies once countries and jurisdictions move out of lockdown periods and into the recovery phase.

On 14 July KPMG International and Jericho Chambers sponsored the second in a series of roundtables on tax policy responses to COVID-19. A more detailed explanation of the roundtable program can be found here. At this roundtable, multinationals based in Africa, Asia and the Pacific discussed what they thought would be helpful to stimulate economies once countries and jurisdictions move out of lockdown periods and into the recovery phase.

Tuesday 28th July saw the launch of Hydrogen East whose goal is to bring together interested parties and key stakeholders on hydrogen in East Anglia.

This summary discusses the potential opportunities for developing hydrogen in the East of England, and the advantages it brings as an additional source of clean energy on the journey to Net-Zero.

Troy Fielder is currently undertaking an industrial placement in the Sizewell C Financing and Economic Regulation team. He is a student at the University of East Anglia, studying for a degree in Natural Sciences (with a Year in Industry) and has a specific interest in environmental science and policy.

Our Heritage 2040 Article Twelve: Suffolk does not need this unpresidented scale of industrialisation.

Our Heritage 2040 Article Eleven: Let a thousand flowers - plus fruit and veg - bloom along a new path to production.

Disruption comes in many forms and impacts us at varying speeds. The seismic events caused by COVID have been rapid in changing human behaviour but what will prove its lasting effects?

Our Heritage 2040 Article Ten: Culture provides one route for revitalisation and levelling-up.