The Commercial Awareness Compass by AllAboutLaw
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Podcasting since 2025 • 54 episodes
The Commercial Awareness Compass by AllAboutLaw
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Patent pending: how Trump’s pharma tariff shakes global medicine | Commercial Awareness Compass #54
President Trump has proposed a one hundred per cent tariff on branded and patented pharmaceutical imports, due to take effect unless manufacturers shift production to the United States by October 2025. The measure is part of a wider plan to reb...
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The quiet giants of the digital age | Commercial Awareness Compass #53
Across Europe, data centres are consuming power on a staggering scale. By 2030, they could require as much electricity as 100 million homes—about half of all households in Europe. A far cry from the anonymous concrete monoliths on industrial es...
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Compliance crunch: insurers caught between growth and trust | Commercial Awareness Compass #52
The UK’s insurance sector is facing one of its most significant regulatory shifts since the 2008 financial crisis. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are consulting on proposals to simplify rules, sp...
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From forecourt to socket: how Britain gets EVs on the road | Commercial Awareness Compass #51
Electric vehicles (EVs) are shifting from curiosity to inevitability. With a planned ban on new petrol and diesel sales from 2030 and hybrids in 2035, consumer appetite is coming to terms with policy. In 2024, the UK was the largest EV market i...
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TikTok’s tug-of-war: Data, politics, and power plays | Commercial Awareness Compass #50
The United States has announced a deal in principle to move TikTok’s American operations under majority US ownership as part of a wider trade agreement with China. Officials say it’s about national security and controlling where data from US us...
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