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The Latest Breaking News from Bernard Looney

Tainted love: is it all over for the workplace romance?

Company values, employment law and fairness at work have changed the politics of office relationships

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Dull corporate bores are trying to outlaw the office romance — how hopeless

The corporate world is another country. They do things differently there. Yet another big swinging dick has bitten the dust after the board discovered “historical” romantic liaisons he hadn’t reported to them.

Evening Standard

Cboe’s CEO resigns: Yet another chief ousted for undisclosed relationships

Cboe announced Edward Tilly's resignation in a statement on Tuesday following an investigation that determined the CEO's lack of transparency 'stands in stark contrast to the company’s values'.

Fortune

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BP names Kate Thomson as interim CFO. Now, 3 major oil and gas companies have women at the helm of finance

Thomson brings deep technical knowledge together with a detailed understanding of the company, says BP's interim CEO Murray Auchincloss.

Fortune

BP to review personal relationships between staff to root out ‘problematic’ conduct

Exclusive: oil giant to put particular focus on senior managers after shock departure of CEO Bernard Looney

The Guardian - UK

New BP boss to replace Bernard Looney could be external hire, says chairman

Helge Lund says hiring process could lead to oil giant’s first external chief executive hire for decades

The Guardian - UK

BP must not backtrack on climate action after CEO’s exit, say campaigners

Outgoing chief executive Bernard Looney presided over plans to cut fossil fuel output by end of decade

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Thursday briefing: What we know about the sudden exit of BP’s Bernard Looney

In today’s newsletter: The CEO quit after admitting he had not been ‘fully transparent’ about relationships he had with employees – is this just the start of a new era of corporate accountability?

The Guardian - UK

BP board faces questions over ex-CEO’s personal relations with colleagues

Sources say there was speculation about Bernard Looney’s relationships at the firm long before he became chief executive

The Guardian - UK

BP needs a new chief executive not a slower strategy towards net zero

Oil firm should get out and argue the case for sticking to the transition timetable as Bernard Looney’s successor is sought

The Guardian - UK

When BP chiefs depart, it’s usually a dramatic exit

City Comment: These embarrassing boardroom distractions are not helpful

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live: Shares close flat as UK GDP shrinks by 0.5%, BP CEO quits, US inflation up

The shock resignation of one of the UK’s most influential captains of industry was the main talking point on London’s stock market today, as the FTSE 100 held steady overall.

Evening Standard

BP ‘turtle’ Brendan Looney out of the company he loved after relationships with staff

The story of how BP’s £10m-a-year-boss Brendan Looney had it all and threw it away

Evening Standard

BP shares fall after shock departure of chief executive

Bernard Looney resigned having admitted to failing to fully detail relationships with colleagues

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The Independent UK

BP leader is the latest to resign over questions about personal conduct

Global energy giant BP is scurrying to find a new chief executive after CEO Bernard Looney became the latest corporate leader to step down amid questions about his personal conduct

The Guardian - UK

Four charged with fraud over Patisserie Valerie collapse; UK GDP shrinks 0.5% in July – as it happened

All three main sectors of the economy in decline after strikes by doctors, radiographers and teachers, while construction and retail hit by wet weather

The Independent UK

BP boss Bernard Looney resigns over past relationships with colleagues

Irishman took role as chief executive of oil giant in February 2020 with pledge to make it carbon neutral by mid-century

The Guardian - UK

BP boss Bernard Looney resigns after failing to reveal relationships with colleagues

Company says he only disclosed ‘a small number of historical relationships prior to becoming CEO’

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The Independent UK

BP chief executive Bernard Looney resigns over past relationships with colleagues

The chief executive of British energy giant BP has resigned after he accepted that he was not “fully transparent” in his disclosures about past relationships with colleagues

Evening Standard

Shock as BP boss quits over ‘relationships with colleagues’

According to BP’s annual report, Looney was paid £10 million last year

The Guardian - UK

Top UK CEOs handed 16% pay rise as millions of workers squeezed – as it happened

Data from the High Pay Centre thinktank showed FTSE 100 bosses collected an average £500,000 pay rise last year, taking their median pay to £3.9m

The Independent UK

Fat cat bosses enjoy £500m pay rise as CEO salaries soar during cost of living crisis

Britain now ‘land of grotesque extremes’, say unions as wage gap widens

Daily Mirror

Tory plot to drop windfall tax in midst of cost-of-living crisis is branded obscene

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed plans to revert the tax back to 40% from 75% in a move that has been criticised by campaigners

The Guardian - UK

BP facing green rebellion at annual shareholder meeting

Some of UK’s biggest pension funds preparing to demand tougher plans to reduce emissions by 2030

The Guardian - UK

Global oil demand on course for record as China’s economy rebounds

International Energy Agency’s expectation for 2023 is 2m bpd higher than last year’s figure

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