Batteries: the 21st century’s oil barrels

Our quarterly webinar giving a 30 minute rundown of the current UK retail market, with our latest view of consumer sentiment and our retail sector forecasts for 2026 and beyond.

It will be a comprehensive rundown of the UK retail market including a look at how shoppers are feeling about Black Friday and our expectations for the all-important golden quarter.

Discover what Q2-2026 hiring trends reveal about business priorities, strategy, and emerging opportunities. Using GlobalData’s Job Analytics platform, this webinar uncovers the signals hidden in recruitment patterns to help you anticipate future developments.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
• Decode business priorities: Understand what companies are investing in based on hiring patterns
• Spot emerging trends: Identify sectors or functions growing in focus, like technology or sustainability
• Anticipate strategic moves: Use recruitment data to forecast product launches, expansions, or innovation
• Make informed decisions: Translate hiring signals into actionable insights for strategy and planning

Europe’s energy transition is increasingly becoming an industrial policy challenge as well as a decarbonization one. This webinar will explore the EU’s growing “Made in Europe” approach across key technologies such as wind, solar, batteries and EVs, as policymakers seek to strengthen domestic manufacturing and reduce dependence on foreign supply chains, particularly China. It will assess whether measures such as European-preference and local-content requirements can boost Europe’s clean-tech industry, or whether they risk increasing costs and limiting access to cheaper technologies. Ultimately, can Europe protect its own manufacturing base while keeping its energy transition affordable and competitive?