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British Gas owner says energy bosses should face ‘fit and proper’ test as consumers face £2bn crisis bill
The head of British Gas owner Centrica has called for a “fit and proper” test for executives running energy firms after a series of insolvencies prompted by high gas price crisis that are set to leave consumers with a £2bn bill.Chris O’Shea, chief executive of the energy giant, called for changes to ensure that it …
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Screeching U-turn over haulier rules ‘not going to make a massive difference’
If the trainee truckers the haulage industry so desperately needs could change direction as fast and frequently as government ministers they would sail through the HGV test.The latest U-turn, executed to address the supply chain crisis, comes from the Department for Transport, and even by the standards of recent weeks it is a screecher. To …
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‘Big gap’ remains between UK and EU over NI Protocol – Frost
There is a “lot of work to do” and a “big gap” remains between the UK and EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Brexit minister has said.Speaking as he arrived in Brussels for talks with his EU counterpart Maros Sefcovic, Lord Frost told reporters he was “looking forward to good discussions”. “There’s a lot …
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Bitcoin nears record high as price tops $60,000 on growing US ETF hopes
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LightOx develops ground-breaking cancer treatment with £400,000 investment
North East drug development company LightOx is set to ramp up work on a new treatment for cancer following a £400,000 investment. Based in Newcastle city centre, LightOx uses new technologies to develop light activated treatment which can improve outcomes for patients and reduce the need for surgery. The company is targeting a treatment for …
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Laings The Jewellers to open new showroom at Cardiff’s St David’s
Laings The Jewellers is set to unveil its new-look showroom at Cardiff’s St David’s tomorrow as it officially relaunches. The expansion project, which has seen the existing showroom more than treble in size to 4,735sq ft, features dedicated diamond and jewellery areas. They have taken on eight new staff. Read More Related Articles Ffestiniog & …
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East Yorkshire firm’s international accolade for spreading the word about The Waterline campaign
An East Yorkshire production company has won a prestigious international media innovation award for its series of podcasts, webinars, videos and online resources reporting on how the Humber is tackling the global climate change crisis. The Waterline Live was produced by Beverley-based Blue Aurora Media in partnership with Marketing Humber to engage with international experts …
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We’re launching our new Climate Agenda newsletter and we’d love you to join us
All eyes will be on Glasgow for Cop 26 from the end of this month with mass scruntiny of the pledges being made to tackle the huge environmental pressures facing us today. To coincide with this year’s conference, we are launching our Climate Agenda newsletter to put the environment, sustainability and ethics at the centre …
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Lime Street redevelopment contract terminated after NMCN collapse
The contact to develop the Lime Street area of Liverpool has been officially terminated after the company carrying out the work collapsed into administration. Liverpool Council has made the move after NMCN entered administration earlier this month after failing to sign off its 2020 accounts and secure a re-financing of the business. It had been …
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Evening Standard
Hargreaves shrugs off end of the GameStop share meme boom
HARGREAVES Lansdown is defying the end of the stock market trading boom that saw new punters flock to buy shares during lockdown.That boom now appears to be over, with rivals such as CMC Markets issuing crushing profit warnings.Today HL said it had pulled in another £1.3 billion of new business in the last three months …
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FTSE 100 hits 18-month high as it shrugs off supply chain and inflation worries
The FTSE 100 has hit a new post-pandemic high as rising oil and banking stocks helped it shrug off supply chain and inflation worries.London’s leading share index ticked up to 7242.7 points in early trading on Friday, taking it above a previous peak in August to hit the highest level since February 2020. It came …
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Fire-damaged power link between UK and France won’t be fully restored for two years – National Grid
A fire-damaged power link between the UK and France will not be fully restored for another two years, National Grid has revealed.Part of the electricity interconnector at Sellindge in Kent was damaged by the blaze in September and the grid had aimed to restore it by next March. But in an update published on Thursday …

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