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Northumbrian Water secures £3.6m for project to reduce bills and emissions
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Why is Europe short of lorry drivers – and how bad is the crisis?
Some 400,000 more lorry drivers are needed to plug a shortfall across Europe, according to consultancy Transport Intelligence.The same estimates suggest that Poland needs at least 120,000 drivers, while Germany and France also have a shortage of more than 40,000 each.The industry estimates that the UK needs 100,000 drivers to partly alleviate supply chain pressures …
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‘Get a grip’: Starmer calls on PM to take ’emergency action’ over HGV driver shortage
Sir Keir Starmer has called on the government to take “emergency action to get a grip” on the HGV driver shortage causing fuel and food shortages.The Labour leader said the prime minister needs to deploy the 150 army drivers that are on standby now to petrol stations across the UK after an independent fuel retailers’ …
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Business confidence in UK economy ‘falls off a cliff’ to lockdown levels in face of rising costs
Confidence of company bosses in the UK economy “fell off a cliff” in recent weeks amid uncertainty and rising costs, according to a survey.The Institute of Directors (IoD) said that from a high in the summer, its measure of how directors feel about the financial outlook had tumbled back to levels last seen in February, …
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Saracens owner Wray relinquishes control after salary cap scandal
The owner of Saracens, one of the most successful clubs in English rugby union history, is to hand over control to an investment consortium that includes Francois Pienaar, the South African former World Cup-winning captain.Sky News can exclusively reveal that Nigel Wray has agreed the terms of a takeover of Saracens by a group of …
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Soaring energy prices push Europe’s inflation to decade high
Annual inflation in the Euro area reached a 13-year high as oil and gas prices soared in September, the European Union statistics agency said on FridayInflation came in at 3.4%, up from 3.0% in August and the highest since 2008. The overall inflation level was boosted by a jolting 17.4% increase in energy prices.Economists and …
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Miller Homes picks Rothschild to build case for £1bn sale
The owner of Miller Homes, one of Britain’s 10 largest housebuilders, is preparing to put the business up for sale amid surging valuations in the sector.Sky News has learnt that Bridgepoint, the private equity firm, has retained Rothschild, the investment bank, to advise on an exit process. City sources said on Friday that a sale …
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Evening Standard
Top US vegan chef in second London bid
One of America’s best known celebrity vegan chefs is to have a second bid at cracking London after closing his first restaurant in the capital two years ago. Matthew Kenney, described by Vogue magazine as the restaurateur who “made health food sexy”, is to launch his venue Adesse on the second floor of Selfridges on …
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Wetherspoons suffers record loss as it counts cost of COVID lockdowns
Wetherspoons has suffered its biggest loss on record after coronavirus restrictions ravaged the hospitality industry.The pub chain has only seen losses in three of its 37 years – 1984, 2020 and 2021. The 12 months to 25 July were its worst to date, where the JD Wetherspoon group plunged to a pre-tax loss of £154.7m, …
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Plymouth’s Princess Yachts reveals record billion dollar order book
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E-Warehousing acquires third UK site in Cwmbran as demand soars
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Motorists could face ‘another week or so’ of petrol station queues as fuel crisis continues
Motorists could face another “week or so” of long queues at the filling stations, a minister has said, because of an “unprecedented demand” for petrol and diesel.Policing minister Kit Malthouse said on Friday if the crisis does not ease in the coming days, Boris Johnson stands ready to review the situation, which has been caused …

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