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Energy crisis, bereavement leave, and Ikea investment
There are calls for more energy companies to be regulated like banks, to prevent another crash. :: Listen and subscribe to The Ian King Business Podcast here.Ian also explores how employers are being urged to review their bereavement leave policy as part of this year’s Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.We also hear from the …
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Sky News
Path to net zero tougher without investment to capture and store carbon underground, watchdog warns
Britain’s path to net zero will be far harder and more onerous unless Whitehall invests significant sums in schemes to capture carbon and store it under the ground, the government’s climate watchdog has warned.Chris Stark, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), which advises the government on its climate policy, told Sky News …
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Evening Standard
Post-Brexit staff shortages: Business chiefs blast ‘ballet dancers but not builders list’ of key jobs
London business leaders have called for urgent reform of the Government’s “ballet dancers but not builders” list of key jobs that can be filled by lower paid foreign workers.The so-called “shortage occupation” list specifies 30 skilled roles for which workers are in desperately short supply after Brexit. Overseas candidates can apply for work visas to …
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Sky News
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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Sky News
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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Sky News
‘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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Euro News
Bitcoin nears record high as price tops $60,000 on growing US ETF hopes
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Business Live
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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Business Live
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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Business Live
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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Business Live
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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Business Live
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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