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Revealed: Government’s emergency plan for dealing with fuel crises
Fuel sales could be rationed and forecourt opening hours limited to try and tackle panic buying under the government’s emergency plans for dealing with fuel crises.Capping the amount of petrol and diesel that can be bought by each customer, and restricting the hours pumps can operate, are among a number of measures to manage supply …
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Historic contractor Eric Wright Group increases profits despite Covid-19 pandemic hitting turnover
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When ‘just calm down’ isn’t enough: why the government needs to be more transparent over petrol panic
Watching the queues outside petrol stations these past days, one cannot help but be reminded of another moment some years ago when people queued in their thousands in Britain’s high streets to withdraw a crucial resource: the bank run on Northern Rock in 2007.Indeed, there are at least three ways in which this episode is …
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Top tips for female start-up founders from accelerateHER CEO
Being a female start-up founder is far from easy. From pitching for investment in front of all-male VCs to facing sometimes-unconscious bias, female entrepreneurs have to overcome additional obstacles to navigate their way to success. Born from Made.com chair Brent Hoberman‘s Founders Forum network in 2016, accelerateHer is a global events series bringing together entrepreneurs, …
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Oil price tops $80 and gas costs soar further as consumers face bill heat ahead of winter
Oil prices have topped $80 a barrel for the first time in three years while wholesale gas costs have surged dramatically – likely adding to pressure on drivers and household energy bills in the months ahead.Brent crude rose for a sixth day in a row as concerns over global supply coincide with more countries, such …
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Facebook puts the brakes on its Instagram Kids app as opposition grows
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Petrol retailers say there is ‘plenty of fuel’ with demand to ‘return to normal levels’ in coming days
The fuel industry says there is “plenty of fuel” at UK refineries and terminals and that it is expecting demand “will return to its normal levels in the coming days”.It comes as motorists were encouraged to buy fuel as they usually would in a joint statement from BP, Shell UK, Esso Petroleum/ExxonMobil, Wincanton, Certas Energy …
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Motor Fuel Group rolls out electric charging expansion as petrol crisis grows
THE largest independent fuel operator in the UK today unveils its flagship electric vehicle charging station in Putney, insisting it is part of the solution to the petrol and fuel crisis engulfing London and much of the rest of the country.With petrol stations at supermarkets and elsewhere closing due to a lack of fuel and …
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Shell takes 255,000 customers from failed energy provider Green amid gas price crisis
Royal Dutch Shell’s household energy supply business has taken on the customers of failed rival Green Supplier, according to the industry’s regulator, amid fears more small providers will collapse amid the record surge in energy costs.Ofgem confirmed on Monday morning that Shell Energy had won a competitive process to take in the 255,000 households on …
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Calls for key workers to be prioritised for fuel – but who should be front of the queue?
The government is facing calls to prioritise essential workers as some petrol supplies run dry amid impacts of a shortage of lorry drivers.Long queues were reported overnight and some petrol brands are seeing as many as 90% of their sites running dry, according to the Petrol Retailers Association. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said designated petrol …
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Dim T and Wildwood owner Tasty forced to keep sites shuttered as staffing crisis bites
DIM T and Wildwood owner Tasty has revealed the group still has five of its 54 sites shuttered as the hospitality labour shortage bites. The AIM-listed firm said staff shortages have forced temporary closures and prevented the restaurant group reopening some of its pizza joints and Asian fusion eateries.Both recruiting and retaining staff is still …
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Booming James Bond: No Time To Die ticket sales lift shares in listed cinema chains
Cinema has had a turbulent year but James Bond could be coming to the rescue. Shares in the UK’s biggest listed cinema chains surged on Monday morning amid booming ticket sales for Daniel Craig‘s final outing as 007.Screen giant Cineworld, which also owns Picturehouse and Regal in the US, was up by as much as …

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