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Starmer sets out new skills body to reduce reliance on overseas workers
Sir Keir Starmer has set out plans to curb reliance on foreign workers by improving skills training in England.The Prime Minister will set out his approach in a speech on Monday, promising a new body to address the “fragmented and broken” training system.The Skills England organisation will bring together central and local government, businesses, trade …
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Tempest fighter is ‘expensive but vital’ to UK defence and jobs – BAE boss
The chief executive of BAE Systems has told Sky News that, while the programme to build the UK’s planned sixth-generation fighter jet is expensive, it will be vital for the country’s future defence requirements and for creating tens of thousands of skilled jobs.Charles Woodburn was speaking on day one of the Farnborough Air Show amid …
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Ryanair profit plunges as airfares set to slump over summer
Ryanair has said airfares will be “materially lower” over the peak summer months than last year, as it reported plummeting quarterly profits.The Irish budget carrier said on Monday that lower prices over spring pushed profits down 46% to 360 million euros (£303 million) for the three months to June 30.The average fare fell 15% to …
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Gambling giant Entain appoints new boss after seven-month search
Ladbrokes owner Entain has appointed Gavin Isaacs as its new chief executive, ending a months-long search for a new head of the struggling gambling giant.Mr Isaacs, who was previously chairman of Games Global and was on the board of Entain’s US rival DraftKings, will join the sports betting giant on September 2.DraftKings tried to buy …
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Ofcom fines BT £17.5m for ‘catastrophic failure’ of emergency call system
Regulators have fined BT £17.5 million for failing to respond to a more than 10-hour outage of its emergency call system last summer.Ofcom said on Monday that the telecoms giant suffered a network disruption in June 2023 which lasted 10-and-a-half hours and hit 14,000 emergency calls from 12,392 callers.The watchdog said BT did not have …
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Biden’s decision to leave US election race: Implications for the markets
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‘Unacceptable risk’: BT fined £17.5m over 999 call ‘network fault’
BT has been fined £17.5m over network disruption that affected 14,000 emergency calls and led to an “unacceptable risk”.Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, said the penalty was linked to a network fault on Sunday 25 June last year. The disruption lasted for more than 10 hours.It judged that while emergency services found no evidence of serious …
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Ryanair warns shareholders of weaker summer fares as profits slip
Ryanair has reported weaker profits than expected for its first financial quarter, blaming a need to “stimulate” flight sales amid heightened consumer caution. Europe’s largest carrier by passenger numbers said it had engaged in more discounting than expected in the three months to the end of June, with the average fare 15% down, and it …
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Smart meter giant Utilita eyes capital-raise to fund net zero ambition
Utilita, one of Britain’s top ten energy suppliers, is plotting to raise tens of millions of pounds to fund projects aimed at meeting net zero targets.Sky News has learnt that Utilita, which last season sponsored the Premier League football club Luton Town, has hired Alexa Capital to advise on the equity injection. Sources close to …
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Rachel Reeves hints at above inflation public sector pay rises
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the Government will “make sure the sums add up” if public sector workers are given above inflation pay rises.Reports which first appeared in The Times suggest independent pay review bodies have recommended the 5.5% rise for teachers and around 1.3 million NHS staff.Speaking to the BBC, the Chancellor said she …
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New York Times unable to push Germany’s Wordle out of puzzle market
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Wizz Air’s UK boss hopes to undercut Gulf carriers on Middle East flights
Flight prices between the UK and the Middle East could be slashed to a quarter of current levels once Wizz Air receives new aircraft, the airline has claimed.Marion Geoffroy, UK managing director of Wizz Air, predicted the Airbus A321XLR planes will “revolutionise” air travel from a cost perspective.The enhanced fuel capacity of the jets means …

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