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Teens could be recruited as train drivers under new plans
People as young as 18 will be able to get behind the controls of a train as part of a government proposal aimed at boosting staff. The plans were announced on Thursday as thousands of train passengers up and down the country have been facing delays and cancellations due to repeated strike action in recent months. …
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London City Airport lands FitzGerald as first female boss
London City Airport will on Thursday name its first permanent female chief executive as it targets approval of an expansion plan that would create nearly 1,500 jobs.Sky News understands that the Docklands airport has told staff that Alison FitzGerald, who has been co-CEO since January alongside finance chief Wilma Allan, has landed the role. Ms …
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United Utilities puts environmental commitment at forefront of financial results
Water company United Utilities has used its financial results to insist it takes its role in protecting the environment “very seriously”. The Warrington-based firm, which provides water services around the North West, has released its final results for year ending March 31 in which its operating profit rose 9% to £480.2m. The results have come …
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Rolls-Royce gets Poland’s backing to drive forward nuclear power plants plan
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UK taxpayers left on hold for 800 years, says spending watchdog
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Industry backers say Europe needs a carbon capture and storage tsar
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Royal Mail ‘minded’ to accept multi billion pound takeover by Czech billionaire
The owner of Royal Mail has said it is “minded” to accept a revised takeover bid by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. The latest offer from Mr Kretinsky’s investment firm EP Group values the Royal Mail parent company International Distribution Services (IDS) at £3.5bn. Money latest: UK economy in safe hands ‘whoever wins’ election, top bank …
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Thames Water investors to quit boards amid spectre of bailout
Representatives of Thames Water’s multinational syndicate of shareholders are poised to quit as directors of its corporate entities after refusing to inject the billions of pounds of funding required to bail it out.Sky News has learnt that a number of board members at companies connected to Kemble Water Finance, Thames’s parent, are expected to resign …
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Brexit border IT crash delays fresh food imports by more than a day
IT systems failures at the UK border have caused major delays to fresh food shipments from the EU, with importers complaining of chaos at the busiest border post as lorries were delayed by more than 24 hours.Sky News understands a key software system crashed at the weekend, leaving shipments of meat, cheese, fresh food and …
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European ports turned into car parks as EV makers hunt buyers
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Uncertainty over sustainability policies and regulation ‘limiting UK investment’
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The latest appointments and promotions in Welsh business
Medtech firm Creo, which operates in emerging field of minimally invasive surgical endoscopy for pre-cancer and cancer patients, has appointed a new chair. As the Chepstow-based and Alternative Investment Market listed business enters a new phase of growth it has appointed Kevin Crofton to its board as chair and Brent Boucher as a fellow independent …

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