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Fact check: Heat pumps move heat energy from outside to inside a home
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.The Government has written that a heat pump “generates 3 times more energy than it consumes”.EvaluationHeat pumps are highly efficient and can …
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Administrators appointed to Titanic shipbuilder Harland and Wolff
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JD Sports to update on US expansion after billion-dollar Hibbett deal
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Labour’s non-dom tax reform may not generate revenue, Treasury officials fear
Prominent city figures have called on the government to reconsider its proposed changes to the non-dom tax regime, following revelations that Treasury officials are worried the reforms may not generate any revenue. Labour has pledged to abolish the non-domicile (non-dom) regime a tax status enabling wealthy foreign nationals to pay tax only on UK-earned income …
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Rupert Murdoch’s REA makes fourth takeover offer for Rightmove worth £6.2bn
Our unmissable weekly email of all the gossip, rumours and covert goings-on inside the Square MileSign upI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.Rupert Murdoch’s REA Group has made a fourth proposal to online property platform Rightmove.The Australian suitor, which is majority-owned by the tycoon’s …
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Defence chiefs acquire chips factory after closure fears
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Six Nations backer CVC plots trip with Loveholidays
The private equity giant which owns a stake in rugby’s Six Nations Championship is weighing a bid for a stake in one of Britain’s biggest online travel agents.Sky News has learnt CVC Capital Partners is among the suitors considering making an offer to become a partial owner of Loveholidays. The travel company, which has been …
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UK could import water from Norway
One of the UK’s largest water companies is considering shipping supplies from Norway to the UK.Southern Water said the idea was a “last-resort contingency measure” in case of extreme droughts in the early 2030s. Up to 45 million litres could be brought to the UK per day under the proposals.The Financial Times, which first reported …
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Boeing to meet union in bid to end crippling two-week strike
Boeing and union negotiators will meet later in a fresh bid to end strikes by workers that have hammered plane production, exacerbating the fallout from the company’s safety crisis.The company, which is bidding to revive its fortunes under a new chief executive, has more than 32,000 staff refusing to work. They walked out of factories …
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Tankers carrying Russian gas face UK sanctions for first time
For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine two and a half years ago, the UK has begun to sanction tankers carrying Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe and around the world. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has announced it is using new powers to sanction five LNG tankers and two companies …
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Co-founder of Wrexham-based bank Chetwood Financial standing down as CEO
Wrexham-based digital bank Chetwood Financial has confirmed that its co-founder Andy Mielczarek is stepping down as chief executive. Subject to regulatory approval he will be succeeded by Paul Noble. Founded in 2016, Chetwood was granted a full UK banking licence in December 2018. Since then more than £3.5bn has been deposited with its savings proposition …
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Just Eat hooks up with Lovehoney for sex toy deliveries
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