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People on the move: key North East appointments and promotions
RSM UK has announced 40 new promotions to director across the UK, including within the firm’s Newcastle office, as well a record intake of students. The firm has strengthened its tax faculty with the promotion of corporate tax specialist Sanjay Pugal in Newcastle. He first joined RSM UK in September 2018 as associate director. He …
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UK economy ‘made worse by Brexit and Truss own-goals’
Brexit, slashing investment and Liz Truss’s mini-budget are among the “own goals” that have led to the UK’s dire financial straits, according to a top economist.Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), has been speaking about what left the UK in a position where yesterday’s autumn statement – that will leave …
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Belfast green tech company unveils plans for 100 jobs in race to decarbonise industry
A Belfast green tech company plans to create nearly 100 jobs over the next two jobs as goes to market with technology which enables the production of green fuels to help decarbonise industrial processes. CATAGEN made the announcement as it launched five new climate technologies which it developed over the last nine months with the …
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ADVERTORIAL: This award-winning global business purposefully chooses to ‘do the right thing’
To some, it might come as a surprise to learn that there are companies out there that touch our everyday life in many ways without us even knowing. One such business is Cheltenham-based innovator in steam and thermal energy engineering, Spirax Sarco. Spirax Sarco develops a wide variety of solutions for industries across the world …
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Civil servants to go on strike, affecting ports, borders and transport over holiday period
Civil servants at several government departments will take part in a month of sustained industrial action from mid-December.Members of the PCS union who work for the Home Office, Border Force, Department for Transport and Defra are seeking better pay and conditions. Ports, borders, and all areas of transport, including driving licences, will be affected, as …
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Charity on a mission to feed every hungry child in Oxfordshire this Christmas.
Mehiel Foundation, a small registered charity (1198017) based in Bicester has taken it upon itself to provide a festive Christmas dinner to every child in need this holiday season. According to joint DWP and HMRC estimates, 14% of the children in Oxfordshire live in poverty. In an age when we spend more on dieting than we …
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The Allerton Project: helping profitable farming make space for nature for thirty years
Farming with the Environment – Thirty Years of Allerton Project Research A new book by agro-ecologist Professor Chris Stoate tells the remarkable story of the Allerton Project in Leicestershire and its pioneering research into sustainable land management. For more than 30 years the Allerton Project, established by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), has …
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A tough Autumn Statement but some positives on R&D and innovation
The Autumn Statement from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was a vital lesson in the realpolitik of how to manage the public finances when the UK economy is in recession, inflation is at its highest level in over forty years, and there remain considerable hangovers from the Covid pandemic including disruptions to the global supply chain and …
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Phase Eight-owner Foschini weighs bid to rescue Joules
The South African owner of British high street brands including Phase Eight and Hobbs is exploring a bid to take control of Joules, the fashion retailer whose collapse this week put 1,600 jobs at risk.Sky News has learnt that The Foschini Group (TFG) was in discussions with Joules for several weeks prior to it calling …
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Ubigi cellular data connectivity is now included in the new BMW 7 Series in Japan
November 18, 2022 – Transatel, a subsidiary of NTT Ltd., announces today that its worldwide B2C connectivity service, Ubigi, was chosen by BMW Japan to be included in its new BMW 7 Series. This agreement is part of the partnership between NTT Communications Corporation and BMW Japan. Ubigi SIM cards will be pre-installed in the …
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Shipbuilding returns to Belfast with £1.6 billion Harland & Wolff deal
Ship building will return to Belfast with news that a consortium led by Harland & Wolff has won a £1.6 billion contract with the Royal Navy. The deal is expected to create 1,200 jobs across the three companies in the consortium, 900 of which will be based in Belfast, and a further 800 across the …
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Aflac NI appoints new boss ahead of office move
US health insurance company Aflac Northern Ireland has named Mark McCormack as its new managing director as it moves into new grade A offices in Belfast harbour. Mr McCormack was previously head of technology and has been with the firm since it first set up a base in Belfast in 2019. He succeeds Keith Farley, …

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