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City veteran steps down as CEO of Winterflood
City veteran Philip Yarrow is retiring as chief executive of Winterflood Securities after seven years in charge and 22 at the Cannon Street based broker.He will be replaced by a company insider — Bradley Dyer — who will step up from managing director and has worked at Winterflood for 18 years, including as its head …
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Liz Truss ‘strongly considering freeze for energy bills due to economic squeeze’
Liz Truss is strongly considering freezing energy bills in a bid to ease the burden on households this winter, according to reports.The Foreign Secretary is widely tipped to win the Conservative leadership contest on Monday, before being handed the keys to Number 10 the following day.Having made tax cuts a key priority during her leadership …
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Business park snapped up ahead of £40m scheme to create 250 jobs
A Cheshire business park has been acquired ahead of a £40m scheme to build new industrial and warehousing space that could create up to 250 jobs. Avro Business Park in Adlington has been snapped up by developer Chancerygate and specialist investor Bridges Fund Management as part of a joint venture partnership. The 7.85-acre site is …
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Aston Martin supplier eyes profits after decade-long wait
A supplier to the likes of Aston Martin and McLaren expects to report a profit this year after a decade-long wait. Liverpool-based Surface Transforms, which manufactures carbon ceramic brake discs for the automotive and aircraft industries, said a deal with an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) means it will post a profit for the 12 months …
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What will Truss do to ease cost of living crisis for households and businesses?
Tackling the cost of living crisis, Liz Truss herself has said, is her number one priority once she gets the keys to Number 10.Her victory over Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership race followed a tense five-week debate, dominated by how each would approach getting bills down for households and businesses. After criticism that the …
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ADVERTORIAL: Kagool takes the tech world by storm as it expands across the globe
Think of “Kagool” and you might imagine a bracing countryside stroll wrapped up in a trusty, weather-defying coat. But, here in the West Midlands, it’s a name that’s also synonymous with a home-grown company that has taken centre stage as a global big-hitter. Coventry-based global data and analytics specialist, Kagool, has seen a meteoric rise …
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Wholesale gas prices surge after Russia decides to keep Nord Stream pipeline off
Russia’s decision not to resume gas flows through the main Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany has prompted a new surge in wholesale costs, intensifying concerns for supplies across Europe for the coming winter.State-owned Gazprom scrapped plans to restart pumping limited volumes on Saturday after a maintenance shutdown, blaming a turbine leak. The decision – …
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Evening Standard
£2 cap on bus fares introduced
A £2 cap on bus fares comes into force in parts of northern England from Sunday.The price limit is initially being launched in Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, with Liverpool City Region implementing the policy from September 18.The Department for Transport announced on Saturday that a £2 journey cap will be in place across England …
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Truss promises to set out plan for energy crisis within one week – but refuses to go into detail
Liz Truss has promised to unveil a plan to deal with the energy crisis within a week if she becomes prime minister – though she refused to go into any detail on what this might look like.There have been ever-louder calls in recent weeks for the government to intervene to support the most vulnerable, with …
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Truss will go ‘bigger than expected’ on energy crisis as PM
Liz Truss will go “bigger than expected” on energy after becoming the new prime minister on Tuesday, Sky News understands. The foreign secretary has won the Conservative leadership contest over rival Rishi Sunak and will succeed Boris Johnson tomorrow. Having made tax cuts a key priority during her leadership campaign, she has remained tight-lipped about …
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Evening Standard
‘Significant improvements’ needed to meet offshore renewable targets – report
Meeting offshore renewable energy targets by 2030 are “potentially achievable” if the rate of wind turbine installation is doubled or tripled, industry experts have warned.The UK Government has set a four-fold increase target, however, “significant improvements” will be needed for this to be possible, according to a new study from Offshore Energies UK (OEUK).Research found …
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Meet the banker with plans to extract lithium from underground Weardale
Global demand for the chemical element lithium is rising thanks to its critical role in the electric vehicle build process, and former investment banker Stewart Dickson is leading a bid to exploit North East supplies. As an experienced consultant and investor in natural resources projects around the world including gold and gas businesses in Russia, …

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