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Plans for major new wind farm with 1,000ft turbines off North Wales coast have been submitted
Plans for a major new wind farm off the North Wales coast have been submitted. Awel y Môr offshore wind farm, which could provide power for up to 500,000 homes, has been submitted to, and accepted for consideration by the UK Planning Inspectorate. The project, which is being developed by RWE Renewables on behalf of …
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DIY retailer Wickes avoids post-pandemic slowdown
DIY retailer Wickes has said it expects to avoid the slump in post pandemic trading with home improvement customers still returning to stores and trade customer order books at record levels. Wickes said it would deliver full year results in line with expectations with sales “significantly ahead of pre-lockdown levels”.The company revealed that business still remained …
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City boss slams Hollywood stars for pushing crypto currencies
A TOP City boss today criticised the celebrities that have been promoting crypto currencies to ordinary folk and admitted the lockdown inspired share trading boom is over.Andy Bell, founder and chief executive of leading investment platform AJ Bell, said Hollywood actors should not be giving investment advice.Gwyneth Paltrow, Resse Witherspoon and footballers John Terry and …
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Windfall tax ‘will bring about job losses’, energy industry warns
A windfall tax “will bring about job losses”, the energy industry has warned.Deirdre Michie, chief executive of Offshore Energies UK, which represents the offshore oil and gas industry, said their supply chain is “really worried” about the implications of a windfall tax, which was announced today. “That will directly impact manufacturing in this country,” she …
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Marrons Planning secures green light for countryside homes after plans were turned down three times
Planning specialists Marrons Planning has helped gain permission for 49 new homes in the Leicestershire countryside – after the plans were turned down three times. Marrons – which is based in Leicester and is part of the Shakespeare Martineau group – helped secure permission for the houses in the former mining village of Thornton. The …
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City praise for Hull food giant Cranswick’s performance against ‘strong headwinds’
City analysts have poured praise on Cranswick’s performance, as it became a £2 billion turnover company in the past financial year. The Hull food giant, started by East Yorkshire farming families as a feed milling business almost 50 years ago, now supplies pork and poultry products to major supermarkets, while also serving up the needs …
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Contractors appointed to controversial A303 Stonehenge tunnel scheme
National Highways has appointed an international group of construction companies to carry controversial works to the A303 in the South West. The £1.7bn upgrade of the road between Amesbury and Berwick Down includes a two-mile-long tunnel under Stonehenge. The Government-owned organisation’s preferred bidder for the scheme is a joint venture – known as MORE JV …
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Sunak unveils £15bn package to ease burden on Britons ‘hit hard’ by cost of living surge
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £15bn package of cost of living support including a £400 discount on energy bills for all and a £650 one-off payment to the poorest eight million households.The measures will be partly funded by a temporary levy on oil and gas companies which are enjoying bumper profits, as a result …
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Sunak unveils £15bn package and U-turns on windfall tax to help Britons ‘hit hard’ by cost of living surge
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £15bn package of cost of living support including a £400 discount on energy bills for all and a £650 one-off payment to the poorest eight million households.The measures will be partly funded by a temporary levy on oil and gas companies which are enjoying bumper profits, as a result …
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French billionaire’s stake in BT to be reviewed over national security concerns
The government will examine French billionaire Patrick Drahi’s 18% stake in BT over national security concerns, the business secretary has said. His company Altice is the telecoms company’s biggest shareholder, having increased its stake from 12.1% last year. The move stoked fears that the business would be subject to a takeover.Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told …
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JD Sports boss quits after £4.3 million CMA fine
The Executive Chairman of JD Sports has quit the company after it was fined £4.3 million by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).Peter Cowgill will step down from his role with immediate effect, with Audit and Risk Committee Chair Helen Ashton stepping in as interim chair.In February, the CMA ordered JD Sports and Footasylum to …
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Chinese takeover of UK’s largest microchip producer faces national security review
The acquisition of the UK’s biggest microchip factory, Newport Wafer Fab, by a Chinese-owned technology company is to undergo a national security assessment.The business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng announced the move after Nexperia, which is headquartered in the Netherlands but part of Shanghai-based Wingtech, completed the purchase in July last year for a reported £63m. Mr …

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