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Modular construction firm M-AR enters partnership with key structural supplier
High growth Hull modular construction firm M-AR has entered into a partnership with one of its key specialist suppliers. Closer ties with Shropshire-based TDSG have been forged, improving efficiency and communication between them. The structural engineering and steel detailing services provider brings 3D design to the business, and has worked with M-AR for several years …
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Stark new spending data paints bleak picture of consumer confidence
Retail sales fell in May as rapidly rising food prices and the cost of living crisis dented people’s confidence in the economy and their desire to spend money.Sales volumes dropped by 0.5% last month as shoppers cut back on spending in supermarkets – which fell by 1.6% – amid soaring costs, according to figures released …
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Why BA still appears to have a Heathrow problem
“I’ve had plenty of luck over the last five years, all of it bad.”So said Sir Rod Eddington, former chief executive of British Airways, the man who steered the airline through the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and an outbreak of the SARS virus 18 months later. Sir Rod, an easy-going Australian who was …
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What are my rights if BA strikes hit during the summer holidays?
The prospect of strikes affecting BA services at Heathrow this summer are another headache for a struggling airline and also passengers who were, likely, already nervous about getting away after disruption at airports across Europe.Here, Sky News explains your rights as a consumer in the event British Airways is hit by strikes involving hundreds of …
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Adam Boulton on why fresh strikes are not like the Winter of Discontent
The British public is well-used to confrontations between workers in the public sector and the government of the day.Over the decades there have been strikes and work-to-rules involving miners, teachers, the railways, the civil service and health workers among others. In the last century, “the Winter of Discontent” in 1978-79 and the miners’ strikes of …
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Britain has the talent and innovation to be digital leaders, says ITV boss Carolyn McCall
Looking back over London Tech Week it is very clear that almost all businesses across the UK economy are deeply affected by technology which throws up significant opportunities as well as challenges.The media and entertainment industry has seen a huge amount of change with technology disrupting how programmes are distributed and decades of entrenched ways …
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British Airways workers at Heathrow vote to strike during school summer holidays
British Airways (BA) workers at Heathrow have voted to strike during the school summer holidays, in a move set to cause more travel chaos as the industry struggles to recover from the COVID pandemic.Members of the GMB and Unite unions overwhelmingly supported the prospect of industrial action over pay with 95% of those voting, at …
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Govt forced to hand over £7.6bn last month in record interest payment on public debt
The UK government made one of its largest interest payments on public debt ever last month, after inflation pushed borrowing costs to some of their highest levels on record. Despite a cut in public sector borrowing, interest costs soared to £7.6bn in May, far above the £5.1bn predicted by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The …
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Northern Gritstone lands first deal with ‘brain biomimicry’ start-up Opteran
The university spin-out venture chaired by Lord O’Neill, the former Treasury minister, has struck its inaugural deal with a £3.3m investment into Opteran, a start-up which has re-engineered insect brain patterns to forge advances for autonomous machines.Sky News can reveal that Northern Gritstone will announce this week that it is backing Opteran, a pin-out from …
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Business confidence in freefall, warns Chamber of Commerce
Confidence among East Midlands businesses is in freefall, according to new research, as the cost of doing business continues to head upwards. With inflation at a 40 year high of 9.1 per cent and the economy running on empty towards likely recession, the latest East Midlands Chamber business leader survey suggests no signs of let-up. …
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Cranswick chief operating officer appointed to group board after sales smash £2b
Leading food producer Cranswick has appointed two new directors to the board. Group chief operating officer Chris Aldersley is joined by the independent non-executive appointment of Yetunde Hofmann. Mr Aldersley joined the Hull-headquartered firm in 1998, working in a variety of senior management roles before taking the COO position in 2015. Read more: City praise …
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UK’s economy grows, Zoom’s future and Sussex wine
In the episode, Ian King catches up on the latest negotiations with RMT members on the second day of rail strikes.Chris Williamson from S&P Global Market Intelligence joins Ian to discuss figures which show the UK’s economy continues to grow, while Zoom’s CIO advisor Magnus Falk discusses the company’s future – which is being used …

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