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Budget airline easyJet targets women in drive for 1,000 post-pandemic pilots
Budget airline easyJet says it needs to recruit 1,000 pilots over the next five years as it comes out of the pandemic, and is focusing on bringing in more women. The Luton-based operation said it expects a strong bounce-back this summer after being battered by restrictions on air travel during two years of Covid-19. Its …
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Passengers delayed by more than an hour on domestic flights could be entitled to compensation
Domestic air passengers will be able to claim compensation for flights delayed by more than an hour under plans set out by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.Under European Union rules that the UK currently follows, customers can only do so for flights delayed by three hours or more – limited to £220 for flights of 1,500 …
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Ryanair warns of more COVID-19 turbulence ahead after Omicron ‘hysteria’ hit bookings
Ryanair has warned of more COVID-19 turbulence ahead as it blamed “hysteria” over the Omicron variant for a collapse in bookings over Christmas and reported a quarterly loss of €96m.The airline said demand had improved since the recent lifting of travel restrictions but prices were having to be cut to fill up planes over the …
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PM urged to ‘go back to the drawing board’ on controversial tax rise after doubling down on plan
Boris Johnson is facing more pressure from Conservative MPs to “go back to the drawing board” over a planned tax hike after he recommitted to an increase in National Insurance to help fund the NHS and social care.Senior Tory backbencher Robert Halfon told Sky News the government should instead look at windfall taxes on big …
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Ryder Architecture sees sales jump 25% despite pandemic and Brexit challenges
North East design practice Ryder Architecture has seen turnover rise 25% after sealing contracts at home and abroad. The Newcastle based business has published accounts for the year ended April 30 2021 showing a revenue rise from £19.3m to £24.2m, despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, Brexit and rising inflation. The company’s operating profit …
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Wolverhampton and Sheffield to get ‘fresh life’ from levelling up fund – but Labour says it’s like handing them a fiver
Plans to “breathe fresh life into disadvantaged communities” across England have been announced as part of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper.Wolverhampton and Sheffield will be the first of 20 areas picked to benefit from a “radical new regeneration programme” launched by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). The chosen locations will …
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‘No magic money tree’: Johnson and Sunak confirm controversial tax hike will go ahead
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have doubled down on a controversial hike to National Insurance, following reports the prime minister was having second thoughts about the policy.Mr Johnson has been under pressure from some backbench Conservative MPs to scrap or delay the increase to win back support, and reports earlier this week suggested he was …
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Gateshead conference centre takes step forward – but will it be a success?
Work will start soon to build a long-awaited conference centre on the Gateshead quayside. But has the project been realised at exactly the wrong time, asks business and agenda editor Graeme Whitfield? Just over 40 years ago, two men met in the Rose and Crown pub on Newcastle’s City Road and formed the company that …
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Johnson strives for gender equality with new line-up of business advisors
Downing Street will next week unveil a gender-balanced line-up of business advisers to Boris Johnson, which includes the bosses of some of Britain’s fastest-growing technology companies.Sky News has obtained the list of members of the prime minister’s new business council, which is expected to be published as early as Monday. Half of its 28 members …
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Lynch faces crunch few weeks to fight extradition to US
It was a very Black Friday for Cambridge technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch. First he lost his fight against a civil action brought in the UK by US giant Hewlett Packard then – just agonising hours later – Home Secretary Priti Patel signed off on his extradition to the US to face criminal changes. Both cases …
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Mark Drakeford wrote to Boris Johnson in furlough plea before Covid restrictions decision in Wales
First Minister Mark Drakeford wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to urge him to re-introduce furlough as the Welsh Government cabinet debated new restrictions in Wales. The cabinet met on December 16 to decide if additional measures were needed as the Omicron wave swept the UK – and the next day Mr Drakeford announced extra …
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Staycation frenzy spurs Center Parcs owner to prepare £4bn sale
The owner of Britain’s biggest chain of upmarket holiday villages is to launch a £4bn auction of the business after recording the most profitable half-year in its history in spite of pandemic-related operating constraints.Sky News has learnt that Brookfield Property Partners, the Canadian property giant, is paving the way to sell Center Parcs UK potentially …

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