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UK/Scotland forestry investment sector contraction – a short pause? –…

Posted by May 6, 2024

THE UK forestry investment sector was not insulated from the well reported economic and fiscal challenges that impacted the wider global economy.  During

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London was never going to be a post-Brexit loser

Posted by May 6, 2024

A Goldman insider says one of the “big reasons” to go ahead with the removal of the bonus cap was to compete with other fin

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Brewer to invest £39m in suburban pubs revival

Posted by May 6, 2024

Heineken is to spend £39m on reviving hundreds of “tired” suburban pubs in a bid to attract punters working from home.The

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Decarbonisation progress of UK businesses slowing down

Posted by May 6, 2024

UK businesses will fall behind the Paris Agreement pathway by 2025 at their current rate of decarbonisation, according to a new study. Analysing th

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British business excellence celebrated in second year of The King’s…

Posted by May 6, 2024

252 recipients announced in The King’s Awards for Enterprise - the UK’s most prestigious business awards. Five businesses have received awards in two

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Calls grow for urgent talks to protect future of Grangemouth…

Posted by May 5, 2024

The UK and Scottish governments have been asked to arrange urgent talks to protect the future of Scotland’s only remaining oil refinery at Grangemouth.Daniel

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Britain would be better off with fewer buy-to-let landlords, says…

Posted by May 5, 2024

It emerged last month that UK rents rose at a record rate of 9.2pc in March, taking the average monthly rent across Britain to

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China’s gold-buying spree could be the straw that breaks the…

Posted by May 5, 2024

On top of this, the US may be its own worst enemy. The recent strength of the economy and markets partly reflects a massive fis

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Scientists pour scorn on mushroom coffee, the latest ‘healthy’ food…

Posted by May 5, 2024

Sipping mushroom coffee sounds like a weird camping trip anecdote but more Britons are embracing this alternative morning pick-me-up as “mushroom mania” swe

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Corbyn economics guru urges Starmer to borrow and spend more

Posted by May 5, 2024

The Government has sought to stem the rise in benefit payments by tightening the criteria for people who say they are too menta

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The undersea nuclear graveyard now more costly than HS2

Posted by May 5, 2024

Steve Thomas, emeritus professor of energy policy at Greenwich University, an expert in nuclear economics and policy, points ou

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Tory election hopes rest on the UK economy – they…

Posted by May 5, 2024

Tory MPs have been busy this past week and probably not found the time to watch Shardlake, the adaptation of CJ Sansom’s book set during the dissolution of th

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