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Weather-related insurance claims from UK homes and businesses top £1bn…

Posted by April 15, 2024

Insurance claims from UK homes and businesses saw a sharp rise last year thanks in large part to weather-related damages caused by a succession of storms, unde

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U.K.’s Renewable Energy Industry Gets A Vote Of Confidence From…

Posted by April 15, 2024

View of a U.K. offshore wind farm. (Photo: Christopher Furlong)Getty Images The U.K.'s renewable energy industry received a major boost on Monday (April 15, 202

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UK home, business property insurance payouts hit $6 bln in…

Posted by April 15, 2024

Britain’s homes and businesses received 4.86 billion pounds ($6.07 billion) in property insurance payouts in 2023, up 18% from a year earlier, as weather-r

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BAE pushes to delay Royal Navy frigate to prioritise Norway…

Posted by April 15, 2024

A British bid to sell submarine-hunting warships to Norway cannot go ahead unless the Royal Navy agrees to take late delivery o

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UK weather-related insurance claims reach record £573m

Posted by April 15, 2024

Storms and heavy rain pushed up weather-related home insurance claims in the UK by more than a third last year to a record £573m, according to industry data.Th

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UK rethinks AI legislation as alarm grows over potential risks

Posted by April 15, 2024

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The UK government is beginning to c

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North’s private sector grew much faster than UK average during…

Posted by April 15, 2024

The north’s economy improved significantly last month, an influential new business survey suggests.Ulster Bank’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) indicate

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2,000 businesses in UK achieve B Corp certification

Posted by April 14, 2024

B Corp Lab UK has confirmed there are now 2,000 companies in the UK that have achieved a B Corp Certification. In an update today, the UK arm of the certificat

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Standard Chartered arm takes stake in British fintech Algbra

Posted by April 14, 2024

An arm of Standard Chartered, the FTSE-100 bank, is taking a stake in a British company set up with the objective of providing ethical financial p

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‘As transparent as a brick wall’: British firms fight back…

Posted by April 14, 2024

As councils tighten their purse strings and strip services back to the basics amid a worsening local authority financial crisis, it is things such as flowerbeds

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‘It’s torn the town apart’: seaside shops rebel over ‘waste…

Posted by April 14, 2024

Business owners in Clevedon, a Somerset seaside town famous for its pier and independent shops, have split into two fiercely opposed camps in recent years.There

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Why is making UK homes more efficient so difficult?

Posted by April 13, 2024

Last month, I went on a jungle safari with a difference. My aim was to discover how UK homeowners might slash through a thicket of advice to cut their energy bi

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