Colin Smith carries a small suitcase into the dining room of their Newport home and lays it flat on the table in the centre of the room. He pops open both latches.
Households that delay getting a heat pump risk being saddled with a £2,000 jump in their energy bill, as the shift to net zero triggers an exodus from the gas network.
Go on Skyscanner, search “Everywhere” for the month of September and you will find return flights for under £30. Croatia, Portugal, Italy, Spain, all at our fingertips for the cost of two limoncello spritzers and a packet of nuts.
Liz Kendall, the new Work and Pensions Secretary, has announced measures to reform the benefits system
Carmakers announce disappointing results, and production in UK revealed to have dropped
The world's largest air show fizzled out on Thursday with a solid new Saudi jetliner order unable to dispel the gloom over recent problems in producing planes fast enough to meet demand. Britain's Farnborough Airshow opened earlier this week amid alarm signals from airlines over falling yields or average fares. Airbus and Boeing posted about 40 firm orders - a fraction of recent years - and were roughly level depending on whether Qatar Airways' decision to come forward as the previously unnamed buyer for an existing Boeing order was counted.
The most expensive streets in Consett have been revealed following research by sales company Property Solvers.
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The CMA said that the fuel market is still ‘failing consumers’ a year on from its first report that laid bare the problems in the sector.
Business confidence in the North East has risen for the third consecutive quarter to the highest level in two years, outstripping the UK, according to a survey of business leaders.
Staff working at the remaining stores have been told they will lose their jobs when the shops are shut within three weeks.
Oracle has signed an accord with Rai Way to install its systems for artificial intelligence applications at the Italian infrastructure firm's data centres, the two companies said on Thursday. Oracle's corporate clients will be able to access Oracle's database solutions, cloud options and disaster recovery technologies at Rai Way's data centres, some of which are remotely located. The companies said such data centres, located in more remote areas than the main cloud infrastructure hubs in the country, were particularly useful for cybersecurity services because that added "a further layer of protection against any attempts by cyber-criminals to locate data geographically."
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Competition among fuel retailers is "failing consumers" because drivers are still paying too much to fill up, according to regulators. In an update on its monitoring of the fuel market, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the cost to all motorists from the previously identified increase in retail fuel margins since 2019 was over £1.6bn in 2023 alone. The regulator's fuel price study has resulted in action aimed at bolstering competition but it is yet to get up to speed.
Shipping giant CMA CGM said on Thursday that brisk international trade and Red Sea disruption supported its main maritime division in the second quarter and should limit any market slowdown later this year as new ship capacity arrives. The world's third-largest container shipping line reported a 6.8% year-on-year increase in volumes in the second quarter. Restocking by U.S. firms continued in the April-June quarter, partly due to concerns that geopolitical tension with China may disrupt trade, as well as the risk of strike action by U.S. East Coast port workers, Chief Financial Officer Ramon Fernandez said.
Luxury giant LVMH says Champagne sales were down 12% in the first half of the year. Execs say people don't have enough reason to celebrate.
STORY: This robotic arm is putting the finishing touches on a new high-tech marathon shoe... After three minutes spraying material onto a mold, it's complete. It's the latest effort by running brand On, founded in 2010. It's been trying to muscle its way onto the high-tech shoe leaderboard, traditionally dominated by the likes of Nike and Adidas.Built to be lightweight and bouncy so runners can maintain a fast pace over 26 miles, marathon shoes have become big business for sportswear brands.At $330, On's shoe is at the upper end of the market, though a less eye-watering price tag than Adidas' $500 model launched last September.The "LightSpray" production method requires fewer parts per pair and challenges the usual footwear manufacturing production model... which relies on shipping finished shoes to consumers from factories in South-East Asia. While most running shoe innovations focus on the midsole, On argues the LightSpray shoe's thin, seamless, one-piece upper makes it light and aerodynamic.Co-founder Caspar Copetti is hopeful about the technology’s future.“In terms of scaling it, it's actually quite simple basically, we just need more robots, right.”The launch comes as supply chain disruptions, geopolitical risks, and government incentives are driving interest in "nearshoring" – manufacturing or bringing production closer to the end customer.The midsole, foam, and plate of the LightSpray shoes are currently produced in Asia, but On executives say the aim is to eventually manufacture those elements in Switzerland as well. Co-founder Olivier Bernhard:“But I think really that this is a start of something so new, so good for the planet that, you know, we can do so much more.”
Smith's Butchers will open at 73 High Street in March on Saturday July 27.
Lack of competition ‘failing consumers’, with drivers paying £1.6bn more than they should have in 2023
Red Funnel has cancelled at least two early morning sailings on its vehicle ferry service today (Friday) due to a technical issue.
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