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* New research by Barclays Corporate Banking reveals the premium international consumers are prepared to pay for products ‘made in Britain’ * Consumers in India, the UAE and China are prepared to pay most for British-made goods * These markets, in particular, associate British goods with being of a higher quality * British food

Electrical engineering firm, Smith Brothers Contracting Ltd, has commenced design work for two new gas peaking plants in Lancashire. The contract will be delivered on behalf of infrastructure investment and asset management firm, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners. Construction work is well underway on a 10.3MW plant in Great Harwood, as

Recordsure, a London-based technology firm, has just launched a Mortgage Market Review investigating recent impacts on the mortgage market, emerging trends and potential risks to regulatory compliance. Recordsure has developed two insightful whitepapers around the UK and Australian mortgage industries, designed for those in the mortgage lending sector. The paper

More than 5,000 workers lives on hold while in scope for potential redundancies says GMB Union. GMB Union has begun consultation with Asda as the supermarket giant announces more than 3,700 potential job losses. The union will tell Asda bosses no one should be forced to leave their

Last Friday, a popular national newspaper lambasted Pippa Middleton’s husband, James Matthews, and his brother Spencer for using the Government furlough scheme in their respective businesses. Each of their respective businesses which both pay corporation tax, national insurance and VAT were forced to close their doors when lockdown hit,

BJSS has announced, at the start of UK National Apprenticeship Week 2021, an ambitious plan to create more apprenticeship opportunities across all its UK locations. The initiative, which has already supported 24 technical apprentices in addition to over 90 graduates and under-graduates since 2017, has now been extended to include

In support of girls in science, Genovate Power Solutions has donated 800 copies of ‘Cones and Greener Power’ to schools in Yorkshire and the rest of the UK. The books are to educate and interest children in the energy industry and to show positive representation of women in STEM fields.