New Teeside wind turbine factory to create 750 jobs March 10, 2021 GE Renewable Energy tonight announced that it will open a factory for making wind turbine blades on Teeside, creating 750 jobs in the area. The facility will provide turbine blades for the 2.4 gigawatt Dogger Bank wind farm in the North Sea, a joint venture between energy giants SSE, Equinor, and Eni. It added that [...]
Dow hits record high as Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid stimulus bill gets final approval March 10, 2021 The blue-chip Dow Jones hit a new record high tonight as President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion (£1.4 trillion) Covid-19 stimulus bill received final approval in the House of Representatives. The bourse jumped 1.5 per cent over the course of trading to hit 32,297.81 after inflation fears subsided today. In addition, the S&P 500 also ground [...]
Human remains found in search for Sarah Everard March 10, 2021 Police searching for the missing Sarah Everard have found what appear to be human remains, Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick has said. Officers are not yet able to confirm the identity of the remains, she added. Police made the discovery in a bunch of woodland in Kent, Dick said, in a statement issued from Scotland [...]
‘Unacceptable’ Heathrow queues risk UK’s economic recovery, airport says March 10, 2021 Heathrow’s chief operating officer has today said that the length of delays currently facing travellers at the UK’s biggest airport were “unacceptable”. Speaking to MPs at the Home Affairs Select Committee today, Emma Gilthorpe said that some people were having to queue for three to six hours to pass through border control. And she warned [...]
London Metal Exchange to take steps to improve electronic pricing during ring closure March 10, 2021 The London Metal Exchange today said it would change its electronic closing price system to make it more efficient while its iconic trading ring remains shut. The bourse said the move was separate to plans to consult on closing the ring as part of moves to modernise its trading system. Plans to improve the market’s [...]
Ryanair launches vaccine passport-style ‘travel wallet’ March 10, 2021 Ryanair has today launched a coronavirus “travel wallet” into which passengers can upload documents showing they have had a vaccination or negative test result. The Irish carrier is one of a number of organisations that has been developing an app of this sort in order to enable people to travel more freely when restrictions are [...]
British Gas engineers set for 12 more days of strikes in March March 10, 2021 Union GMB today said that its workers at British Gas would go on strike for 12 days in March, as a dispute over contract conditions goes on. The new industrial action plans takes the number of days on which staff at the energy supplier have gone on strike during the current dispute to 42. GMB [...]
Swingers goes stateside: Crazy golf club to open venues in New York and Washington March 10, 2021 Crazy golf club Swingers has today announced that it will launch in the US later this year, with two new venues in Washington D.C. and New York. The long-awaited stateside expansion comes on the back of a £20m funding raise backed by private equity group Cain International. Swingers said that its new venue in Washington [...]
Rolls-Royce: What to expect from the FTSE blue chip’s results March 10, 2021 Rolls-Royce will tomorrow reveal the full extent of the damage the coronavirus pandemic has caused the aerospace engineer when it posts its full year results. It comes at the end of a harrowing 12 months for the engine maker, which has seen its revenue collapse due to the worldwide grounding of planes. In the first [...]
Ministers to consult on cutting air passenger duty for domestic flights March 10, 2021 The government today confirmed that it was launching a consultation on cutting air passenger duty (APD) on domestic flights in a bid to improve travel links within the UK. The review is part of a broader suite of recommendations identified in former TfL boss Sir Peter Hendy’s report on the connectivity of the UK, which [...]
