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UK contractor moves into Australia with acquisition
Global Construction Review
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August 6, 2025
OCU Group, a contractor based in Stockport, UK has announced its entry into the Australian market through the acquisition of multidisciplinary All Energy Contracting (AEC) for an undisclosed sum. AEC was founded in Brisbane in 2018 and delivers...
Bank of England cuts main interest rate to 4%
The Gleaner
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August 8, 2025
The Bank of England cut its main interest rate on Thursday by a quarter percentage point to 4.0 per cent, as policymakers seek to bolster the sluggish United Kingdom economy. Thursday’s decision was widely anticipated in financial markets as the...
CCEP sees solid UK growth in H1 2025 on strong AFH demand and better weather
Asian Trader Magazine
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August 8, 2025
Highlights UK revenue rose 6.5% to €1.697bn in H1 2025, driven by stronger away-from-home sales, better weather, and innovation-led volume growth in brands like Monster, Dr. Pepper, and Diet Coke. Revenue per unit case increased, supported by...
The Trump Premium: Protectionism and Energy Prices
Energy Intelligence
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August 8, 2025
The world’s crude oil and natural gas buyers may soon be paying a Trump premium for energy. This is the additional amount consumers might end up spending on oil, petroleum products or natural gas exported from the US as governments seek to avoid...
Pasta recipe on British website causes diplomatic row in Italy
BGNES
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August 8, 2025
Italians reacted with anger after the popular British website Good Food published a recipe for a traditional Roman dish that did not contain the correct original ingredients and seemed to belittle it as "fast food." Pasta cacio e pepe is a...
Mapped: Where will temperatures soar in UK during fourth heatwave of the year?
The Independent
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August 8, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
1 gas station in cities throughout Bucks County had the cheapest midgrade gas in week ending Aug. 2
Lower Bucks Today - Pennsylvania
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August 8, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Bucks County selling...
EnergyPathways: How one visionary project could enhance UK energy...
Proactive UK
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August 8, 2025
Britain is heading for a crunch in energy storage. As wind and solar supply more of the country’s power, storing electricity for when the weather doesn’t cooperate is becoming critical. Yet the nation has some of the lowest energy storage levels...
Israel signs largest export deal to supply Egypt with gas valued at $35bn
TVC News Nigeria
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August 8, 2025
According to reports, Israel’s Leviathan natural gas field has inked the biggest export agreement in its history, valued at up to $35 billion, to supply gas to Egypt’s NewMed, despite Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. Leviathan, which is located off...
Iran’s new solar power plant setting regional clean energy benchmark
Press TV
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Gisoo Misha Ahmadi Press TV, Isfahan Iran has taken a significant leap in its renewable energy drive, inaugurating its largest solar power plant to date in Isfahan Province. The newly inaugurated solar plant stands as a testament to the country’s...
Cheapest dates to buy tickets for Oasis UK tour before it ends
Liverpool Echo
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August 8, 2025
Oasis tour dates: The band are currently on their mammoth Oasis Live '25 tour, which concludes in September 2025 Oasis is drawing their colossal reunion tour across the UK to a close. The band, famously comprising Noel Gallagher and Liam...
Prices of EUROPE GAS trade at a sideways level as the market waits for clarity on sanctions
World Energy News - Connecticut
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The wholesale gas prices in the Netherlands and Britain were not much different on Friday morning, as the market awaited news about whether the U.S. would impose new sanctions against Russia. LSEG data shows that the benchmark Dutch front-month...
British food is reactionary now
New Statesman
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August 6, 2025
I am eating lunch in the Yellow Bittern on London’s Caledonian Road. It is co-owned by chef Hugh Corcoran, a Belfast man. And so, fittingly, we are eating soda bread and butter; and then we split an expensive pie, its crust made glistening by the...
British Gas trial offers homeowners two years of FREE electricity - check how to claim
GB News
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August 6, 2025
Britain's largest housebuilder has joined forces with a major energy supplier to offer selected homeowners two years of free electricity in an innovative sustainability trial. Barratt Redrow and British Gas have launched the pioneering scheme...
Road Accidents in India, India’s oil imports and Rare earth elements
The Indian Express
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August 8, 2025
PM draws the line: Won’t compromise on our interests, ready to pay heavy personal price Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Mains Examination: General Studies II: Bilateral, regional and...
1 gas station in cities throughout Scotland County had the cheapest diesel in week ending Aug. 2
NE Missouri News
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August 8, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Scotland County...
The UK government’s AI Growth Zones strategy: Everything you need to know
Computer Weekly
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August 8, 2025
The government is on a mission to make the UK an artificial intelligence (AI) superpower, by accelerating the adoption of the technology across the public and private sectors to supercharge the economy. According to the government, embracing AI...
Cheniere Energy and JERA sign long-term LNG supply agreement
Offshore Technology
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August 8, 2025
Cheniere Energy and JERA have finalised a long-term sale and purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire approximately one million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Cheniere Marketing on a free-on-board (FoB) basis from 2029 to...
Losing weight before IVF could up your chances of pregnancy the old fashioned way
Scimex Newsfeed
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August 11, 2025
Media release From: American College of Physicians Losing weight before IVF may increase chance of pregnancy A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessed whether weight loss interventions before in vitro...
New £40 smart meter rule for British Gas, EDF, EON, Ovo, Octopus customers
Birmingham Live
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August 8, 2025
New smart meter rules - including automatic compensation for delays to fixing ‘dead’ ones - have been announced by Ofgem. The regulator says firms will be forced to pay compensation for delayed smart meter installations and faulty devices. Under...