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US firm nears takeover of UK aerospace supplier Meggitt after rival pulls out
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British aerospace manufacturer Meggitt is a step closer to a takeover by US company Parker-Hannifin after rival suitor TransDigm said it would not make an offer. Ohio-based TransDigm said on Tuesday that it was pullin...
Rust shooting: armourer sues guns and ammunition supplier
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Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who managed weapons and ammunition on the set of Rust, the western which saw live ammunition from the gun carried by lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin accidentally hit the film’s cinematograp...
Half a million homes to be given new energy supplier after two more go bust
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About half a million households will be moved to a new energy supplier after Utility Point and People’s Energy became the latest energy companies to go bust amid record energy market prices. The latest casualties brin...
Indian supplier to UK fashion brands agrees to pay £3m in unpaid wages
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India’s largest garment company has paid out an estimated £3m in unpaid wages to tens of thousands of workers, after two years of refusing to pay the legal minimum wage. Last month Shahi Exports, which supplies dozen...
UK energy crisis: will bills go up and should I switch to a bigger supplier?
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Five energy firms have gone bust in past two weeks, and with suppliers already likening recent events to the 2008 finansiële krisis, households could be in for a choppy ride. It looks as though they are only going onl...
Energy supplier websites crash as UK customers rush to send in meter readings
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The websites of several energy suppliers have crashed, as customers rushed to send in meter readings before prices rise by more than 50% at midnight. British Gas, EDF, E.ON, SSE and Scottish Power all appeared to be s...
UK could face Christmas turkey shortage, says specialist supplier
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The UK could face a “national shortage” of turkeys in the lead-up to Christmas brought on by a lack of labour following Brexit, the chair of a farming association has said. Kate Martin of the Traditional Farm-fresh Tu...
New UK broadband rules will make it easier to switch supplier
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The UK media regulator, Ofcom, has introduced a new service to make it easier for customers to switch broadband supplier to get a better deal. Ofcom hopes that the new process, One Touch Switch, will encourage people ...
Covid test kit supplier joked to Hancock on WhatsApp he had ‘never heard of him’
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Exclusive: chat suggests Alex Bourne may have downplayed links with health secretary in publicThe former neighbour of Matt Hancock who is supplying the NHS with millions of Covid test tubes joked to the health secreta...
UK energy crisis: will bills go up and should I switch supplier?
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In the past few weeks 10 energy firms have gone bust, and with suppliers likening recent events to the 2008 finansiële krisis, households could be in for a choppy ride. Twelve months ago, households with average energ...
Primark supplier reportedly locks workers in factory to stop their anti-coup protest in Myanmar
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Garment workers in Myanmar who produce clothing for Primark were locked inside their factory by supervisors who tried to prevent them from joining anti-coup protests, testimonies given to the Guardian claim. Workers e...
UK’s biggest poultry supplier warns of big rise in price of chicken
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The owner of the UK’s biggest poultry supplier has warned that the cost of chicken is expected to rise by more than 10%, adding that food in Britain is “too cheap.” In a strongly worded intervention, Ranjit Singh Bopa...
Sanjeev Gupta’s Jaguar Land Rover supplier asks for time to talk to buyers
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Part of Sanjeev Gupta’s metal empire that faces the threat of administration has asked its bankers to give it time to try to negotiate with four potential buyers. It is understood that Liberty Aluminium Technologies, ...
Goto Energy becomes 16th UK supplier to go bust this year
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Goto Energy has become the latest of a series of gas and electricity suppliers to go bust as the sector struggles to cope with record high gas prices. The collapse of the Kent-based renewable energy supplier, which wa...
UK school uniform supplier warns of Covid-related shortages
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Families are being warned of potential school uniform shortages as the supply of blazers and PE kits is interrupted by coronavirus-related production and transport delays. The school uniform market is the latest to be...
Orbit becomes latest UK energy supplier to go bust
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Another UK energy supplier has gone bust, following the collapse of Bulb earlier this week, bringing the number of households affected by a supplier failure closer to the 4m mark. Orbit Energy confirmed it was the lat...