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Manufacturers automate as energy costs squeeze investment
Read the full story: Manufacturers automate as energy costs squeeze investmentUK manufacturers are automating faster as operating pressures persist nationwide. Barclays research finds 87% using automation to manage disruption, while energy costs constrain investment and financing behaviour increasingly diverges between larger manufacturers and SMEs.
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Estonia’s e-resident companies rise 36%
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Contractors start before compliance checks finish
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Scottish business innovation rate falls again
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FSA plans overhaul of food regulation
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Frasers faces investor opposition over finance chief bonus
Frasers faces investor opposition over its finance chief’s bonus award. Proxy advisers have questioned a £100,000 discretionary payment to Chris Wootton for delivering a new financing package.
