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Yardley Brook is combining affordable housing delivery with local opportunity. The Birmingham development expects to generate more than £3.1m through jobs, apprenticeships, local procurement, volunteering, and community investment.
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Airbus has settled a long-running British export-control investigation for £6.4m. The case highlights compliance risks created by multinational aerospace programmes, component transfers, and cross-border technical data.
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European governments are widening intervention as energy volatility damages competitiveness. Eurofound has identified more than 125 measures covering price relief, industrial support, efficiency, supply reform, and social dialogue.
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Airbus delivered stronger earnings as aircraft production regained operating momentum. First-half revenue, profit, deliveries, and defence orders increased, although higher output continued to absorb working capital across the group.
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Drought now covers half of England after exceptionally dry weather. Seven regions have entered official drought status, increasing operational pressure across agriculture, manufacturing, construction, utilities, and supply chains.
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Germany is replacing guaranteed solar payments with stronger market discipline. Proposed reforms would reshape rooftop investment, curtailment compensation, storage incentives, and the relationship between renewable development and grid capacity.
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Microsoft faces scrutiny over how subscription changes reached existing customers. The CMA is examining whether people understood their options before being moved towards higher-priced Microsoft 365 plans containing Copilot.
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Ofgem is tightening grid access rules for speculative data centres. Proposed commitment fees could reach £712,500 per megawatt as the regulator seeks to remove undeveloped projects from Britain’s congested connection queue.
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Ofcom has moved directly against Openreach’s latest fibre discount proposal. The regulator says targeted pricing could weaken long-term broadband competition.
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Customer experience AI is entering a tougher operational trust test. New findings show widespread copilot adoption, but trust and service quality remain the central scaling challenge.