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Connah s Quay funeral home honours local heroes
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Stagecoach Group Chief Executive Martin Griffiths with the driverless bus at the Stagecoach depot in Sharston, Manchester. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday March 18, 2019. The new vehicle is currently restricted to testing in the SCOTTISH transport giant Stagecoach has said it expects passenger levels to go beyond pre-pandemic levels as buses become a key component in the country’s net zero push, while it is still counting the cost of coronavirus. The Perth-based company reported underlying pre-tax profits of £17 million for the year to May 1 down from £90.9m the previous year after seeing bus passenger numbers down nearly 90 per cent at one stage during the Covid crisis.
Stagecoach axes dividend as Covid-19 travel restrictions cause its revenues to dive
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Johnson Matthey to boost investments in EV battery materials
Johnson Matthey to boost investments in EV battery materials
The UK chemicals company expects to spend up to $847M this financial year
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Johnson Matthey expects to spend up to 600 million pounds ($847 million) this financial year as it boosts investment in battery materials and hydrogen technology to serve Europe s growing electric vehicle market, the company said.
The British chemicals company has made inroads into the battery materials sector recently, agreeing to build a plant producing cathode materials in Finland with state investor Finnish Minerals Group and securing long-term supplies of nickel and cobalt to beat an expected deficit in those metals.
Revenues are booming thanks to a rise in the average selling price to private owner-occupiers from £244,500 last year to £252,000, as well as an increase in the order book.
Analysts said the shortage of housing, combined with taxpayer-funded support for new buyers, was driving up the price of new homes and contributing to the profits of Persimmon and other homebuilders.
Since the first lockdown ended, the housing market has been lifted by a series of government measures, including a stamp duty holiday and the recent launch of a guarantee scheme for 95% mortgages.
The help-to-buy loan scheme, which supports purchases of new-build homes, has been restricted to first-time buyers since April but is still being used by the major builders to encourage sales.
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