but not fast enough to keep up with price rises. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has more details. all good? business has been challenging, up and down. it has been consistently inconsistent. one day we are super busy, we can t keep up. the next day we don t have any work on. a year ago, construction companies like this builder of grand design style renovations, based near heathrow airport, were struggling to cope with the surge in demand for new projects as the economy bounced back from the pandemic. there was no lack of work, but profits were squeezed by the rocketing cost of raw materials and the shortage of skilled staff that sent wages soaring. it is difficult to meet demand when there is also less money in the jobs because the cost of labour has risen so much. so we have labourers earning the money which plumbers and carpenters were earning, like, two and a half, three years ago. but everybody wants the job to be cheaper because they have no certainty and the
against pre trial detention. after six months of bird flu restrictions, poultry will shortly be allowed out again heralding the return of free range eggs. and coming up on bbc news, after protesters disrupted play last night, the world snooker championships resumed today but with heightened security checks at the crucible. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the treasurer of the scottish national party, colin beattie, has been arrested by police investigating the party s funding and finances. it comes two weeks after peter murrell, the snp s former chief executive who s married to nicola sturgeon, was arrested by officers who searched his home in glasgow and the party s headquarters in edinburgh. mr murrell was later released without charge, pending further investigation. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has the latest. colin beattie has been the snp s treasure for almost the entire duration of his party s climb to dominance in scottish politics. its r
we ll be able to buy free range eggs again in the next few days, as bird flu restrictions are lifted across most of the uk. today is the first time in six months that captive birds and poultry can go outside though experts say the h5n1virus is still circulating, and is an ongoing risk to wild birds. 0ur environment correspondent jonah fisher is on a poultry farm in north norfolk. the restrictions eased, the doors of the enclosure opened, and the chickens. well, they were in no rush to embrace their new found freedom. the ending of a housing order brought into control the spread of bird flu means that in almost all of the uk captive birds can now go outside once more. today is a great day. you know, we have been looking forward to this for a long while. mark supplies all the leading retailers, and last year, as the outbreak spread, hundreds of thousands of his birds had to be killed. we have had a really tough time over the winter. we ended up with nine farms
stock of birds on that particular firm having to be destroyed, it had a devastating impact on the poultry industry. so it was a sweet moment this morning when that housing order was lifted across almost all of the uk, meaning that farmed birds could go outside once more. the restrictions eased, the doors of the enclosure opened, and the chickens. well, they were in no rush to embrace their new found freedom. the ending of a housing order brought into control the spread of bird flu means that in almost all of the uk captive birds can now go outside once more. today is a great day. you know, we have been looking forward to this for a long while. mark supplies all the leading retailers, and last year, as the outbreak spread, hundreds of thousands of his birds had to be killed. we have had a really tough time over the winter. we ended up with nine farms being infected with the virus,
times. we ll be able to buy free range eggs again in the next few days, as bird flu restrictions are lifted across most of the uk. today is the first time in six months that captive birds and poultry can go outside though experts say the h5n1virus is still circulating, and is an ongoing risk to wild birds. our environment correspondent jonah fisher reports. the restrictions eased. the doors of the enclosure opened. and the chickens, well, they were in no rush to embrace their new found freedom. the ending of a housing order brought in to control the spread of bird flu means that in almost all of the uk, captive birds can now go outside once more. today is a great day. i ve been looking forward to this for a long while. mark supplies all the leading retailers and last year, as the outbreak spread, hundreds of thousands of his birds had to be killed. we ve had a really tough