REGIONAL utilities company Electricity North West has won praise from the government for giving all its staff paid time off to be vaccinated. This is part of a range of measures undertaken by the company and others like it to support the government s coronavirus vaccination programme, which business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has described as awe-inspiring. Electricity North West says that any employee who is invited to have the vaccine can take time off work in company time, at short notice and on full pay. Chief executive Peter Emery said: “I’m proud of how all my colleagues have stepped up to keep the region connected and provide an essential service throughout the pandemic. I cannot thank them enough for all that they do.
North West politicians and businesses plot 2040 net zero vision
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WORK is set to begin on a multimillion pound project that could be crucial to the region s economy, but which will also cause road closures. The £7.5 million scheme is intended to connect the new Salesbury Enterprise Zone with the county s electrical grid and will involve creating a new 33,000-volt substation and laying more than 22 kilometres of underground cables, with work starting on Monday February 8 2021. However, to ensure engineers can carry out work safely, Electricity North West will have a series of road closures and temporary traffic lights in place on Phillips Road, Blackburn, Preston New Road, Yew Tree Drive, Ramsgreave Drive, Brownhill Drive and Whitebirk Drive.