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and virtual passport to paradise: why a remote pacific island nation is offering digital citizenship to people around the world. so, let s get down to business. we start here in the uk, where companies are begging the chancellorjeremy hunt to provide more support for business when he announces his budget next week. as it stands, firms face a sharp rise in corporation tax at the end of the month, just as government help with energy bills is scaled back and tax breaks on investment are phased out. on wednesday, the british chambers of commerce warned the uk risks falling behind its competitors if firms aren t given more help. the uk is the only g7 economy yet to recover to pre pandemic levels, and the bcc predicts that won t happen until the end of next year. our business editor simonjack reports. 450 a50 acres, 350 businesses, thousands of employees, this estate is one of the largest in europe and hosts a huge cross section of the businesses that government wants and needs to ....
a happier new year: after months of covid chaos, can china s economy pull a rabbit out of the hat? hello there. we start in the swiss ski resort of davos, you know what, stay. stay with me. sometimes, this happens. just to prove it is live. chuckles. we will talk about what keir starmer is talking about. the opposition labour party leader. he has very much been sweet talking the elite, the top bankers at the world economic forum. he has been reassuring the financial elite that labour is pro business and pledging to do more to attract foreign investment into the uk if they win power next year. labour points to un figures, showing the uk s share of world foreign direct investment has declined since the conservatives came into government in 2010 from 8% tojust1.7% the lowest since records began. that s according to the un figures. the bbc s economics editor faisal islam reports. at the world economic forum, some of europe s top bankers and ceos assembled to meet the le ....
disney now has more subscribers than netflix. but higher prices are on the way. we start here in the uk where energy company bosses are due to meet government ministers in the next few hours as calls grow for more action to tackle soaring energy bills. pressure is mounting on the two candidates who hope to become the next prime minister liz truss and rishi sunak, to set out how they would tackle the crisis amid warnings millions could be forced into poverty without more government support. on wednesday, a survey revealed six million uk households are already in debt to their energy suppliers even before billsjump again this winter. in october 2021, the average energy bill in the uk was £1,200 a year. but the war in ukraine has set wholesale gas and electricity prices soaring. average annual bills are currently close to £2000 pounds. now some experts are warning they could jump to more than £3500 pounds in the autumn and more than £4200 pounds in january. our con ....
hello and welcome. the uk is today taking delivery of liquefied natural gas, or lng, shipped all the way from australia. it s part of europe s preparations for the winter at a time when gas supplies from russia are under threat because of the war in ukraine. the uk is home to three of the largest lng terminals in europe, and this delivery could be consumed across europe. australia doesn t usually sell gas this far afield, and it s signalled that it might have to limit its exports because of its own supply problems. joining me now is james huckstepp, head of emea gas analytics, s&p global commodity insights. thanks very much for being with us today, james. how much of a problem solver is this shipment? problem solver is this shiment? , , , shipment? the shipment is really part shipment? the shipment is really part of shipment? the shipment is really part of what - shipment? the shipment is really part of what we - shipment? the shipment is really part of what we have ....
Freudenberg Medical, a global contract design and manufacturing (CDMO) partner to the medical device and biopharma industry, is to establish a second manufacturing site in Costa Rica. ....