Category: Economy
Economy
National Grid faces Ofgem investigation over lightning strike power outage
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - - Tue, 20th Aug 2019) London, Uk - - The regulator is looking into whether electricity firms breached licence conditions after[more...]
Chancellor Sajid Javid: I won’t shift stamp duty to sellers
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - - Mon, 19th Aug 2019) London, Uk - - Chancellor Sajid Javid has said he has no plans to make house[more...]
Will Chatbots Automate Call Centers replace the livelihood of millions of agents around the world?
Source: Bloomberg At a call center in the Dominican Republic, Laura Morales is designing chatbots to respond to customer service requests. A former call center[more...]
Turkey’s military pension fund in exclusive talks for the takeover of British Steel
(qlmbusinessnews.com via news.sky.com-- Mon, 12 Dec, 2019) London, Uk - - The Scunthorpe-based steel maker, which has 5,000 staff, collapsed into insolvency in May. Turkey's[more...]
UK retail sales unexpectedly rise in July helped by strong growth in online spending
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com -- Thur, 15th Aug 2019) London, UK -- LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - British retail sales edged up unexpectedly in July, helped[more...]
British retailers urge government to freeze business rates
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com -- Tue, 13th Aug 2019) London, UK -- LONDON (Reuters) - More than 50 British retailers, including Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L), Marks & Spencer[more...]
National Grid ‘had three blackout near-misses in as many months’
(qlmbusinessnews.com via theguardian.com - - Tue, 13th Aug 2019) London, Uk - - Exclusive: Industry sources say system operator aware of growing potential of blackouts ‘for[more...]
High Street shop vacancy rate in town centres at its highest for four years
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - - Mon, 12th Aug 2019) London, Uk - - The number of empty shops in town centres is at its highest[more...]
UK economy shrinks by 0.2% between April and June for the first time since 2012 – ONS
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - -Fri, 9th Aug 2019) London, Uk - - The UK economy contracted 0.2% between April and June, its worst performance since[more...]
UK pay growth for new staff rose in July at the slowest rate since April 2017 – REC
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com -- Thur, 8th Aug 2019) London, UK -- LONDON (Reuters) - Pay for permanent staff hired in Britain through recruitment agencies rose[more...]
Energy bills set to fall for millions of UK households this winter
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com -- Wed, 7th Aug 2019) London, UK -- LONDON (Reuters) - Energy bills are set to fall for millions of households in[more...]
Brexit: UK Food industry seeks no-deal competition waiver
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - - Wed, 7th Aug 2019) London, Uk - - The UK food industry has asked the government to waive aspects of[more...]
