2015年9月23日 星期三

2015-09-24 U.K. Business


The Guardian
   
Volkswagen: a history of boardroom clashes and controversy   
The Guardian
Adolf Hitler inspects the new Volkswagen Beetle at the Fallersleben factory in 1938. He had commissioned Ferdinand Porsche to design a 'people's car' for Germany. Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images. Graham Ruddick. Wednesday 23 September 2015 ...

Volkswagen to be sued by UK drivers for billions over diesel emissions scandal   Daily Mail
Volkswagen CEO quits amid emissions-cheating scandal   Washington Post
A Car Scandal Shoves Berlin Off High Ground   New York Times
Telegraph.co.uk   
Wall Street Journal   
Deutsche Welle   
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BBC News
   
HS2: George Osborne urges China to pitch for contracts   
BBC News
Chancellor George Osborne has urged Chinese firms to pitch for £11.8bn in contracts, as he launched the bidding process for constructing the UK's proposed High Speed Two rail line. The seven contracts cover the first phase of the HS2 link between ...
George Osborne to open bidding in China on £12bn of HS2 contracts   Financial Times
HS2 bidding process to be opened up to Chinese companies   The Guardian
George Osborne opens bidding for £11.8bn north England HS2 contract in China   Telegraph.co.uk
Reuters UK   
Daily Mail   
Belfast Telegraph   
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Financial Times
   
Bank of England's Ben Broadbent says wages are on rise   
Financial Times
Britain's move to a lower skilled economy is beginning to unwind, helping to boost average real wages, says the Bank of England's deputy governor. Ben Broadbent said in a speech on Wednesday that the relative availability of low skilled and ...
Influx of foreign workers 'lowers average UK wage' says Deputy Bank of England ...   Daily Mail
UK pay growth will get stronger, says Bank deputy   Telegraph.co.uk
UK wage growth stifled by tepid investment and low-skilled migration   The Guardian
Reuters UK   
City A.M.   
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BT.com
   
Figures show rise in car production with industry 'in good position'   
BT.com
Car production volumes in the UK this year are up 1.6% compared to the same period in 2014. 0. Share this. Facebook; Twitter; Google plus; Email; Share. 0. Industry experts hailed the figures. Facebook; Twitter; Google; Email. Share this. 0. Press ...
Car production rebounds in August after early shutdowns   Interactive Investor

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The Guardian
   
UK steelmakers appeal for help as threat of closures looms   
The Guardian
The SSI steelworks plant in Teesside, which has paused iron and steelmaking – as well as mothballing one of its coke ovens. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/Press Association. Phillip Inman Economics correspondent. Wednesday 23 September 2015 19.01 ...

Steel industry calls for government help in wake of SSI troubles   Reuters UK
UK steel makers seek government help   BBC News
If this government is serious about supporting manufacturers then it must save ...   This is Money
The Northern Echo   
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Financial Times
   
Poverty: Vulnerable to change   
Financial Times
The arithmetic is daunting. To end “extreme poverty” by 2030, the world needs to help 7,500 people move up the economic ladder every hour for the next 15 years, according to one calculation. Put another way, that is 181,729 people — roughly the ...
Millions to be thrown into poverty as World Bank shifts threshold   Telegraph.co.uk
World Bank to revise poverty yardstick - FT   Reuters UK
Global destitution set to swell as World Bank 'updates' poverty line   9news.com.au
WKBW-TV   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Elderly people should be given emotional support to encourage them to downsize   
Telegraph.co.uk
Elderly people should be given “emotional” support to encourage them to move to smaller homes and make way for younger families, surveyors say. The Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors said that more needed to be done to deal with pensioners' ...

Offering incentives to over-55s to downsize homes 'could free up 2.5m properties'   Daily Mail
Surveyors say older households key to tackling UK housing shortage   City A.M.
Incentives to downsize could boost market and help solve homes shortage - RICS   Estate Agent Today
Yahoo News UK   
Yorkshire Post   
The Guardian   
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The Drinks Business
   
Diageo issues foreign currency warning   
Herald Scotland
DIAGEO has warned that foreign currency headwinds could hit operating profits in its current financial year, as it told the City its forecast of a first-half sales decline in the US had not changed. Updating investors ahead of its annual meeting, the ...
Diageo faces £150m hit to profits from strong pound   Scotsman (blog)
Diageo sales boost hit by currency weakness   Financial Times
Diageo faces £150m profit hit from currency swings   Telegraph.co.uk
The Guardian   
Irish Independent   
The Spirits Business   
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Financial Times
   
In cash we trust — abolish it and you invite tyranny   
Financial Times
Central banks have never been so powerful, yet their ability to set the cost of borrowing, put limits on bank lending and poke their noses into every corner of the financial system is insufficient for some. Now the Bank of England's chief economist ...
Central Banks Below Zero   Wall Street Journal
Haldane raises issue of electronic currency   FT Adviser
Central banker sees future of money and rates in Bitcoin   New Zealand Herald
Evening Standard   
Mortgage Strategy   
Belfast Telegraph   
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The Independent
   
Council tests monthly bin collections   
The Times (subscription)
Bins will be collected once a month for a council trial in a bid to increase recycling rates. Fife council in Scotland has become the first local authority in Britain to operate the scheme. As part of the nine-month test, recycling bins will be emptied ...
Fife Council to trial monthly bin collections   Herald Scotland

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