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Slow start for government’s £2bn green homes drive: Just 20,000 grants have been given to households to make homes more energy efficient against target of 600,000 since scheme started in September Rishi Sunak’s £2bn grant scheme is part of £3bn green employment package It is focused on cutting emissions, improving the environment and creating jobs … Read more
Slow start for government’s £2bn green homes drive: Just 20,000 grants have been given to households to make homes more energy efficient against target of 600,000 since scheme started in September Rishi Sunak’s £2bn grant scheme is part of £3bn green employment package It is focused on cutting emissions, improving the environment and creating jobs … Read more
Concerns over Issa brothers’ long-term plans for Asda as they announce £2bn assets sale By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 3 February 2021 The billionaire petrol station tycoons who bought Asda have announced a sale of its assets that could raise up to £2billion. … Read more
Rolls-Royce to burn through another £2bn of cash as new Covid variants put the brakes on air travel By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:56 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 23:24 GMT, 26 January 2021 Engine maker Rolls-Royce warned it will burn through £2billion this year as the spread of new Covid … Read more
Government’s £2billion Kickstart scheme to get young people on universal credit into jobs has seen fewer than 2,000 start new roles in its first five months Kickstart programme launched in September and offers work placements Just 1,868 people have started their placements in the UK as of January 15 Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey … Read more
Big building firms face a multi-billion-pound levy to help families pay to repair homes with dangerous cladding in the wake of the Grenfell fire. It could a mean a levy on all high rise flats and possibly a separate charge on major developments to atone for building tens of thousands of flats and homes with … Read more
British Airways owner IAG had a torrid 2020, to put it lightly, but things are looking up for Britain’s flag carrier after it secured a £2billion loan yesterday that it will be able to start tapping into this month. The facility has been underwritten by banks and partly by UK Export Finance, a Government arm … Read more
UK chip maker valued at £2.1bn as it eyes float: Nvidia rival Graphcore on path to London listing By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 08:17 GMT, 30 December 2020 | Updated: 08:17 GMT, 30 December 2020 Bristol-based company Graphcore has raised another £162million from investors, setting pulses racing that the chip designer could … Read more
Businesses leaders on the warpath as High Street loses £2bn a week in lockdown By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 23:25 GMT, 17 November 2020 Business leaders yesterday slammed the Government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis and said the lockdown in England has left thousands of … Read more
Rolls-Royce bosses will be breathing a sigh of relief after it completed a bumper £2billion fundraising that will unlock even more emergency cash. Britain’s flagship engineering group was aiming to sell 6.5bn new shares to existing investors in what is known as a rights issue. Rolls earns a hefty chunk of its money from maintaining … Read more