Ryan Clark, director of the Essex-based freight forwarder Westbound Logistics Services, told the BBC last week: “The increase in freight is either creating more expensive prices for the consumer, or unsustainability for businesses that will be forced to close where the onward price cannot be increased.”
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) - which uses psychological techniques known as "Nudge" theory to encourage good "habits" - wants more employees to sign up to payroll saving.
By Roger HarrabinBBC environment analystimage copyrightWest Cumbria Mining Companyimage captionThe mine would extract coking coal from beneath the Irish Sea to be used in steel productionPressure is growing on the prime minister to ban a new coal mine in Cumbria. The...
There are plans for new stations at at Ashington, Bedlington, Blyth, Bebside, Newsham, Seaton Delaval, and Northumberland Park, in North Tyneside, as well as upgrades to the track and changes to level crossings where new bridges or underpasses were needed, the...
