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Chamber says Aberdeen should become Investment Zone - and warns UK Government ‘must wake up to damage being done to oil and gas industry’

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce calls for action on energy security

Insider UK

Government to spend nearly £1bn on new supercomputer to help AI research

The UK could be a "world-leading quantum-enabled economy" if a strategy is realised, according to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Wales Online

How does carbon capture work, and is it effective?

The prime minister has confirmed two new carbon capture usage and storage clustes, as well as 100 new licenses for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea

Evening Standard

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UK to invest £900m in supercomputer in bid to build own ‘BritGPT’

Treasury announces plans for exascale computer so as not to risk losing out to China

The Guardian - UK

Business groups cheer Budget measures, but fears remain amid cost pressures

The Chancellor did not offer to extend current energy support and announced little to help the UK’s 5.5 million small firms, say groups.

The Independent UK

‘No mention of the South West’ - business leaders react to the Budget

Bosses across the region have described its absence from a list of 12 new investment zones as ‘disappointing’ and ‘a blow’

Birmingham Post

King tells former Sudanese refugees ‘I’m so glad you’re safe here’

Charles chatted with accountants, NHS consultants and charity workers who have made a new life for themselves in the UK.

The Independent UK

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Budget does little to meet UK’s net zero carbon goals, say campaigners

Chancellor silent on home insulation, oil and gas windfall tax, and onshore windfarms – but freezes fuel duty

The Guardian - UK

Urgent next steps detail sought by businesses behind carbon capture plans as Budget backing welcomed

Humber giants Equinor and Drax book-end huge regional plans for decarbonisation network

Birmingham Post

UK defence budget 2023: How does spending compare with other countries?

The government will commit £11 billion to the defence budget over the next five years

Evening Standard

The UK airports ditching the 100ml liquid hand luggage limit

How UK airports are slowly ditching the 100ml liquid hand luggage rule before June 2024

The Money Edit

Funded childcare in Tory budget comes ‘too late’ and leaves parents ‘deflated’

Parents across the UK have criticised the delayed implementation date of September 2024 for funded childcare from ages nine months to two years old.

The Independent UK

Tory Budget 'attack on most vulnerable' that won't tackle cost of living crisis

While Hunt touted the Budget as a “plan for growth” and big business celebrated, smaller firms and those on benefits and low incomes were left…

The National (Scotland)

Budget 2023: Notts and Derbyshire could get regional 'Canary Wharf'-style investment zone to supercharge growth

David Mellen: 'Our region has often been an area of low Government funding, compared to many other areas of the UK'

Birmingham Post

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Wales Online

Semen from a horse called Alan Partridge could save the UK's oldest pony breed

Back of the net, as they say

Insider UK

Budget 2023: Scottish businesses react

FSB says firms 'short changed' while tourism sector reaction is mixed

Birmingham Post

Budget "not as severe as predicted" but little help for sky-high energy bills, say Welsh business leaders

One business leader said the Chanceller was "playing a long game"

The Conversation

Why so few UK homes are installing air-source heat pumps – and how to encourage takeup

Burning gas is a common but environmentally damaging way of heating our homes. Gas-fired heating systems produce up to the equivalent of 380g of CO₂ for each kilowatt hour (kWh) of heat generated. In general, for each kWh of heat generated, an air-source heat pump using energy from non-renewable sources…

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The Conversation

Climate crisis threatens truffle production but could put UK species back on the menu

Truffles, the prized fungi coveted worldwide by chefs and food connoisseurs, have long been held in high regard.

The Guardian - UK

Hunt’s budget shows Britain is doing less badly – that’s not the same as doing well

Chancellor delivers ‘budget for growth’ but UK is battling rising interest rates, rising taxes and a cost of living crisis

Wales Online

'You can work at McDonald’s for more money': Striking civil servants protest in Cardiff over pay offer

The UK Government has urged strikers to recognise, 'what is reasonable and affordable'

Daily Mirror

Budget could add extra £30 cost to holidays as flight taxes set to rise

The impact of an in-line-with-inflation rise in Air Passenger Duty announced during Jeremy Hunt's budget will be felt most by those who can afford to fly long-haul to far away destinations

Daily Mirror

Tax break for UK airlines leads to spike in heavily polluting domestic flights

A cut in Air Passenger Duty from April 1 will lead to a big rise in warming emissions from domestic aviation, the Government's figures and Mirror analysis shows

The Independent UK

‘Near-automatic sign off’ – Hunt pledges £10m to speed up access to new drugs

The Chancellor said that £10 million would be awarded to help streamline approvals for new medical products.

Chronicle Live

Childcare and tax breaks for businesses lead Jeremy Hunt's Budget

Chancellor said the UK would avoid a recession this year but Labour said the Budget was "as bare as the salad aisle in our supermarket"

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