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Businesses must invest in midlife and older workers to unlock economic growth, says think tank Phoenix Insights

Phoenix Insights, the think tank addressing the challenge of longer lives, is calling on businesses to boost economic growth by supporting lifelong learning opportunities among mid and late-career workers, including giving clearer job and career progression assurances for those who retrain Never Too Late to Learn report says UK lags behind other OECD countries in its… Read more »

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HRH The Princess Royal is the new BASC Patron

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is delighted to announce Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal as the Association’s new Patron.   In response to her acceptance, BASC Council chairman, Eoghan Cameron, said: “We are privileged that The Princess Royal has accepted the invitation to become our new Patron. The news has been warmly welcomed… Read more »

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Report says UK lagging behind other countries on climate change
UK ‘lagging’ on climate change action at home

Britain is an international leader on climate change but is failing to translate this rhetoric into action at home, a new report warns today. Research for the all-party parliamentary group on the environment says that while the government is encouraging other countries to take climate change seriously, it is “lagging behind its own aspirations” on… Read more »

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Thames Water is appealing against rejection of plans for desalination plant
Inquiry opens into Thames desalination plant

A public inquiry into plans for Britain’s first desalination plant began today, after the mayor of London blocked the scheme on environmental grounds. Thames Water has proposed a £200 million plant at Beckton, in east London, to tackle the water shortage that saw a hosepipe ban introduced in the region last month – the first… Read more »