Nick Lester

1 week ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Christopher McKeon |Richard Wheeler |Will Durrant |Harry Taylor |Nick Lester

The Business Secretary has issued instructions to British Steel, using the emergency powers approved by Parliament on Saturday to save the Scunthorpe blast furnaces. A Government source confirmed that Jonathan Reynolds had given directions to the company following the extraordinary sitting of Parliament. But they declined to give details of those instructions, saying they would not provide a running commentary on them.

1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Christopher McKeon |Richard Wheeler |Will Durrant |Harry Taylor |Nick Lester

Reynolds gives instructions to British Steel after MPs back emergency lawThe Government has stepped in to take control of the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe after talks with its Chinese owner broke down.

4 weeks ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Abbie Llewelyn |Nick Lester

The Government’s new workers’ rights legislation is anti-business and will undermine economic growth, critics have warned. Shadow business minister Lord Hunt of Wirral argued that Labour’s 299-page Employment Rights Bill should be called the Unemployment Bill, as it will over-burden companies and reduce hiring. Join the Belfast Telegraph WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with some of Northern Ireland's biggest stories

4 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Abbie Llewelyn |Nick Lester

New workers’ rights plan is anti-business and will harm growth, critics warnThe Government’s new workers’ rights legislation is anti-business and will undermine economic growth, critics have warned. Shadow business minister Lord Hunt of Wirral argued that Labour’s 299-page Employment Rights Bill should be called the Unemployment Bill, as it will over-burden companies and reduce hiring.

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Nick Lester

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