CBI data highlights business anxiety at rising energy costs
New survey data from the CBI has revealed the extent to which businesses, like households, are concerned about soaring energy costs. More than two-thirds of firms expect their energy costs to increase over the next quarter. A third of firms expect energy price rises to act as a barrier to growth, by stifling current or […]
‘More nuclear power required’ to achieve net-zero emissions
Britain’s largest business group, the CBI, has called upon the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to build new nuclear power stations and scale up carbon capture technology and infrastructure to reach the Government’s target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. In a letter to the Rt Hon Greg Clark, the CBI […]