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News that the coach industry in Scotland will benefit from almost £6m of support from the Scottish Government has been welcomed. The backing forms part of a wider £185m package for businesses that have been affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic that was announced by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes MSP on 9 December.
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- Electric car battery plant for Blyth power station siteBritishvolt says the £2.6bn plant will be the largest industrial investment in the North East for years.
Financial Times
- UK’s first gigafactory to provide £2.6bn boost for ‘red wall’ townBattery production centre to create thousands of jobs and boost prospects of homegrown electric car industry
The Guardian
- EU makes fishing and transport no-deal offers in return for 'level playing field'Bloc would allow access to UK hauliers and airlines for six months if overall deal not reached
Times Online
- Pollution: air quality has become a casualty of the Covid culture war [subscription]Covid and climate change are not just health and environmental emergencies. They are, for a small but determined constituency, also part of a broader culture war. To what degree does the state have the right, obligation even, to restrict our movements for a greater good?
- Reopening Hammersmith Bridge could be a national disaster, council tells government [subscription]A row erupted today over the possible reopening of a Victorian road bridge amid claims that the move could lead to a “national disaster”.
City AM
- E-scooter firm Pure Electric to open stores in Paris and Madrid in European expansionE-scooter firm Pure Electric is set to open new stores in Paris and Madrid as part of a 20-store expansion The post E-scooter firm Pure Electric to open stores in Paris and Madrid in European expansion appeared first on CityAM.
Birmingham Post
- North East picked for 8,000 job electric battery gigaplantThe £2.6bn Britishvolt plant marks the biggest investment in the region since the Nissan plant construction in 1984
Transport Network
- We can do better than central govt' on emissions, local leaders sayLocal and regional leaders representing around a third of the population of England and Scotland have committed to going ‘further and faster’ than central government to eliminate net carbon emissions.
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