‘My foggy glasses solution helped me through Covid’
Dougal Shaw Business reporter, BBC News WATCH: Many spectacle wearers encounter this problem wearing masks The pandemic has hit young people’s work and career prospects particularly hard. For Alex Wickens, 22, the best response was to start a business designed to tackle a practical problem that has emerged in the era of Covid. It is […]
Croft rules ‘skewed against young people’
BBC Sam Harrison and Karen Marshall hope to one day have their own croft Crofting has existed in the Highlands and Islands for hundreds of years and is still very much alive today, but BBC Scotland’s The Nine finds there are challenges to young people entering this traditional system of farming. “All we want to […]
Zelensky to meet Trump in Washington to sign minerals deal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday to sign an agreement on sharing his country’s mineral resources, Trump has said. Zelensky has described the bilateral deal as preliminary, and said he wants further agreements which include US security guarantees to deter renewed Russian aggression. But Trump said the […]
Exports of Scottish salmon fall by 23%
SSPO Exports of Scottish salmon fell sharply last year after being hit by the Covid pandemic, according to new figures. HMRC data published by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) showed they dropped by 23% to 72,155 tonnes. Export sales of whole, fresh salmon were down by £168m, at £451m. SSPO said the shutdown of […]
Plan to allow one company to control waters
BBC On sale – but for how long will Conwy mussels be on the menu? In a bid to preserve the Conwy mussel industry, a plan to give one company control of fishing has been proposed. The status of the mussels – caught between September and April – is protected in the same way as […]
Fourteen days across the Atlantic, perched on a ship’s rudder
BBC Roman Friday, one of the stowaways, in São Paulo. “I wanted a brighter future,” he said (Victor Moriyama/BBC) Four Nigerian stowaways set out for Europe on the rudder of a tanker. They had no idea they were bound for Brazil, and a two-week ocean voyage that would nearly kill them. A little after midnight […]
Scots bakers lose jobs with heritage
Douglas Fraser Business and economy editor, Scotland McVitie’s McVitie’s brands include Digestives, Rich Tea, Club, Penguin, Jaffa Cake and Hobnobs McVitie’s biscuit brands each day accompany many millions of cups of tea, growing out of an Edinburgh shop 190 years ago to have the biggest share of Britain’s £3bn biscuit barrel. Corporate control has passed […]
Airport tests demanded and call for daily checks for MPs
Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Sunday morning. We’ll have another update for you on Monday. 1. Labour demands airport testing review Testing for coronavirus at airports should be considered as a way of cutting the number of travellers who must spend two weeks in quarantine, the Labour […]
Government to take 20% stake
Simon Jack Business editor Getty Images The government plans to take a 20% stake in a £20bn large-scale nuclear plant at Sizewell, the BBC has learned. French developer EDF will also take a 20% stake in the Suffolk power station. Ministers hope the confirmation of two cornerstone investors will encourage infrastructure investors and pension funds […]
Welsh meat industry warning on post-Brexit recruitment
BBC Gwyn Howells said he did not want workforce limits to restrict the ability of firms to supply meat The Welsh meat industry needs assurance systems will be in place to allow it to employ enough workers and vets from EU countries after Brexit or it will face a “huge problem”, AMs have been told. […]