Filed under: energy costs
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Economy
OECD trims UK growth to 1% weeks before Healey's first Budget
The IMF says Britain must get its debt service costs under control. Founders should read both as a signal about tax and borrowing this autumn.
№ 274 · 25 September 2026
Industry news
Ineos mothballs three Hull plants, 245 jobs affected
The chemicals group says UK gas costs 12 times the US price have made its acetyls plants uncompetitive. Two have already stopped producing.
№ 269 · 24 September 2026
Energy costs
Ineos halts three Hull plants over 12x US gas prices
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has mothballed Ineos Acetyls' Humberside site, affecting up to 1,000 staff. UK wholesale gas has almost doubled since July, and the bill lands on anyone running energy-hungry operations here.
№ 261 · 23 September 2026
Manufacturing
22% of family manufacturers weigh overseas sale after IHT change
A Make UK and Bishop Fleming survey puts numbers on what the business property relief cap is doing to succession plans. Energy costs are doing the rest.
№ 212 · 9 September 2026