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Select committee, greg clark. that is live around 7:30am. a support package for firms struggling with the soaring cost of energy could be announced within days. the prime minister is believed to have backed proposals to provide loans worth hundreds of millions of pounds. our business correspondent, theo leggett, reports. forging steel requires a lot of heat and that consumes a great deal of energy. small wonder then that steelmakers want the government to help them cope with a steep rise in energy costs. it isn't just steel. cement manufacturers, chemicals firms, glass—makers and ceramics bu...

Our business correspondent theo leggett reports. forging steel requires a lot of heat, and that consumes a great deal of energy. small wonder then that steelmakers want the government to help them cope with a steep rise in energy costs. it isn't just steel. cement manufacturers, chemicals firms, glass—makers and ceramics businesses are also appealing for support. not all companies are affected in the same way by rising costs. some have bought their gas and electricity in advance and are protected from price rises, at least for the time being. 0thers though are not. for them, this is an incre...

Prices _ now to the high gas and electricity prices and — now to the high gas and electricity prices and to them this is an incredibly— prices and to them this is an incredibly serious predicament leading — incredibly serious predicament leading some to scale back production or to raise product prices — production or to raise product prices. and of course the longer this period — prices. and of course the longer this period of high prices continues the more _ this period of high prices continues the more companies that are impacted and the _ the more companies that are impacted and t...

Time of year when we should be packing more and more products for export ready for christmas, we are having to cut back production based on some sort of forecast for c02. {f on some sort of forecast for c02. cf industries, us owned company with plants in cheshire and teesside, produces 60% of the uk c02 as a by—product of manufacturing fertiliser. it may be a by—product of them, it is absolutely crucial to the economy, which is why the government had to do a deal to restart production fast. from the farm yard gates to the supermarket door c02 finds its way into processes and packagings thr...

To stop production. carbon dioxide is used in the drinks industry, as well as to prolong the shelf life of food. ministers are giving limited financial support to see industries to restart production. —— cf industries. one food industry group has warned that without government intervention, gaps could appear on supermarket shelves within days. our business editor, simonjack, has the very latest. when you think of cheese, you probably don't consider carbon dioxide a vital ingredient. if not in the cheese itself, but like many otherfood products, c02 is used in the packaging process to exten...