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29% through a pipeline from norway, a little bit 2% from mainland europe and over a fifth now comes in the form of liquefied natural gas in tankers from places like the us, qatar, russia and there is a bidding war for those tankers, and the voracious appetite of china has seen manufacturers there told to pay whatever it takes to make those tankers change course for asia. that is pushing prices up here at home where energy concerns of some small businesses are more personal than industrial. it is not as easy as just putting on another jumper, or putting a blanket over their knees. these people ...

To make those tankers change course for asia. that's pushing prices up here at home where energy concerns of some small businesses are more personal than industrial. it's not as easy as just putting on anotherjumper, or putting another blanket over their knees. these people are very vulnerable. they are very poorly quite often, and they don't move very often. so they don't have the kind of lifestyle that you and i have, where we can just get up and move around a bit. we have to keep them warm, we have to keep them safe, and looking at the energy bills at the moment, it's feeling like a very sc...

We have to keep them safe, and looking at the energy bills at the moment, it's feeling like a very scary place for us to be at the moment. intensive energy users met with the business secretary this afternoon, but no immediate solutions emerged to a crisis that has brutally exposed uk and international reliance on fossil fuels a month before a major climate summit in glasgow. simon jack, bbc news. stephen elliott is chief executive of the chemical industries association and a member of the energy intensive users group. he was at the meeting today with the business secretary and joins us now. s...

Have, where we can just get up and move around a bit. we have to keep them warm, we have to keep them safe, and looking at the energy bills at the moment, it's feeling like a very scary place for us to be at the moment. intensive energy users met with the business secretary this afternoon, but no immediate solutions emerged to a crisis that has brutally exposed uk and international reliance on fossil fuels a month before a major climate summit in glasgow. a shortage of abattoir workers has left pig farmers across the uk facing a "human disaster" according to the national farmers union. healthy...

From places like the us, qatar, russia and there is a bidding war for those tankers, and the voracious appetite of china has seen manufacturs there told, to pay whatever it takes to make those tankers change course for asia. that's pushing prices up here at home where energy concerns of some small businesses are more personal than industrial. it's not as easy as just putting on anotherjumper, or putting another blanket over their knees. these people are very vulnerable. they are very poorly quite often, and they don't move very often. so they don't have the kind of lifestyle that you and i hav...