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Afternoon with the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng. unlike domestic customers, businesses are not protected by a price cap leaving them exposed to what the regulator, ofgem, has called the "unprecedented" price rises of recent weeks. in a statement, mr kwarteng promised to continue working closely with companies to help mitigate the impact of any cost increases. here's our business editor simonjack. it's notjust consumers feeling the heat of the gas crisis. businesses like pilkington glass rely on huge quantities of energy to keep the fires burning, but soaring gas prices recently have shoc...

Good to have your company. the uk steel industry has said the government has failed to offer any immediate help to deal with the rising price of gas after a meeting with the business secretary kwasi kwarteng this afternoon. the head of uk steel, which represents the industry, said he was �*baffled' that mr kwarteng did not provide solutions during a meeting with leaders of energy intensive companies which are struggling. the cost of natural gas has been at a record high, and businesses which are not protected by the price cap are already facing large increases in their bills. the watchdog of...

Into sharp focus on friday, when the uk steel industry asked for government help to meet the rising costs. the answer, for now at least, was "no" and there are concerns that could start to have wide—ranging effects. here's our business editor, simonjack. it's notjust consumers feeling the heat of the gas crisis. businesses like pilkington glass rely on huge quantities of energy to keep the fires burning, but soaring gas prices recently have shocked veterans of heavy industry. i've been working for pilkington for 30 odd years, never known anything like it at all, and the impact is literally m...

Is due to be reviewed. here's our business editor, simonjack. it's notjust consumers feeling the heat of the gas crisis. businesses like pilkington glass rely on huge quantities of energy to keep the fires burning, but soaring gas prices recently have shocked veterans of heavy industry. i've been working at pilkington in the industry for 30 odd years, never known anything like it at all, and the impact is literally millions of pounds a month. some industries have stopped production. that's not an option here. a glass furnace runs 21w, 365 days a year for 20 years. so we literally can't turn it...

And this is of course up in the upper levels. but down below where we live it is quite treacherous as far as smoke and dust as well. this is what we are leading up to by tuesday. the highest level threat they issue here. catastrophic fire danger. the rest of the region looking at significant fire threats really right through the early part of next week. the reason pore that is going to be the wind. this is what sets up the problem, right? this is the last 18 months. where is the rain in australia, especially where we have the fires burning. that is not a coincidence. well below normal average ...