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☆ Dine and dash: A couple admitted to running out on more than $1,400 in restaurant bills over 10 months
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A UK couple confessed to multiple 'dine and dash' offenses, accruing over $1,400 in unpaid bills. 'Dine and dash' offenses are on the increase in the UK, a police official said. AdvertisementA couple from the UK admitted to committing several "dine and dash" offenses, running up unpaid bills worth more than $1,400, according to multiple reports. Bernard McDonagh, 41, and his 39-year-old wife Ann, of Port Talbot, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to failing to pay restaurant bills, the BBC reported. Between August last year and April, the couple ran up vast bills at four restaurants, as well as a Chinese takeout.

Persons: —, Bernard McDonagh, Ann, Ciao, Bella Ciao, Shirley Xue, Donna Jones, MailOnline Organizations: Service, BBC, Fortune, Golden Fortune, Telegraph Locations: Port Talbot, Swansea

Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe news is a major blow to Port Talbot, a town of about 35,000 people whose economy has been built on the steel industry since the early 1900s. At its height in the 1960s, the Port Talbot steelworks employed around 20,000 people, before cheaper offerings from China and other countries hit production. More than 300,000 people worked in Britain’s steel industry in 1971; by 2021 it was about 26,000. Last year the U.K. government gave Tata up to 500 million pounds ($634 million) to make the Port Talbot steelworks greener. “We saw it with the coal industry and now it is happening again with the steel industry.

Persons: ”, T.V, Narendran, Port, Tata, “, Tata's, Anthony Slaughter Organizations: Tata Steel, Tata, ” Tata Steel, Unions, Port Talbot, Commons Library, Community, Green Party Locations: Port Talbot, Wales, China, Port

☆ Britain’s Largest Steel Mill to Become Greener, at a Cost of Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Stanley Reed | More About Stanley Reed | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Although the announcement was not a surprise, unions representing workers at the plant said they were angry that their proposals to save jobs had been rejected. The plant employs around 4,000 people, and it was unclear how many of the job cuts would take place at Port Talbot; Tata employs around 8,000 people in Britain. Electric steel making, which is more common in the United States than in Europe, tends to employ fewer workers. The government says the shift would ensure that steel making continued at the site and would cut Britain’s overall greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5 percent. The unions expressed skepticism that an electric furnace would be capable of producing metal of sufficient quality for some demanding applications, including automobile body panels and food and beverage cans.

Persons: Tata Organizations: Port Talbot, Tata, Tata Steel, steelworkers, Community Locations: Port, Britain, United States, Europe

“This proposal is a landmark moment for maintaining ongoing U.K. steel production, supporting sustainable economic growth, cutting emissions and creating green jobs,” said Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt. “With the support of the U.K. government and dedicated efforts of the employees of Tata Steel U.K. along with all stakeholders, we will work to transform Tata Steel UK into a green, modern, future-ready business," said Tata Steel’s chief executive and managing director, TV Narendran. Unions were furious about the potential job losses at Port Talbot, which at its height in the 1960s employed around 20,000 people, before cheaper offerings from around the world hit production. "The cost to local people and the wider Port Talbot community will be immense," said Gary Smith, general secretary of the GMB trade union. He noted that Germany has invested over $53 billion in decarbonising heavy industry and has committed to work with unions and protect jobs.

Persons: ”, Jeremy Hunt, Tata, Gary Smith, “, Luke Murphy Organizations: Tata, Britain’s Department for Business, Trade, “, Tata Steel, Tata Steel UK, Unions, Port Talbot, Institute for Public Policy Research Locations: Port Talbot, Wales, steelmaking, Britain, Germany

A British steel industry worker displays a badge on his Tata Steel work clothing during a protest over jobs, pay and conditions of work, outside of the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, June 28, 2023. Britain said Friday's deal would help to safeguard 5,000 jobs, but Tata Steel UK currently employs more than 8,000 people, raising the prospect of 3,000 redundancies, as the lower-carbon electric furnaces are less labour intensive. India-owned Tata Steel had long warned that without government help it could close the Port Talbot site. Britain's steel industry directly employs 39,800 people according to figures released by UK Steel in May, and supports a further 50,000 jobs in the supply chain. The government said Tata Steel UK would now inform and consult with staff and unions.

Persons: Toby Melville, Friday's, Kemi Badenoch, Port Talbot, Sharon Graham, Sarah Young, Farouq Suleiman, Elizabeth Piper, Sachin Ravikumar, Jane Merriman Organizations: Tata Steel, REUTERS, Port Talbot Tata Steel, Tata, Tata Steel UK, Business, Company, European Union, Tata Group, British Steel, UK Steel, Trade, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, steelmaking, India, Talbot, United States, England, British, Scunthorpe, Port Talbot

☆ Britain and Tata Agree to $1.6 Billion Package for Steel Mill
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Stanley Reed | More About Stanley Reed | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The British government and Tata Steel on Friday announced a 1.25-billion-pound package, or about $1.6 billion, to cut emissions and financial losses at Tata’s steel mill — the country’s largest — at Port Talbot in Wales, potentially putting many of the plant’s 4,000 jobs at risk. The government said the package would help clean up a site that it said was Britain’s largest emitter, reducing the country’s overall carbon emissions by 1.5 percent, and would ultimately preserve thousands of jobs. It will provide £500 million, with Tata contributing £750 million. A union that represents the bulk of steel production workers in Britain said the arrangement risked falling short of the stated goals. While Tata says the plan would “preserve significant employment,” it is not guaranteeing jobs and has been losing money on its British operations for years.

Persons: Kemi Organizations: British, Tata Steel, Tata Locations: Port Talbot, Wales, Kemi Badenoch, Britain

☆ Britain in talks with Tata Steel over $630 million aid package -Sky News
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Tata Steel plant is seen in Port Talbot, south Wales, November 23, 2012. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The British government is in advanced talks with Tata Steel, the country's biggest steel producer, to provide 500 million pounds ($629 million) of funding to help secure the long-term future of a key part of its steel industry, Sky News reported on Saturday. But the talks have faced difficulties over potential job losses because the new style furnaces require fewer staff. About 8,000 people are employed by Tata Steel in Britain and Sky News cited industry sources as saying the company had warned that it may need to make as many as 3,000 redundancies in the future. Tata Steel has in the past warned that without government support, it will need to consider closing its sites.

Persons: Rebecca Naden, Sarah Young, John Stonestreet, Ros Russell Organizations: Tata, REUTERS, British, Tata Steel, Sky News, Port, British Steel, government's Department for Business, Trade, Thomson Locations: Port Talbot, Wales, Britain

☆ Un desen de Banksy decupat din zidul pe care a fost realizat va fi expus la un muzeu britanic
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-22 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Un desen de Banksy decupat din zidul pe care a fost realizat va fi expus la un muzeu britanicO lucrare a artistului stradal Banksy urmează să fie expusă în premieră la un muzeu britanic după ce a fost decupată din zidul lateral al unei clădiri, relatează vineri BBC, notează AGERPRES. Opera a fost cumpărată de John Brandler, proprietarul unei galerii, și decupată din zid pentru a fi „păstrată în condiții de siguranță”, spre dezamăgirea locuitorilor din zonă. Apariția desenului a stârnit interesul locuitorilor, care s-au așezat la coadă pe stradă pentru a-l admira, însă acesta a fost decupat din zid după ce Brandler a cumpărat opera în schimbul unei „sume din șase cifre”. Potrivit lui Dan Clarke, „din punct de vedere al muzeului”, decuparea lucrării este lăudabilă, în special pentru că a fost „destul de vandalizată”. El a precizat că Brandler a cheltuit mii de lire sterline pentru a proteja opera de artă.

Persons: John Brandler, Dan Clarke, Clarke, Banksy, Port Talbot Organizations: BBC, AGERPRES, Museum Locations: britanic, Nottingham, Bury St Edmunds, britanic Suffolk, Moyse’s, West Suffolk, Port, Banksy, Pest

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