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Transfer test: Belfast children from low income families to be given free tuition
Sebastian GriffithsBBC News NI PA Media Boxer Carl Frampton (centre) with Foodstock director Ciaran Toman (left) and Foodstock founder Paul Doherty at the opening Some children from low-income families in Belfast are to get free transfer test tuition from a new centre aiming to “level the playing field”. The new Foodstock Education and Empowerment Centre,…
Roomba vacuum cleaner firm iRobot files for bankruptcy
The US firm behind the Roomba smart vacuum cleaner, iRobot, has filed for bankruptcy protection after facing competition from Chinese rivals and being hit by tariffs. Under the so-called pre-packaged Chapter 11 process, the main manufacturer of its devices, Shenzhen-based Picea Robotics, will take ownership of the firm. The tough commercial landscape had forced iRobot…
BP names new boss as current CEO leaves after less than two years
Archie Mitchell and Josh MartinBusiness reporters Reuters Newly appointed BP chief executive Meg O’Neill currently runs Australian oil and gas firm Woodside Energy BP has appointed a new chief executive, making Meg O’Neill the first woman to run a major global oil firm. The London-based energy giant said its current boss Murray Auchincloss would step…
Vicious circle of costs fuelling crisis, says Northampton trader
While Philip Weston, a farmer from Hartwell, Northamptonshire, warned of further protests by farmers saying “The government is not doing enough to help us . If the cost of fertiliser doesn’t come down we are seriously looking at drawing back on arable crop production.”
