![]() The Guardian: Bulb’s bailout is expected to cost the government billions of pounds less than originally feared because of a sharp fall in wholesale gas prices, according to the National Audit Office.Daily Mail: Robin Barr, the great-grandson of the founder of Irn Bru maker AG Barr, is to leave the company after one of the longest stints in corporate history.The Times: Shell made net tax payments of $8m (£6.5m) on its UK North Sea operations last year – less than it paid its outgoing chief executive.The Daily Telegraph: Housing secretary Michael Gove has approved a solar farm the size of 75 football pitches in Shropshire despite opposition from locals.Daily Mail: William Hill has been slapped with a record £19.2m fine for allowing punters to lose too much money gambling.The Independent: The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was the fastest banking failure since Barings in 1995, the Bank of England governor has said.Financial Times: Two non-executive directors have quit Liontrust over a row about the chair’s 12-year tenure on the board.The Times: Hakluyt, a London-based corporate intelligence specialist set up by former spies, has launched an investment fund to support high-growth companies with the knowledge it gathers from its network of contacts.Daily Mail: British Gas HomeCare is hiking its premiums by as much as 83% for existing customers.Financial Times: French prosecutors raided the Paris offices of BNP Paribas, Société Générale and several other large banks on Tuesday as part of an investigation into alleged tax evasion.The Guardian: Postal workers at Royal Mail are poised to stage a fresh wave of strikes after Easter as talks stalled.Daily Mail: John Lewis boss Sharon White was handed a much-needed boost as Waitrose saw sales climb 2.1% to £1.4bn in the past three months.Sales rose 0.1% to £2.8bn in the three months to 19 March – the slowest rise of any supermarket. Daily Mail: The beleaguered Bradford-based supermarket Morrisons faces a growing crisis as customers continue to desert it for Aldi and Lidl.Daily Express: Virgin Media O2 has now opened its 1,000th national databank hub, offering free O2 mobile data, texts and calls to more ‘people in need than ever before’.Financial Times: UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to pump more money into the NHS to fund a new pay deal for health workers. ![]()
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