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Business has and always will be at a senior level done face to face, it’s about relationships. Relationships that can’t be built as easily on zoom as they are on a golf course or a senior level eyeball to eyeball basis. It’s an absolute misnomer that it’ll ever be any other way
bab**** seem to have pretty much sorted out their contractual issues from a few years ago. they ought now to be heading in the right direction, profit this year was paltry but should vastly improve going forward.
From wiki seems controversy follows…..
Controversies
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In 2023 Houchen was criticised after it emerged that a 90 per cent stake in the company that operates the vacant Redcar Steelworks site, teesworks, was transferred to two local developers, Chris Musgrave and Martin Corney, without any public tender process.[36] It also emerged that the developers had received at least £45m in dividends from the project despite there being no evidence they had invested any of their own money in the project.[37]
Will VOD do an RR?
As an ex employee who’s been through mergers I’d say not with the current senior management. My experience with the CW merger was horrendous but with 3 at least they’ll understand the market.
Voda have a cultural arrogance that makes them think they’re great, they resist change internally despite looking to improve by bringing in others, they also have a very young overall age profile (38), lots of reinventing the same wheel. Their takeover of 3 will certainly create synergy savings and an opportunity to reduce headcount, though they’ll be unlikely to adopt 3’s more agile ways, been there too. That said I’m invested and ever hopeful that they can reduce the debt and move the business forward and improve the stock price for all of us. But do an RR (I’m up to my chest there) unlikely in the short term.
'might stir some interest'
Sadly not today
The average cost of a smart meter is added into your energy bill the same way as a standard meter is, averaging at around £30-70 per household, per month.
However, the price can differ depending on the size of the house and how much gas and electricity gets used, as well as the specific energy company, type of smart meter and the accessibility of your home.
The government has encouraged all UK energy suppliers to roll out smart meters into households by 2024, hence the low installation costs.
Https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/09/small-modular-nuclear-reactor-that-was-hailed-by-coalition-as-future-cancelled-due-to-rising-costs
One less for British Nuclear to consider maybe?