42 h. ago Era of free trade and investment is over, Canada’s PM tells Apec summit

Mark Carney warns Asia-Pacific leaders global economy undergoing profound change, as China’s president mounts defence of free tradeThe Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has warned that the era of free trade and investment that formed the foundations of the postwar global economy has ended.In a stark message to Asia-Pacific leaders at the Apec summit in South Korea on Friday, Carney said rules-based open trade no longer worked in a global economy that was undergoing one of its most profound periods of change since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Deposit return scheme blocked after issue became ‘politicised’, court told

Waste management firm Biffa is suing the Scottish Government for £51.4 million, following the decision to delay the proposed scheme.

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61 h. ago Government assurances on deposit return ‘foundational’ to investment, says Biffa

The waste management firm is suing the Scottish Government for £51.4 million after the recycling initiative was delayed.

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1 week ago Key facts on deposit return ‘kept from us’, claims Circularity Scotland boss

David Harris was speaking at the Court of Session, where Biffa Waste Services is suing the Scottish Government over its decision to delay the scheme.

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1 week ago Slater gave ’emphatic’ assurance to Biffa on deposit return scheme, court told

£166m court case over collapsed deposit return scheme expected to last for eight days at Court of Session

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1 week ago £166m court case over collapsed deposit return scheme set to begin

Case expected to last for eight days at Court of Session

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3 w. ago Legal experts question reasoning behind CPS dropping China ‘spies’ case

Ex-DPP Ken Macdonald says prosecutors may have been ‘over-fussy’ in seeking further assurances from governmentLegal experts have questioned the explanation given by the Crown Prosecution Service for its sudden decision to drop charges against two Britons accused of spying for China amid a political row over who was responsible.The expert lawyers expressed surprise that the CPS thought it needed further assurance from the government that China was an enemy insofar as it posed “a current threat to national security” before the trial of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry could go ahead. Continue reading...

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