Original Broadcast: Morning Money at 7:00
The European Union has hit five truck makers with its highest-ever cartel fine of £2.46bn, for colluding on the factory prices of medium and heavy trucks, and coordinating on when to implement new emissions technologies. Daimler, DAF, Iveco, MAN and Volvo/Renault were said to have conspired over 14 years to fix prices, but VW-owned MAN escaped a penalty after it blew the whistle on the cartel. Joe Aldridge has been speaking to Paul Henty, Partner at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, to find out more.
Guests: Paul Henty,Joe Aldridge
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Original Broadcast: Morning Money at 7:00
British Telecom is significantly under investing in its Openreach division by hundreds of millions of pounds - according to a new report by MPs. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee says the quality of its broadband service "remains poor". Their report warns if there's no improvement, they support separating Openreach from BT. Share Radio spoke to Dave Millett, Managing Director of telecoms broker Equinox to find out more.
Guests: Chris Bailey,Dave Millett
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Original Broadcast: Morning Money at 7:00
The Competition and Markets Authority has published its long-awaited "remedies". It says the report will fix the broken energy market and it follows a long investigation which found the ‘Big 6’ were over-charging loyal customers. Will Heinzelmann, energy analyst at Good Energy, joined Nigel Cassidy and Steve Clarke to explain the report and look at what will happen now as a result.
Guests: Steve Clarke,Will Heinzelmann
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Original Broadcast: Morning Money at 7:00
Dr Lee Edwards, Professor of Communication Studies and PR at the University of Leeds, discusses corporate communications with Sandra Kilhof and Sara Sjölin in light of the corporate PR world's celebration of top digital performers which took place last night.
Guests: Dr Lee Edwards,Sara Sjölin
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