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...“Nobody will support decarbonisation if it means giving up heating their home in the winter or cooling it in the summer. Or if the cost of doing so is prohibitive.”...
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...“We see potential for home improvement trends to be fairly resilient, helped by consumers looking to save money, hybrid working, aged housing stock in the UK and France, and an increased focus on energy...
...It was his ability to wring out improvements in a company’s operating performance — as well as finding deal targets — that helped persuade Buffett he was the best pick....
...This marked an improvement from last quarter’s 16.3 per cent, which was the lowest level in more than four years....
...The home improvement retailer reported another quarterly drop in its key sales measure and forecast an annual decline for the year ahead, as consumers defer spending on big-ticket items against a backdrop...
...Sometimes that means financial help to get a heat pump or insulate a home; sometimes it’s informing people about using electricity at cheaper times of day....
...“Away from home, our fans are fantastic,” he said. “But at home they have a few drinks and probably the prawn sandwiches, and they don’t realise what’s going on out on the pitch.”...
...to homes....
...“Have they made sufficient improvements? The Alaska incident would suggest not,” he added....
...She added: “The FDP will support key priorities of the NHS, including recovery of elective care and the improvement of discharge processes to get medically fit patients treated and home quicker.”...
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...In 2016, Elon Musk stepped onstage to show us the home of the future....
...In an interview with the FT in 2018, he recalled how this was finally brought home to him at an Audi showroom at Munich airport....
...The windows of its two well-appointed apartments (note the underfloor heating and open fireplaces) offer swoon-inducing views along the coast....
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