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New post-Brexit controls: a thorn for UK horticulture
New post-Brexit controls: a thorn for UK horticulture
by  AFP

Yuccas from Spain, rhododendrons from Germany or Dutch hazelnut trees -- flowers and plants arriving at UK ports from the European Union face tougher post-Brexit border checks from Tuesday, meaning delays and extra costs for importers.

G7 reportedly agrees end date for coal-fired power plants
G7 reportedly agrees end date for coal-fired power plants
by  AFP

G7 energy ministers have agreed a time frame for phasing out coal-fired power plants, a British minister said Monday, as the UN warned "excuses" for failing to take bold actions on climate change were "not acceptable".

Blackstone strikes chord with $1.6 bn bid for UK music firm
Blackstone strikes chord with $1.6 bn bid for UK music firm
by  AFP

Struggling UK music rights owner Hipgnosis Songs Fund agreed Monday to an improved $1.6-billion takeover from US private equity firm Blackstone, which trumped a rival bid from Concord. "Blackstone appears to have emerged supreme in the bidding war for the Hipgnosis Songs Fund," commented Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown.

Climate change, Brexit threaten to wilt Dutch tulips
Climate change, Brexit threaten to wilt Dutch tulips
by  AFP

Arjan Smit gazes out over his tulip fields, a riot of red and pink flowers he has cultivated all his adult life and part of a family business his grandfather started in 1940. Despite the challenges, the genial farmer is upbeat about the prospects for his son, 22-year-old Tim, who will be the fourth generation Smit running the family business.