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Telford firm makes its mark on international stage
Will McGarry
Will McGarry

Spaceoasis, based in Hortonwood, has been asked to design, manufacture and install the interiors for new school buildings in France, Switzerland and Singapore this year.

The innovative furniture company’s continued overseas success has enabled the firm to create new career opportunities for skilled local people including Will McGarry, who joined the company in May as a Technical Designer.

The company has delivered projects for Eton College, Dulwich College, Queen Anne’s School, Wimbledon High School, Clongowes Wood College in Ireland, Apex 2100 in France and the exclusive Aiglon College in Switzerland to name just a few.

Spaceoasis delivers research-led

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Elon Musk’s role in Twitter’s sad demise
Musk lost the poll, but is still there
Musk lost the poll, but is still there

A decision by Elon Musk to spend tens of billions on a platform that used to work perfectly well increasingly looks foolhardy, rather than brave.

He has stripped out the contribution of key staff, alienated advertisers and squandered the goodwill than tens of millions had for a platform on which happy connections were once made – but now seems to offer only binary opinions allied with hate.

Musk made billions from technology and is now losing unimaginable amounts as his foray into the world of social media backfires as spectacularly as a

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AO World swings to full-year profit after cost cutting efforts
AO World Telford
AO World Telford

The company, which has its recycling centre in Telford, posted pre-tax profits of £7.6 million for the year to March 31 against losses of £10.5 million the previous year.

But revenues slumped 17 per cent to £1.4 million over the year after stripping out loss-making sales and as weak shopper confidence impacted demand amid the cost-of-living crisis.

AO World said it was “confident” of returning to sales growth in the medium term and would begin investing again in the businesses “prudently”.

AO World founder and chief executive John Roberts said: “The significant improvement in our profit performance

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New car sales rose 25.8pc in June
The Tesla Model Y was the UK's best seller in June
The Tesla Model Y was the UK’s best seller in June

The latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders showed an 11th consecutive month of growth as the industry gradually overcomes the pandemic-induced supply chain shortages that constrained production for much of the previous two years.

Growth in the month was driven predominantly by large fleet registrations, up 37.9 per cent to 92,699, reflecting the normalisation of supply. Private demand grew more modestly, up 14.8 per cent to 79,798.

Longbridge-based MG, which has its cars made abroad, enjoyed a 41,4 per cent rise to 7,607 with Land

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Bridge sitting on key Russian supply route near Crimea struck by missiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via video conference in Moscow, Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via video conference in Moscow, Russia

A bridge between the Moscow-annexed peninsula of Crimea and Russia-occupied areas in southern Ukraine has been hit by missiles, Russia-backed officials said, threatening a key supply link to Russian forces amid the early stages of a Ukrainian counter-offensive.

The Russian military has relied on the Chongar bridge as the principal connection to its forces in the Kherson region, part of which is controlled by Moscow.

Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-appointed Kherson governor, said the bridge was hit by air-launched Storm Shadow missiles supplied by the UK.

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