Kingfisher boss slams government 'indecisiveness' over fourth carbon budget

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Writing for BusinessGreen, Sir Ian Cheshire warns that ongoing uncertainty over the future of the UK's carbon targets is undermining investment

Sir Ian Cheshire, chief executive of retail giant Kingfisher plc, has today warned that the investment climate is being harmed by the government's failure to confirm binding carbon targets for the mid-2020s,...

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