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Jun 27
52m 20s

The industrial strategies and schemes

Bbc Radio 5 Live
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Felicity Hannah explores a new energy scheme to help reduce energy bills for manufactures. Also, why is being single is so expensive? Download the podcast via the BBC Sounds app.

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