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  • Lego bricks hit a wall: Iconic toymaker goes digital as spin-off builds profit

    Retail

    Toy titan Lego’s move away from the small plastic bricks that made it famous is gaining pace, as its digital spin-off made a profit in its first year of operation.  Lego Digital Play, which aims to reach a new generation of children who play on their iPads rather than with their hands, turned a £1.4m [...]

    The UK arm of Lego has increased its sales and pre-tax profit for the sixth year in a row.
  • British Gas owner Centrica helps back £300m UK energy first

    Energy

    Centric, the owner of British Gas, has helped raised £300m for the first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant in the UK.

    Highview Power has raised £300m from the UK Infrastructure Bank, British Gas owner Centrica and others to build a new liquid air energy storage facility in Manchester.

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