{"id":81971,"date":"2026-02-22T15:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/high-energy-prices-threaten-uks-status-as-manufacturing-power-business-groups-say\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T10:00:24","slug":"high-energy-prices-threaten-uks-status-as-manufacturing-power-business-groups-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/high-energy-prices-threaten-uks-status-as-manufacturing-power-business-groups-say\/","title":{"rendered":"High energy prices threaten UK\u2019s status as manufacturing power, business groups say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nqenglish-card-frame\">\n<div class=\"nqenglish-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/58a31e1422b2f102c9cb3af8ff3f9d6bf554a726\/653_0_4751_3800\/master\/4751.jpg?width=1200&#038;height=630&#038;quality=85&#038;auto=format&#038;fit=crop&#038;precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&#038;overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&#038;overlay-width=100p&#038;overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&#038;enable=upscale&#038;s=41f7186f1e0179ff50120be35b5a1896\" alt=\"High energy prices threaten UK\u2019s status as manufacturing power, business groups say\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-cat lang-en\">\u090f\u0928 \u0936\u0949\u0930\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0938'<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-headline\">High energy prices threaten UK\u2019s status as manufacturing power, business groups say<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-summary\">CBI and Energy UK report finds 40% of firms have cut investment as electricity costs remain far above pre-Ukraine levelsThe UK is at risk of losing its status as a major manufacturing centre after a sharp rise in energy prices that has forced about 40% of businesses to cut back investment, according to a report by the CBI and Energy UK.In a stinging message to ministers, the report said British businesses \u2013 from chemical producers to pubs and restaurants \u2013 were being undermined by a failure to cap prices and upgrade the UK\u2019s ageing gas and electricity networks. Continue reading&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/feb\/22\/high-energy-prices-threaten-uks-status-as-manufacturing-power-business-groups-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"nqenglish-disclaimer\">Technically enhanced content presented under fair use in public-interest journalism.<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N Shorts High energy prices threaten UK\u2019s status as manufacturing power, business groups say CBI and Energy UK report finds 40% of firms have cut investment as electricity costs remain far above pre-Ukraine levelsThe UK is at risk of losing its status as a major manufacturing centre after a sharp rise in energy prices that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":81972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowl-PACw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-shorts-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}