It warned in December that annual adjusted core profit would be at the bottom end of its guidance range of \u00a3270m to \u00a3285m. While more people have been paying for private treatments out of their own pockets, and Spire also benefits from patients with private health insurance, work it carries out for the NHS has slowed. It said at the time:<\/p>\n
This has not been sufficient to offset the well-publicised recent slowdown in NHS commissioning activity to the independent sector, due to integrated care board budgetary restrictions.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.10 EST<\/p>\n Ryanair CFO: we would be open to using Musk’s Starlink wifi in future Ryanair would be open to using Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink wifi on its planes in the future, its finance boss has suggested, amid a feud between the US tech billionaire and the boss of the Irish airline.<\/p>\n The budget airline would look at \u201cwhoever is the best, when the tech and price is right\u201d, Neil Sorahan, chief financial officer, said.<\/p>\n It comes after an online spat between Ryanair boss Michael O\u2019Leary and Musk, after O\u2019Leary was asked whether he would follow Lufthansa and British Airways in installing Starlink satellite internet technology on his fleet of 650 aircraft.<\/p>\n The Ryanair chief executive rejected the idea, saying that adding antennas to the jets would result in a \u201c2% fuel drag\u201d, adding an extra $200-250m to its $5bn annual kerosene bill.<\/p>\n Musk said the interpretation was \u201cmisinformed\u201d in a post on his X platform, triggering a tit-for-tat exchange of insults, with each man calling the other an \u201cidiot\u201d.<\/p>\n Sorahan said the spat was \u201cgood fun\u201d and had brought more people to the Ryanair website. O\u2019Leary said last week that his quarrel with Musk had boosted bookings between 2-3%.<\/p>\n However, Sorahan added that in-flight wifi was still a long way away for Ryanair.<\/p>\n I have been looking at wifi for as long as I have been at Ryanair. There is still a fuel cost that we would have to absorb.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.10 EST<\/p>\n Oil prices slip after report Opec+ plans to keep output steady<\/p>\n Oil prices have slipped after a report that the oil cartel Opec and allies signalled steady output.<\/p>\n Oil gave up earlier gains sparked by production disruptions in major US crude-and natural gas producing regions as winter storm Fern struck the US coast.<\/p>\n Brent crude futures fell by 0.3%, or 24 cents, to $65.65 a barrel, after rising to $66.30 a barrel earlier. US West Texas Intermediate crude hit $64.49 a barrel, up 0.7%.<\/p>\n Both benchmarks notched up weekly gains of 2.7% to close on Friday at their highest levels since 14 January. A US military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets are expected to arrive in the Middle East in the coming days.<\/p>\n Opec+ delegates said they expect to stick with plans to keep oil production steady next month when they meet on Sunday, as the group grapples with a global surplus and a spate of geopolitical risks, Bloomberg News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Key members led by Saudi Arabia and Russia will hold a monthly video conference to review a decision, first made in November, to freeze output levels during the first quarter, after rapidly ramping up production last year.<\/p>\n Bloomberg cited four delegates as saying their expectation is that the policy will remain unchanged, although two added that discussions among members have yet to take place.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.04 EST<\/p>\n Carney: no intention of pursuing free trade deal with China<\/p>\n Canadian prime minister Mark Carney said on Sunday his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China, in response to Donald Trump\u2019s threat to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if the country made a trade deal with Beijing.<\/p>\n Carney said Canada\u2019s recent agreement with China merely cuts tariffs on a few sectors that were recently hit with duties.<\/p>\n Trump claimed otherwise, posting that \u201cChina is successfully and completely taking over the once Great Country of Canada. So sad to see it happen. I only hope they leave Ice Hockey alone! President DJT\u201d.<\/p>\n Carney said Canada\u2019s free trade agreement with the US and Mexico contains commitments not to pursue free trade agreements with nonmarket economies without prior notification.<\/p>\n We have no intention of doing that with China or any other nonmarket economy. What we have done with China is to rectify some issues that developed in the last couple of years.<\/p>\n Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Saturday:<\/p>\n China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life.<\/p>\n If Canada makes a deal with China<\/a>, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the [US].<\/p>\n Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney interacts with Bonhomme Carnaval, mascot of the Quebec Winter Carnival, before a cabinet planning forum at the Citadelle in Quebec City on 22 January. Photograph: Mathieu Belanger\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.24 EST<\/p>\n Introduction: Gold soars past $5,100 an ounce, silver hits new record on tariff and US shutdown fears<\/p>\n Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.<\/p>\n Gold has soared past $5,100 an ounce, as investors pile into safe-haven assets amid Donald Trump\u2019s threat of new tariffs on Canada and fears of another government shutdown in the US.<\/p>\n Trump threatened Canada with 100% tariffs<\/a> if America\u2019s northern neighbour \u201cmakes a deal with China\u201d, and after the US president\u2019s dramatic showdown with Europe over the future of Greenland.<\/p>\n![\"Lauren](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lauren_Almeida.png\")
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