Businesses urge daylight savings change

21.06.11

Lighter Later, the proposal to switch UK time zones to match Europe, has been backed by business leaders, in a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron today.

Bosses from companies such as the Co-Operative and Eurostar say adopting the EU time zone would add up to £3.5bn each year to the UK economy, extending trading hours with Europe and the Far East.

Previous research by the campaign indicates around 447,000 tonnes of CO2 could be saved every winter.

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