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As Theresa May has shown, it’s crucial to keep a cool head when staff start jumping ship November 29, 2018 Love or loathe her, it’s fair to say that Theresa May has had a tough time recently. As if being tasked with successfully navigating Britain’s exit from the EU isn’t enough, members of her cabinet have been dropping like flies. Regardless of whether we’re looking at the world of business or politics, every leader knows [...]
Deutsche Bank’s offices raided by police in Panama papers probe November 29, 2018 Deutsche Bank’s Frankfurt offices have been raided by German police this morning in a suspected money laundering investigation. More than 170 police took part in the operation which was targeting two staff members who are alleged to have set up off-shore firms for clients to launder money from criminality. Noch ist unklar, warum ein Großaufgebot [...]
MPs grill Prime Minister Theresa May over risk of no-deal Brexit November 29, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May asked MPs to “focus on the choice that lies in front of them” this morning, declining to speculate on what would happen if her Brexit deal is voted down by parliament next month. May’s draft withdrawal agreement will be put to a parliamentary vote on 11 December, with the UK facing [...]
Daily Mail owner posts 16 profit dip as online revenues overtake print advertising for first time November 29, 2018 The group that owns newspaper the Daily Mail said today its profit before tax fell 16 per cent in the last financial year sending shares sliding. The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) said pre-tax profit had slipped 16 per cent to £182m in “challenging trading conditions”. In an illustration of the changing nature of [...]
Carney defends analysis after Bank of England no-deal Brexit forecast whips up national frenzy November 29, 2018 Mark Carney has defended the Bank of England's no-deal Brexit scenarios which yesterday warned GDP, houses prices and the pound would plummet, whipping up a national frenzy. The Bank's governor reiterated the no-deal analysis was a “worst case Brexit scenario” with a very low probability. He told the BBC Today programme: “It's not what's most likely [...]
No snowflakes here – time to get ready for the New Working Order November 29, 2018 Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to understanding the next generation that will shape our futures. United Nations data shows us that Generation Z – those born after 2000 – will account for 32 per cent of the global population in 2019, and when combined with millennials, over 50 per cent of the global [...]
DEBATE: Is there any point in having a televised debate over Theresa May’s Brexit deal? November 29, 2018 Is there any point in having a televised debate over Theresa May’s Brexit deal? Mo Lovatt, lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries and co-chair of The Great Debate, says YES. The message coming out of the Prime Minister’s office this week is that “people are bored with Brexit”, so it’s time to #BackTheBrexitDeal. The strategy is [...]
Prosperity is the key to solving the migration crisis – and that starts with security November 29, 2018 Here’s some very good news: global prosperity is at its highest level ever. The Legatum Prosperity Index tracks 149 countries, and the 2018 results out this week see prosperity continuing to rise across the world, both over the last year and over the last 11 years. More countries are becoming prosperous and more people are living [...]
Instagram has become a scammer’s paradise November 29, 2018 Today, like every day, £87,000 will be lost to online scams, with social media platforms used as a key access point. Fraudulent activity is particularly prolific on Instagram, where scammers use the unregulated landscape and image-oriented design to pose as traders and con people out of thousands of pounds. Instagram’s success has been built around [...]
Thomas Cook falls to £53m loss confirming turbulent year caused by UK heatwave November 29, 2018 Thomas Cook has confirmed a pre-tax loss of £53m in a “disappointing” year for the travel operator, which has seen its value tumble. The package holiday provider, which issued a profit warning earlier this week, reported the £53m loss today, significantly down on the £43m pre-tax profit it posted in the year to September 2017. [...]