The Crime Lord: Peter Capaldi on the manosphere, London and rocking out with his band as he approaches 70
Cocktails in the City is returning – here’s everything you need to know August 16, 2023 Raise a glass, or five: Cocktails in the City returns this week, which is your chance to drink unusual and high quality mixes from some of the best bars in London, all outdoors in Bedford Square Gardens. There’s a festival-like atmosphere as bar tenders and mixologists set up stands in the Square. Some of the [...]
Red, White and Royal Blue review: Choose Heartstopper over this August 16, 2023 We’re still very much living in an era where more LGBTQ representation on screen can only be a good thing, and that is certainly the case with Matthew Lopez’s first feature film, Red, White & Royal Blue. This fantastical story about an unlikely pairing between the son of the President of the United States and [...]
US slowdown doesn’t hold back Balfour Beatty’s pre-tax profit jump August 16, 2023 Balfour Beatty hailed a nine per cent rise in revenues during its half year results, rising to £4.7bn up from £4.1bn when compared to last year, as the construction firm praised its “diverse portfolio” for the lift. The business which works on trackwork and power supply builds has been less impacted by a slow down [...]
Another Musk mess: X goes down after ‘delay’ trial on loading news and Insta links August 16, 2023 Elon Musk’s X, previously known as Twitter, caused a brief disruption in the loading of links leading to some news outlets and social media rivals. Users attempting to access content from an affected source through X experienced a delay of five seconds, according to tests run by The Washington Post and, later, Reuters. Links to [...]
Trap Tox: the Botox trend going viral on TikTok August 16, 2023 Botox is typically associated with aesthetics, with changing the way we physically appear. But the latest Botox trend can have an impact on health and wellbeing more than anything to do with appearance. ‘Trap Tox’ is when Botox injections are sent into the Trapezius muscle to try to help alleviate shoulder pain. Trap Tox injections [...]
Marshalls profits slump as business warns ‘challenging’ environment expected to persist into 2024 August 16, 2023 Building products supplier Marshalls reported a 26 per cent slide in adjusted profit before tax in its half year results, slumping to £33.2m, as a slowdown in the UK house building market continues to eat away at its earnings. The group, which is headquartered in West Yorkshire, also said that adjusted EBITDA fell eight per [...]
The Notebook: Patrick Spencer on the global economy, Simpsons stereotypes and why not all businesspeople are evil August 16, 2023 Today, Patrick Spencer, former government advisor and director of the Jobs Foundation, takes the pen Economic news, jobs, jobs and more jobs. Waking up yesterday, the big news is from the US as former president Donald Trump was charged with intentionally interfering with the US election result in 2020. Grim news indeed but the more [...]
He could work on the delivery, but Bailey’s warnings were right August 16, 2023 So was he right? Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey’s comments that Brits shouldn’t ask for a pay rise looked tin-eared at the time, and it didn’t help when the Bank then upped its bonus pool. But his warnings of a wage price spiral appear to be coming to fruition. Now, what brought on the [...]
Why is Netflix jumping into the cloud gaming market? August 15, 2023 Netflix first announced its move into the cloud gaming industry back in November 2021, and it is now starting to test its games in the UK on televisions and computers as it looks to grow the service. Cloud gaming – sometimes known as gaming on demand or game streaming – allows users to play video [...]
Energy firms split as Ofgem boss calls for price cap rethink August 15, 2023 Energy bosses are split over the role of the price cap in the UK's retail market, with a seeming rift between challengers and the Big Six.