John Cleese announces Fawlty Towers reboot – everything you need to know February 8, 2023 It sounds unlikely but apparently it is true: John Cleese is rebooting one of the most iconic British comedy series ever made, Fawlty Towers. Fawlty Towers ran for two two seasons in the 1970s, both with six episodes, and is celebrated for being a near-perfect example of a British sitcom. However, 44 years after Fawlty [...]
Zoom to cut around 1,300 ‘zoomies’ as workers ditch wfh and head back to the office February 8, 2023 Zoom is trimming its workforce by 15 per cent as demand for online working fades into the pandemic past. Eric Yuan, chief executive of Zoom, said the company needed to “reset” and had made the “tough but necessary decision” to bid farewell to around 1,300 employees, in a memo shared with the public yesterday. In [...]
Bitcoin price rises and others follow in response to Powell’s inflation remarks February 8, 2023 Bitcoin is in the green at $23,170 this morning, while Ethereum improved on its position by 2.5%, trading for $1,672 as the markets lift.
Secret Garden Party 2023 announces line-up including return of Collosillyum February 8, 2023 Secret Garden Party 2023, the legendary Cambridgeshire festival, has announced its full line-up for 2023. Joining the previously announced headliners The Libertines, Fat Freddy’s Drop and Underworld are disco powerhouse Roisin Murphy, DJ collective 2MANYDJS, influential dance collective Leftfield, feminist musician Peaches and hip-hop heavyweights De La Soul. Drum and bass duo Fabio and Grooverider [...]
Shipping giant Maersk warns of profit slump as post-Covid boom comes to an end February 8, 2023 Maersk has shrunk its profit expectations for 2023 as volumes and freight rates normalise after two booming years. The shipping giant announced today it expects its underlying EBITDA to be between $8bn (£6.6bn) and $11bn – 78 per cent down on last year’s $36.8bn. “Guidance is based on the expectation that inventory correction will be [...]
Complete decentralization enables blockchains to offer real-world utility February 8, 2023 | Sponsored When you are assessing a crypto project, what do you look for? Despite the current trend being all about the price of the coin on an exchange, the main assessment could be based on the answer to “what does the project actually enable”? One of the most popular answers is “DeFi offerings”, and unfortunately that [...]
Ukraine’s president Zelensky to make surprise UK visit TODAY, meet PM Rishi Sunak and address parliament February 8, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will make his first visit to the UK since the Russian invasion of his country, with Rishi Sunak promising extra military support. The Prime Minister announced plans to train Ukrainian pilots, paving the way for them eventually being able to fly sophisticated Nato-standard jets, a key request from Mr Zelensky. Downing [...]
More than £18bn was added to non-food retail sales by inflation as 80 per cent of retailers prepare to raise prices February 8, 2023 Inflation is set to add £18.2 billion to UK non-food retail sales this year, a report suggests. Sales values are expected to hit £249 billion in 2023, but the 2.6 per cent increase – or an additional £18.2 billion of spending on last year – will be driven entirely by rising consumer prices, according to [...]
Juventus: Why Italian football’s latest scandal has sent its most successful club tumbling down Serie A – and what it means for Tottenham Hotspur and plans for a European Super League February 7, 2023 While Manchester City are facing claims they systematically broke financial rules, Juventus have already been docked points for their own scandal in Serie A – and it might be about to get worse. Heard the one about the serial domestic champions brought to heel over allegations of systematic abuse of financial regulations? Except this isn’t [...]
BEIS break-up: New department will help government combat energy crisis, argue experts February 7, 2023 Experts say the break-up of BEIS and the emergence of a new energy department could improve government decision making.