Bleak Christmas: Royal Mail strikes could last until January unless pay deal made August 26, 2022 115,000 Royal Mail workers have started their strike action today over worker pay, raising question marks for how the delivery firm will cope as it heads into the Christmas trading period.
EP: 158 Goodwood, Beverley & Newmarket August 25, 2022 The Celebration Mile held at the beautiful Goodwood racecourse has attracted a small field of four runners this weekend, whilst Beverley host their annual Beverley Bullet meeting. Already a classic winning trainer, George Boughey is our special guest today discussing the chances of Hoo Ya Mal who will be a hot favourite in the March [...]
EDF adds to calls for deficit fund to prevent millions falling into fuel poverty August 25, 2022 EDF has called for a historic Government intervention to avoid tens of millions of Brits plunging into fuel poverty this winter.
Royal Mail faces national security probe as strike action looms August 25, 2022 Royal Mail is facing a national security investigation over concerns that Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is planning to hike his stake in the company, just as its summer of strikes is set to kick off.
Germany to launch new enforcement agency to strengthen fight against white-collar crime August 25, 2022 Germany has set out plans to start a new country-wide financial crime authority with a view to strengthening the country’s responses to sanctions breaches and white-collar crime. The plans will see Germany’s finance ministry combine the country’s more than 300 financial crime agencies into a new federal authority, in line with plans to “curb financial [...]
Watchdog whacks Spreadex with £1.36m fine over punter failings August 25, 2022 Spreadex has been slapped with a £1.36m fine by the gambling watchdog after it found social responsibility and anti-money laundering failings.
Deezer loses 300k subscribers after rocky market debut August 25, 2022 Deezer said it lost 300,000 subscribers in the first half of the year just as the firm begins to recover from its IPO slump.
Five million pounds of Banksy art is now free to see in the City August 25, 2022 Walking into the Banksy exhibition at the new Red Eight Gallery at The Royal Exchange, the first artwork you’ll see is Morons, a depiction of an auction room upon which Banksy has scrawled: “I can’t believe you morons buy this shit.” Let’s just get this out of the way first: it’s blazingly ironic to host [...]
Waiting game for Bitcoin as investors anticipate tomorrow’s interest rate clues August 25, 2022 Most major cryptocurrencies continue to trade sideways this morning, with the price of Bitcoin again holding at just below $22k.
Which UK shares should you keep an eye on in September 2022 August 24, 2022 | City Talk As Citi predicts UK inflation will strike a forbidding 18.6% in early 2023, investors are rushing to rebalance their portfolios away from unsustainable growth towards the best UK shares, including FRP Advisory Group, QinetiQ, and Phoenix Group. UK shares to buy With interest rates rising with the risk of corporate defaults, the twin signposts of liquidity and [...]