PM pays tribute to Sir David Amess MP killed in fatal stabbing – CityAM : CityAM October 15, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid tribute to Sir David Amess MP, who was killed today in a fatal stabbing. In a statement, he said “all our hearts are filled with shock and sadness” at the news. The Prime Minister praised Amess’ public service record. He highlighted his efforts to end animal cruelty, reduce fuel [...]
Shatner hits back at Prince William’s space travel criticism October 15, 2021 William Shatner has shot down Prince William’s criticism of space travel. He believes the royal is missing the point”. The former Star Trek actor told Entertainment Tonight that Prince William was a “lovely, gentle, educated man” but that he has the “wrong idea” about going to space. Shatner argues that space travel is the first [...]
How challenger banks are revolutionising the sector October 15, 2021 | City Talk This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. Three expert CAs tell Karam Filfilan how a new wave of challenger banks are helping to revolutionise the sector, both for consumers and businesses. Read October’s CA magazine now Digital transformation has revolutionised the banking sector over the past decade. Gone are the days of neighbourhood bank branches [...]
Insulate Britain suspends road protests ahead of COP26 climate summit October 15, 2021 Insulate Britain will suspend its demonstrations until October 25. It announced its decision yesterday to stop campaigning in an open letter written to the Prime Minister. They said that the protests were being suspended ahead of the UN’s COP26 climate conference. The UK is hosting the summit in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November, [...]
Xi set to snub summit on climate crisis October 15, 2021 Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the COP26 climate conference in person. The Times has reported that the Prime Minister Boris Johnson has already been told of Xi’s upcoming absence. The UK is hosting the global summit in Glasgow later this month and over a hundred world leaders are expected to show up. It [...]
Exclusive: Most investors believe Brexit will make UK more attractive place to do business October 15, 2021 More than half of all investors from the UK, US and Germany believe Brexit, and the need therefore for the UK to secure new trade deals and support businesses, will make the overall business environment in the country more attractive over the next three years. Only one in five (22 per cent) expect it to [...]
To see the vaccine in action, we need to stop counting Covid deaths – CityAM : CityAM October 15, 2021 In the late 1940s, Austin Bradford Hill and Richard Doll began interviewing hundreds of hospital patients, half of whom had lung cancer while the other half had various other diseases. Their research, published in 1950, showed that 99.7 per cent of the male lung cancer patients had a history of smoking. Out of 649 patients, [...]
Brexit: Frost to discuss Northern Ireland Protocol proposals on Friday with EU October 14, 2021 Defacto Brexit minister Lord David Frost will meet with his EU counterpart tomorrow in a bid to bridge the “substantial gap” between the UK and EU on the Northern Ireland Protocol, the British government has said tonight. A UK government spokesperson said the EU’s new proposals on how to implement the protocol were proof of [...]
Labour is a ‘low tax party’, claims senior shadow minster October 14, 2021 Labour is now the UK’s “low tax party” after a series of tax hikes by the government, according to shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth. Ashworth said that Rishi Sunak’s They’ve just put up tax, haven’t they, just imposed a tax rise on everybody and yet they don’t seem to have given a fair allocation of [...]
US Tech start-ups raise $500bn in a year amid IPO boom October 14, 2021 Tech start-ups have raised a record $582.5bn from US IPOs this year amid a wave of listings according to data from PitchBook. Start-ups that completed initial public offerings, direct listings or deals with special purpose acquisition companies raised $513.6bn in the year ending September 2021 according to data first published in the FT. A total [...]