EU referendum: Ukip leader Nigel Farage says US trade official was paid to suggest there will be no free trade deal in Brexit scenario November 1, 2015 Leader of the UK Independence Party Nigel Farage has said that the US trade official who said the United States wouldn't be interested in a free trade deal with the United Kingdom in a Brexit scenario was "paid to say that". Speaking on the BBC's the Andrew Marr show, Farage said it is "laughable" that a US [...]
In search of a new Safe Harbour: The EU’s push for new data transfer regulation with the US may be part of the problem October 30, 2015 Aftershocks are continuing to come following the European Court’s ground-breaking ruling on 6 October outlawing the “safe harbour” arrangements. The ruling isn’t just worrying for Silicon Valley giants, such as Facebook and Google, who rely on Safe Harbor to transfer their EU users’ data, but also for global businesses that manage employee data in the [...]
Hair-raising Donald Trump Halloween wigs are selling out already October 30, 2015 Presidential wannabe Donald Trump may have fallen in the opinion polls, but there is one place where his star is still rising – which is mainly down to his famous hair. It seems US shoppers are tapping up Trump for Halloween inspiration, with US retailers reporting that wigs inspired by the businessman, Apprentice host and [...]
Chancellor George Osborne launches National Infrastructure Commission October 30, 2015 Chancellor George Osborne today launched the National Infrastructure Commission, to oversee £100bn of spending on infrastructure projects. He said infrastructure is "at the heart" of the November spending review, with the money being used by 2020, and insist that the promised £15bn roads investment strategy will be realised. Read more: CBI/AECOM poll: infrastructure is a top concern [...]
Lord Davies report: Politicians and business groups say they are disappointed by final recommendations October 29, 2015 The final Davies Review report has been criticised by politicians and business groups for not going far enough to address gender diversity among senior managers. In his final Women on Boards report this morning, Lord Mervyn Davies, a former chairman and chief executive of Standard Chartered, said that 33 per cent of all board seats [...]
Government relinquishes full control of Tower Hamlets – but warns mayor John Biggs that a lapse in management will result in further “action” October 29, 2015 The government is handed control of the governance of Tower Hamlets borough council back to the borough, four months after the last mayoral election. Last November Eric Pickles, communities secretary at the time, had ordered a three-man team of commissioners to take over the handling of grants and property sales, as well as senior appointments or suspensions [...]
Three key takes from the Davies Review into women in boardrooms October 29, 2015 The eagerly-awaited Davies Review into women in boardrooms was published today, setting a new target for a third of the boards of Britain's biggest listed companies to be made up of women by the end of the decade. The target of 25 per cent of board members to be women on the FTSE 100 has been met, and FTSE [...]
EU referendum: US trade official Michael Froman says UK would miss out on trade after Brexit October 29, 2015 A top American official has warned that Britain will miss out on key trade deals if it leaves the European Union. Michael Froman, the US trade representative, said in a major intervention yesterday that America would not want to pursue a free trade agreement with an independent Britain. The US finalised a major trade deal with 11 Pacific [...]
Chilcot report release date set: Iraq inquiry’s two million word report will be published in June or July 2016 October 29, 2015 Sir John Chilcot has finally set a date for the publication of his long-awaited inquiry into the UK's role in the Iraq War. The report will be published in June or July of next year, according to a letter Chilcot sent to Prime Minister David Cameron. The letter was published on the Chilcot inquiry's website this morning. Chilcot [...]
Fast growing firms say they will look at relocating if Jeremy Corbyn becomes Prime Minister – Leap 100 October 29, 2015 A majority of fast-growing companies in the UK refuse to rule out relocating abroad if Jeremy Corbyn were elected Prime Minister. Forty-six per cent of the Leap 100 – 100 of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses, surveyed by City A.M. – said they would consider moving overseas if the Labour leader came into power, while a [...]