Sajid Javid blasted by the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee for “scrambling around” in the wake of the steel crisis April 28, 2016 Business secretary Sajid Javid has been blasted for "scrambling around" in the wake of Tata's announcement that it would sell its UK plants at the end of March. Speaking in front of the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee this morning, the business secretary admitted he was told around mid-February that the company was seriously [...]
Ken Livingstone suspended as Labour Party accused of becoming a home for “vicious anti-Semites” April 28, 2016 Zac Goldsmith has accused the Labour Party of becoming a home for "vicious anti-Semites" as it was reported Ken Livingstone had been suspended from the party after he said Adolf Hitler was a Zionist in a radio phone-in this morning. "There is no doubting that the party has become a home for anti-Semites, and not just mild anti-Semites – vicious anti-Semites,” [...]
These are the awfully embarrassing things that can happen during a work presentation April 28, 2016 We've all been there. Cable confusion, glitchy projectors, sharing one piece of paper between the entire office – work presentations are rarely a fun experience. But apparently, the stress of preparing slide-shows and diagrams for a big meeting can cause UK office workers serious health problems. Companies in the UK already lose a lot of productivity [...]
Peer-to-peer mortgage company LendInvest announces £40m warehouse funding line from Macquarie April 28, 2016 A peer-to-peer (P2P) mortgage lender has announced a new funding round worth £40m. The firm has signed a warehouse financing deal with investment bank Macquarie. LendInvest said the £40m, used to fund mortgages via its website, will allow it to grow and consolidate its position in the UK short-term mortgage market. Read more: Skype's founder just invested £17m in this [...]
Fever-Tree founder Tim Warrillow’s day behind the bar gives the mixer maker a boost April 28, 2016 To Broadgate, for a well-chilled gin and tonic with mixer maker Fever-Tree's founders. Tim Warrillow, the chief executive of the AIM-listed drinks firm, took it upon himself to dish out G&Ts to thirsty City folk last night to mark World Malaria Day 2016. As any gin-lover will know, tonic water contains the chemical quinine, famously [...]
EU referendum: It’s official – expats won’t be able to vote for or against Brexit, high court rules April 28, 2016 Two British expats have lost their legal battle for the right to vote in the upcoming referendum on EU membership, meaning around two million Brits living abroad will not be given a say. Judges today rejected their application for a judicial review of the law, which states that anyone living outside of the UK for more than 15 [...]
Confidence across Europe is on the up – except in the UK April 28, 2016 After a bleak start to the year, things are looking up in the Eurozone, according to the latest confidence indicators out this morning. For the first time in 2016, the economic sentiment indicator – the EU's official measurement of the feel-good factor across the continent – went up instead of down. Read more: These economists [...]
Happy #EdBallsDay (yup, it’s still a thing) April 28, 2016 Happy #EdBallsDay to one and all. Thought the weirdest Twitter celebration in the UK would go the same way as the ex-politician's career? Think again. Five years on from the infamous tweet where Ed Balls tweeted, simply, Ed Balls, the internet is no less interested in marking the day. Here's how the nation is celebrating (and [...]
EU referendum: Film, TV and advertising sectors raise red flag over Brexit April 28, 2016 It's not just big business that is warning about the impact of Brexit – a new survey has revealed that the majority of people working in the UK's media and creative sectors think leaving the EU could damage their industries too. More than two-thirds of people (67 per cent) working in the film, TV and advertising sectors [...]
The nine things scientists believe could cause the apocalypse (soon), from artificial intelligence and pandemics to asteroids and supervolcanos April 28, 2016 Time to hide behind the sofa. Scientists have looked at the biggest risks facing the world and ranked them according to how likely they are to bring about the apocalypse. Imminent threats to the world as we know it include the rise of artificial intelligence, pandemics – both natural and man-made – and even an [...]