Uber ordered to pay €1.2m by French court January 27, 2016 Uber has been ordered to pay out €1.2m (£900,000) by a court in France. The Paris high court ruled that Uber must pay the National Taxi Union, in relation to a ruling on the way Uber picks up passengers in the city, according to documents seen by AFP. The ruling dates back to 2014 and is being appealed [...]
Government loses court case after the so-called bedroom tax is labelled discriminatory by Court of Appeal judges January 27, 2016 The government has lost a Court of Appeal case after judges declared the so-called bedroom tax discriminatory, following a legal challenge by a domestic violence victim and the family of a disabled teenager. The Court of Appeal decision came after a hearing in November. The government have said they will appeal against the ruling, according to the BBC. The [...]
Air India and Jet Airways bomb scare: Flight AI215 and 9W 260 grounded as authorities run security checks after laptop bomb threat January 27, 2016 A passenger jet was grounded this morning as authorities ran security checks, after receiving a bomb threat. The Air India flight AI215 from Delhi to Kathmandu has been "isolated" and is waiting for security clearance, after a message was received claiming there was a bomb in a laptop. All 122 passengers and seven crew members are waiting in [...]
Watch this brilliant rap against the blight of buzzwords and business jargon January 27, 2016 Everyone hates business buzzwords. You know the ones – ideation, game-changer, blue-sky thinking, we could go on. We've already had a tool to banish them from our pitches, and warnings that they could be killing our career prospects, but now there's a creative plea to banish the buzzwords in the form of a brilliant rap. Created [...]
Bernie Sanders pants? Donald Trump trucker cap? The weird world of US presidential hopeful merchandising January 27, 2016 The race is hotting up between Democrat rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders ahead of the Iowa caucus on 1 February, with Sanders closing in on Clinton's lead. And fans are doing all they can to support their candidates. First there was Bernie Sanders' own Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavour, called "Bernie's Yearning" and subtitled [...]
Prudential Regulation Authority governor Andrew Bailey says preventing another financial crisis is a work “in progress” January 27, 2016 The Bank of England's Andrew Bailey has said that creating a more stable financial system to prevent another financial crisis is still a work "in progress". Speaking at the International Financial Services Forum in Dublin, he said: "The work is still in progress and thus for us very much a matter of debate." Market turmoil since [...]
Will there be a Night Tube launch in 2016? London’s 24-hour underground service could be delayed until after the mayoral election January 27, 2016 May could be the earliest we see a Night Tube running in London, as unions have warned the 24-hour service could be delayed until after the mayoral election. Hotly anticipated by Londoners and debated by Transport for London (TfL) and unions, the weekend night services were announced 18 months ago, but their launch has been [...]
UK house prices: The number of homes on the market has halved in the past 10 years, say estate agents January 27, 2016 Attention househunters: it's about to get rough out there. The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has said the number of homes available to buyers fell to 37 per estate agent branch in December, the lowest figure for 2015 – and half the number available at the same time in December 2005. The figures also showed the [...]
Science minister George Freeman: The City of London has to be at the centre of the fourth industrial revolution – funding breakthroughs in technology and biosciences January 27, 2016 You heard it at Davos, and in every boardroom in the City and Whitehall: what does the new model of 21st century innovation look like? How will the internet and bioscience revolutions – the "Fourth Industrial Revolution" – change our lives in the same way as the radio, automotive and aerospace sectors did over the last [...]
Greater Anglia services from Southend to Liverpool Street suspended after person hit by train January 27, 2016 Greater Anglia train services were part-suspended until at least midday this morning, after a person was hit by a train near to Southend Airport. British Transport Police said they were en route to the station after receiving reports of a person under a train at around 8am this morning. Greater Anglia said: "Due to emergency services [...]