EasyJet strike 2015: Cabin crew ballot for action could cause summer travel chaos for holidaymakers and a new headache for budget airline July 7, 2015 Strike action by EasyJet staff could disrupt thousands of holidaymakers preparing to jet off for the summer holidays, causing a further headache for the low-cost airline. British cabin crew staff are planning to walk out over pay after talks between unions and the airline broke down following months of negotiations. EasyJet has said it is confident [...]
7/7 London bombing survivor Gill Hicks: 10 years has gone in the blink of an eye but I’ll never go back on the Tube July 7, 2015 Gill Hicks hasn't been on the Tube for 10 years to the day. By the time you're reading this, it could be to the minute. Because Hicks was one of hundreds of people for whom, at 8:50am on 7 July 2005, life changed forever. On that morning she didn't take her usual route to [...]
Marks & Spencer slips back into decline after just one quarter of growth July 7, 2015 Marks and Spencer's general merchandise arm has slipped back into decline following just one quarter of growth. The figures: M&S' story is pretty much the same as it has been for many months. Total sales in general merchandise were up 0.2 per cent but like-for-likes were down 0.4 per cent, reversing a solitary [...]
Greek debt crisis: Mario Draghi turns up the heat on banks July 6, 2015 The Eurozone’s central bank piled more pressure on Greece ahead of today’s crucial summits, by making it harder for the country’s struggling banks to access emergency loans. The move, revealed yesterday, is not expected to push any Greek banks to the brink, but was widely seen as a turning of the screws on Greece that [...]
7/7 London bombings remembered: 10 years since terror struck July 6, 2015 Today marks the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 bombings, a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks on London Underground trains and a double-decker bus that killed 52 civilians and injured more than 700 others. Prime Minister David Cameron and London mayor Boris Johnson will mark the date this morning by laying a wreath at the [...]
Tory bosses: Just three candidates on the Conservative mayoral ballot July 6, 2015 Voters will be able to choose among no more than three candidates when the Conservative party holds an open primary later this year to select its candidate for mayor of London. Applications to be the Tory candidate for London mayor closed yesterday, but the party has not released an official list of hopefuls. Bookmakers put [...]
Oil price drops to three-month low on worries over Eurozone July 6, 2015 Oil prices fell below $60 a barrel yesterday, as the shockwaves from the Greek “no” vote pushed prices further down. Yesterday marked the first time since April that internationally traded Brent crude fell so low, at one point dipping to as little as $56.50 a barrel. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was also trading at [...]
Tube drivers to go ahead with 24-hour strike July 6, 2015 A 24-HOUR tube strike by London Underground workers will “definitely go-ahead” after Union bosses said they had not been given enough time to consider a new pay offer. London Underground is currently involved in last-ditch talks with four unions – RMT, Aslef, TSSA and Unite – to try and come to a deal that will [...]
George Osborne to overhaul Sunday trading hours in biggest shakeup for 20 years July 6, 2015 Shops and supermarkets could be allowed to open for longer on Sundays in one of the biggest shakeup of trading laws in 20 years. Chancellor George Osborne will use tomorrow’s Budget to unveil plans to devolve powers to mayors or councils to decide for themselves what the rule over trading hours should be in their [...]
George Osborne: Greek crisis could go from bad to worse July 6, 2015 Chancellor George Osborne has warned that the economic crisis in Greece has reached a “critical moment” with far-reaching consequences for the UK economy. “No-one should be under any illusions,” Osborne said yesterday in the House of Commons. “The situation risks going from bad to worse,” he added. “Britain will be affected the longer the Greek crisis [...]