British Airways to bring back ‘Superjumbo’ Airbus A380 on short-haul flights October 5, 2021 British Airways is rumoured to bring back the 600-seater Airbus A380, after grounding it more than 18 months ago. Travel magazine Head for Points reported that the airline is planning on restarting operations for five of its 12 Airbus A380 aircraft from next month onward. The plan reportedly involves scheduling the plane – also known [...]
Mark Zuckerberg loses $6bn in Facebook selloff spree following global outage October 5, 2021 Mark Zuckerberg has lost $6bn in a Facebook selloff spree that followed in the wake of a massive server outage yesterday, as well as accusations against the social media giant in relation to children’s interests through its flagship product Instagram. Zuckerberg came down a notch on the richest man’s list as Facebook’s stocks plummeted 4.9 [...]
COP26: What do diamonds and sunglasses have to do with climate change? October 5, 2021 What do diamonds, sunglasses, high-end lululemon sportswear and concrete have to do with climate change? They can all be made using carbon dioxide (CO2), locking up the planet warming gas. Watch the full report.
Stop working from home or colleagues will gossip about you, says Boris Johnson October 5, 2021 The Prime Minister this morning urged young workers to return to the office or they risk colleagues gossiping about them. Boris Johnson said young people should stop working from home that was widespread during the height of the coronavirus pandemic to stop the spread of the disease. But speaking to radio station LBC, Johnson admitted [...]
What If If Only, Royal Court review: a punchy analysis of grief October 5, 2021 Could things have been different? Can we change the past? Should we risk the consequences? These are the questions posed by Caryl Churchill’s latest wisp of a play, What If If Only – and which it teasingly, infuriatingly, only half answers. Perhaps that’s due to the play’s length: at just 17 minutes long, it is [...]
Exclusive: Pandemic has exposed lack of data literacy amid growing digital skills gap October 5, 2021 Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, key decisions have been made hastily and without the use of data, according to a new survey among thousands of key decision makers across the UK. which was shared exclusively with City A.M. The study shows widespread concerns about data skills despite the vast majority of C-suite executives (75 per cent) [...]
Debenhams launches new online marketplace following Boohoo takeover October 5, 2021 Debenhams has launched a new online marketplace following its takeover by Boohoo earlier this year. It comes after Debenhams, once a historic high street staple in the UK, ended up another casualty of the pandemic that drove shoppers to the digital sphere. The website, launched by marketplace software as a service (SaaS) platform Mirakl, will [...]
COP26 one month to go: More than 3m Brits don’t believe climate change exists October 5, 2021 With COP26 less than four weeks away, new research has found that one in 20 Brits, just over 3.3m people across the UK, deny the existence of climate change, while over a third is optimistic that the world will avert a climate disaster in their lifetime. This is despite current estimations from the IPCC predicting [...]
New car sales down a third in September as shortages throttle production October 5, 2021 New car registrations fell by 34.4 per cent last month making it the worst September on record according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In a blow for the automobile sector just 215,312 new cars were sold in September 2021 – up from lows of 68,033 in August – but [...]
UK businesses jack up prices at record pace amid supply chain epidemic October 5, 2021 Businesses are jacking up prices at the fastest rate on record to cancel out soaring costs caused by endemic supply chain breakdowns. A closely watched index measuring UK services businesses’ activity hit 55.4 in September, up slightly from August’s six-month low 55. A reading above 50 indicates a majority of firms reported growth. Soaring oil [...]