Sterling soars as exit poll predicts huge Tory majority December 12, 2019 Sterling skyrocketed nearly two per cent as the exit poll predicted a huge Tory majority of 86 seats, the largest for the Conservatives since the days of Margaret Thatcher. The pound briefly hit as high as $1.35, reaching a level last seen in May 2018, which put the currency on course for its biggest one [...]
General Election live: Tories on course for majority, says Ipsos Mori poll December 12, 2019 Please manually refresh this page for our latest General Election updates. Voters head to the polls today for the third time in five years in what has been described as party leaders as the “most important General Election in a generation”. Read more: Readers send in pictures of their dogs at polling stationsRead more: Your [...]
Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Cornwall restaurant to close ‘with immediate effect’ December 12, 2019 Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Cornwall restaurant is to close with immediate effect, putting up to 100 jobs at risk. The restaurant is run by charity the Cornwall Food Foundation, which said both the restaurant and charity will cease trading today after “an independent financial review.” Read more: Jamie Oliver bags £5.2m payday despite restaurant chain collapse [...]
Banking on the future: The boss of the Association of Foreign Banks speaks to CityA.M. December 12, 2019 Among the many services that the Association of Foreign Banks (AFB) provides to its global members is a guide on how to handle allegations of workplace harassment. Overseas banks with an office in the UK can pay their trade body a small fee for a 26-page report that highlights case studies of misconduct. It even [...]
General Election: Labour activists are using Tinder to mobilise young voters in marginal seats December 12, 2019 Labour activists have taken to Tinder today in a last-gasp attempt to mobilise voters as the country goes to the polls in the General Election. Campaign group “Fck Boris” has been targeting 18-35 year olds in marginal Tory constituencies to join its “Tinder Army” and canvass on the dating app. Read more: General Election: How [...]
In pictures: Dogs at polling stations across the UK December 12, 2019 As Britain goes to the polls after a six-week election campaign that we can all agree has felt much longer, there is one ray of light guaranteed to cheer up the election-weary public: dogs at polling stations. Read more: Follow the General Election 2019 live with our blog With three elections in four years, Britons [...]
Air Partner buys security group Redline in £10m deal December 12, 2019 Aviation services company Air Partner has bought airport security group Redline, in a £10m deal. Redline trains security and border control staff at international airports, as well as for critical national infrastructure and events at sports stadiums. The company is headquartered at the National Security Training Centre at Doncaster Sheffield Airport and employs approximately 100 [...]
Prince Andrew’s Pitch@Palace scheme loses third director December 12, 2019 Prince Andrew’s embattled Pitch@Palace initiative suffered another blow as a third director resigned from the company. German-born David Stern, a private investor, is listed as having quit both Pitch@Palace and its international sister, Pitch@Palace Global, on 9 December. Read more: Prince Andrew steps down from Pitch@Palace role On 19 November fellow directors Hanadi Jabado and [...]
Puregym expands in Europe with £350m acquisition of Fitness World December 12, 2019 The UK’s largest gym operator Puregym today announced the acquisition of European business Fitness World in a £350m deal. Puregym was acquired by private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners in 2017 in a deal that valued the business at £600m. Its acquisition of Fitness World gives the business a market-leading position in Denmark as [...]
All Blacks new head coach Ian Foster has massive shoes to fill December 12, 2019 Ian Foster will have massive shoes to fill as the All Blacks new head coach. It is a job you would simultaneously love and loathe because New Zealand are already at the top; the expectation is that you keep them there. It will be no easy feat to replace Steve Hansen, who has stepped down [...]