Carlyle in driving seat to acquire Arriva in £2.2bn deal November 2, 2019 American private equity firm Carlyle is the front-runner to buy Arriva in a deal worth £2.2bn. Carlyle has entered talks with one of the UK’s largest public transport operators, which runs rail franchises including Northern and London Overground, as well as buses across Britain. Read more: Stagecoach to stop share buy-back programme at £30 Arriva’s [...]
Asda gives hundreds of employees extra week to sign new contracts before facing sack November 2, 2019 Asda will give employees an extra week to sign new employment contracts before dismissing them with the original deadline set for today. The supermarket said workers who had yet to sign the new so-called Contract 6 would be given a seven-day “cooling-off period” to change their mind before losing their jobs. Read more: Asda rejects [...]
Boris Johnson rejects Nigel Farage offer of election pact as it increases ‘risk’ of Jeremy Corbyn becoming Prime Minister November 2, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected an offer from Nigel Farage to work with the Brexit Party during the general election. Farage had called on Johnson to drop his Brexit deal, seek a free trade deal with the EU and “build a Leave alliance” with his party or face a candidate from the Brexit Party [...]
UK now has more electric car charging points than petrol stations November 2, 2019 There are now more public electric car charging points in Britain than petrol stations, according to newly released figures. The Department of Transport has released numbers showing a breakdown of the amount of charging points in each borough in the UK. Read more: Dyson pulls plug on electric car project The total number of public [...]
Nancy Pelosi expects Donald Trump impeachment hearings to begin this month November 1, 2019 Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has said she expects the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump to begin public hearings this month. “I assume there would be public hearing in November,” the top House Democrat said in an interview with Bloomberg, but insisted there was no deadline to finish the investigation. [...]
Thomas Cook lives on in name only as Fosun pays £11m for brand November 1, 2019 The Thomas Cook brand will live on, it was confirmed today, as Hong Kong-listed Fosun Tourism Group announced they had bought the brand for £11m. The move, which was widely expected, will see Fosun also acquire subsidiary brands such as boutique hotel chain Casa Cook and beach hotel concept Cook’s Club. Read more: Fosun set [...]
Abuse is putting female MPs off standing for re-election November 1, 2019 Two-thirds of female MPs say that slow progress tackling violence against women in politics is impacting their willingness to stand for re-election, according to a survey released as concerns mount over the number of women stepping down at the next election. The research, carried out for the Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee (WEC), surveyed 147 [...]
Sony Xperia 5 review: The best way to watch movies in the palm of your hand, if you really must November 1, 2019 Price: From £699Web: sonymobile.comRating: ★★★★☆ Hats off to Sony. Where most phones strive to become more rectangular, more black and more shiny than the last, the Xperia 5 defies convention. Its predecessor, this June’s Xperia 1 was a refreshingly novel design, a mega-tall skyscraper of a phone with a 21:9 aspect ratio, giving it the [...]
Google Pixel 4 XL review: With Jedi-style motion-controls and astrophotography, the new Android superstar is out of this world November 1, 2019 The fourth generation Pixel phone is the prettiest object Google has ever created. Whereas Apple has gone rogue with the boggle-eyed triple lens design of its latest iPhone, the Android flagbearer more closely resembles hardware that, before now, could have come from those same designers in Cupertino. The camera bump on the rear is a [...]
Wework hits the brakes on London expansion after Softbank rescue deal November 1, 2019 Wework’s new owner has put its London expansion plans under review after Softbank stepped in with a massive bailout for the company, it is reported. The co-working space giant, which scrapped plans for an initial public offering (IPO) this year, has paused 28 possible deals as Softbank seeks to change tack. Read more: Wework ‘could [...]