On airports to rail chaos, business just wants somebody to take responsibility June 21, 2022 Well, at least the weather’s looking alright. That’s about the best that can be said for the rest of the week, with rail strikes, flight cancellations and the strong possibility of further industrial action to come. Those who have been asked to work from home may well come back with a healthier tan next week. [...]
‘Carrie-gate’ swells as Downing Street admits it did speak to The Times before story about £100k job for Boris Johnson’s girlfriend was dropped June 20, 2022 In a dramatic new development, Downing Street reluctantly admitted this afternoon there were indeed talks between Number 10 and The Times before Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper dropped a story that claimed Boris Johnson tried to appoint his now wife to a Government role when he was Foreign Secretary. According to the story in The Times on [...]
UK watchdog met with BNP Paribas’ HR team over handling of sexual discrimination complaint June 20, 2022 FRENCH Bank BNP Paribas came under active scrutiny from the UK’s financial watchdog over its alleged mishandling of complaints from one of its brokers that she was subject to years of sexual discrimination and bullying at the firm’s London offices. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) held a series of meeting with senior members of [...]
Mystery deepens around Times story that claimed Boris Johnson planned to make girlfriend Carrie £100k chief of staff June 20, 2022 Questions are growing about a story that appeared in The Times newspaper, claiming that Boris Johnson planned to hand his then-girlfriend Carrie a £100k a year role. The story, which ran on page 5 of an earlier edition of The Times late last week, disappeared in later editions. According to multiple reports, there were concerns [...]
Hackers delay Vladimir Putin’s opening speech at Russia’s version of Davos June 19, 2022 Hackers on Friday halted the start of Vladimir Putin’s opening speech to the St Petersburg conference dubbed ‘Russia’s version of Davos,’ as part of ongoing cyberwar between Russia and Ukraine. The Russian president’s opener was held up for more than an hour, after pro-Ukrainian hacktivists overloaded the St Petersburg International Economic Forum’s (SPIEF’s) servers with [...]
Twitter turned WeChat: Musk lays out ambitions for $44bn takeover June 18, 2022 Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has framed his ambitions for Twitter as similar to China's WeChat: an all-encompassing messaging app and social media.
Buffet with Warren Buffett: Lunch with iconic businessman raises record $19m in eBay charity auction June 18, 2022 A lunch with billionaire businessman Warren Buffett has been auctioned for a whopping $19m, marking the most expensive item to be sold on eBay for charity.
SpaceX fires employees over letter criticising CEO Musk June 17, 2022 SpaceX fired employees for their part in writing and circulating a letter that criticised CEO Elon Musk, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The rocket manufacturing company reportedly dismissed multiple workers who were involved in the letter, which blasted Musk’s public conduct and urged SpaceX to publicly condemn his Twitter behaviour. “Elon’s behaviour in [...]
Boris Johnson touches down in Kyiv for surprise meeting with Ukraine’s president Zelensky June 17, 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson touched down in Ukraine this afternoon meeting with President Vlodymyr Zelensky. The embattled Tory leader shared an image on social media which said: Mr President, Volodymyr, It is good to be in Kyiv again”, adding that “Great Britain’s support for Ukraine is firm and resolute.” This comes after leaders from Italy, [...]
Government ‘inciting’ strikes by not agreeing to TfL funding, says Sadiq Khan June 17, 2022 London mayor Sadiq Khan has accused the government of “inciting” next week’s strikes by failing to reach an agreement over Transport for London’s (TfL) long-term funding. 10,000 members of the RMT and Unite unions working for London Underground are set to strike on Tuesday, on the same day 40,000 railway workers will walk out in [...]