Footwear chain Dune tables offer to save struggling retailer LK Bennett March 27, 2019 Footwear chain the Dune Group has tabled an offer for LK Bennett as the struggling fashion retailer’s administrators prepare to select a buyer. Dune, which operates 40 standalone stores and 175 concessions in the UK, was one of a handful of potential buyers to submit final bids earlier this week, Sky News reported. Read more: [...]
TfL leak reveals plans for the world’s longest and tallest bridge across the Thames March 27, 2019 Transport for London (TfL) wants its proposed Canary Wharf Thames crossing to be the tallest and longest vertical lifting bridge in the world. TfL's planned bridge is a 90m tall and 180m-wide vertical lift bridge that will connect Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf across the River Thames. The bridge will be fitted with concrete towers that will be 90m [...]
Elon Musk uses Twitter wisely, new Tesla chair says March 27, 2019 The new chair of Tesla said that its chief executive Elon Musk uses Twitter “wisely”, in an interview today. “Twitter is part of everyday business for many executives today,” Robyn Denholm told Bloomberg, “From my perspective, he uses it wisely.” Musk faced heat from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after tweeting in August [...]
John Bercow blocks attempt to get round his Meaningful Vote ruling March 27, 2019 John Bercow has given Theresa May another headache after he blocked any attempt to use parliamentary procedures to get round his ruling that the government cannot bring an unchanged Brexit deal back before MPs. The Commons speaker ruled last week that he would only allow a third meaningful vote on May’s withdrawal plan if it [...]
Government firmly rejects ‘Revoke Article 50’ petition despite debate next week March 27, 2019 The government has dismissed the possibility of revoking Article 50 – and thereby cancelling Brexit – despite a petition to do so amassing 5.85m signatures in the last week. The 'Revoke Article 50' petition quickly surpassed the 100,000 signatories needed to be considered for debate in parliament, and is now the best-supported proposal in the history [...]
Guy Verhofstadt compares Farage to Blackadder character in European Parliament March 27, 2019 The European Parliament’s outspoken Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt has taken a swipe at the self-styled “Bad Boy of Brexit” Nigel Farage, comparing him to field marshal Douglas Haig from the final episode of sitcom Blackadder. Verhofstadt said he was “surprised” to see the former leader of Ukip on European Parliament duty in Strasbourg, rather than [...]
Debenhams shares skyrocket as Sports Direct mulls £61.4m bid March 27, 2019 The future of Debenhams is up in the air this afternoon as Mike Ashley battles with creditors to take control of the embattled department store chain. The Sports Direct boss and retail tycoon, who owns a near 30 per cent stake in Debenhams, revealed yesterday that he was mulling a £61.4m bid to take full [...]
Theresa May’s Brexit plans in tatters as DUP call for long delay over backing her ‘toxic’ deal March 26, 2019 Theresa May’s Brexit plans suffered another setback today as the Democratic Unionist Party said they would prefer to delay the UK’s departure from the EU over supporting her “toxic” deal. Sammy Wilson, the DUP’s Brexit spokesman, said his party’s 10 MPs would only vote for the deal if there are “significant changes” to the text [...]
Michelle Obama’s Becoming memoir sells 10m copies March 26, 2019 Former first lady Michelle Obama's memoir has sold 10m copies after just five months on shop shelves, helping push revenues at her publisher to its highest in more than a decade. Read more: Uber cars stock children's books in drive to boost bedtime reading German media giant Bertelsmann has a 75 per cent stake in Penguin Random [...]
Sadiq Khan calls for TfL to take over from Network Rail as London’s railway manager March 26, 2019 Sadiq Khan has said Transport for London (TfL) should replace Network Rail as the UK's rail infrastructure manager to improve the reliability of services for London's commuters. The London mayor wants responsibility and funding for key rail assets such as tracks and stations to be transferred to the transport body so it is able to plug the communication gap [...]