Trump impeachment vote: When is the vote, and will Trump really be impeached? December 18, 2019 The US House of Representatives is preparing to vote on the prospect of impeaching sitting US President Donald Trump today. Despite a mountain of evidence showing Trump asked Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden, the President has insisted that he did nothing wrong. The House Rules Committee has approved six hours of debate on [...]
Watchdog blasts British American Tobacco’s Lily Allen Instagram vaping posts December 18, 2019 British American Tobacco (BAT) is one of four vaping companies to have their Instagram posts banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The posts saw celebrities like Lily Allen promoting e-cigarettes, something that is banned on social media. Read more: Watchdog puts BAT in sights as it weighs clampdown on e-cigs Posts including BAT nicotine [...]
Tony Blair: Labour must be rescued from the far left December 18, 2019 Tony Blair delivered a scathing verdict on Labour’s 2019 General Election campaign and urged the party’s leadership hopefuls not to “whitewash” the result. “Labour needs not just a different driver, but a different bus,” he said in a speech announcing his institute’s report into Labour’s biggest electoral defeat in modern history. Read more: How Boris [...]
Whirlpool apologises after washing machine recall website crashes December 18, 2019 A website Whirlpool created to help customers check if their washing machine is one of 500,000 being recalled over a fire risk is still down a day after the firm sounded the alarm over its products. The company set up washingmachinerecall.whirlpool.co.uk yesterday, a site where customers can check the status of their own machines, but [...]
Software error scuppers space rocket’s search for Earth-like planet December 17, 2019 An IT glitch has scuppered the launch of a space rocket designed to study exoplanets after the craft’s automated take-off sequence was interrupted. The Characterising Exoplanet Satellite (Cheops) is a European Space Agency mission dedicated to studying nearby exoplanets, those outside the solar system, in search of a new Earth. It was the first mission [...]
CBI welcomes Prime Minister’s Brexit trade deal deadline December 17, 2019 The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has thrown its support behind Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to leave the EU with or without a Brexit trade deal come December 2020. Often vocal in its opposition to the government’s stance on a no-deal Brexit, the CBI today welcomed Johnson’s decision to block any further Brexit delay, [...]
CBI: UK manufacturers end 2019 under a cloud of worry December 17, 2019 The CBI has warned UK manufacturers are set to end the year on a low note. Manufacturing output volumes in the three months to December fell at the quickest rate since the financial crisis as output expanded in only six of 17 sub-sectors, CBI Industrial Trends data revealed today. The survey of 289 manufacturers showed [...]
No-deal Brexit fears trigger sell-off of Barclays, Lloyds and RBS shares December 17, 2019 Shares in Barclays, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) all slumped in early trading after Boris Johnson brought back the spectre of a no-deal Brexit today. The trio failed to impress in yesterday’s Bank of England stress tests, where analysts warned that a strategy to double a 100-basis point capital buffer designed to protect [...]
AA reveals new CFO Kevin Dangerfield December 17, 2019 AA today announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer. Kevin Dangerfield moves to AA from Wilmcote Holdings, an investment vehicle. Read more: AA shares leap as firm plans bond buyback Dangerfield will take up the role on 6 January 2020, subject to approval from the FCA. He will take over from interim CFO [...]
Franco Manca expansion slices owner’s profits in half December 16, 2019 Franco Manca owner Fulham Shore today revealed that profits halved in the six months ending in September despite higher revenue as it continues to expand. The restaurant chain owner saw profit before tax sliced in half from £1.5m last year to just £743,000 in its latest half-year as it poured money into opening six new [...]
