Barclays investors unfazed as bank slapped with $150m forex fine by New York State Department of Financial Services November 18, 2015 Barclays has just been slapped with an additional $150m (£98m) fine for its manipulation of the Forex markets by the New York State Department of Financial Services. The British bank has also agreed to "terminate" its global head of electronic fixed income, currencies and commodities as part of the settlement. The fine owes specifically to misconduct on [...]
Black Friday UK 2015: Amazon, Currys PC World, John Lewis and Asos to be winners – while AO World, Home Retail Group and Game Digital will be losers November 18, 2015 Black Friday is less than 10 days away (27 November for those who haven't marked it in their calendar/had it tattooed on their forehead) and UK retailers are falling over themselves to get the sales bonanza right. Some, like Asda and fashion brand Jigsaw, have walked away from the discount day. But others are planning to [...]
Tech unicorn bubble? When building a business, watch out or you could end up swimming with sharks November 18, 2015 We see it all the time: the latest tech darling pouring time and money into raising their profile. The company sponsors every event going, turn up to panels flanked by more advisors than a politician and their picture is in every newspaper going. Don't get me wrong. In many cases this is deserved attention, as good [...]
Peckham Coal Line project oversubscribed by £10,000 November 18, 2015 The Peckham Coal Line project – an initiative to create an elevated urban park in south London – has beaten its fundraising target by more than £10,000. The crowdfunding round had been seeking nearly £65,000 to pay for a feasibility study and consultation with local people over plans to convert the abandoned Rickett coal sidings running [...]
Two “unaccounted for”, five injured at steel factory explosion in Cardiff November 18, 2015 Two people remain unaccounted for and four people have been hospitalised after an explosion at a steel factory in Cardiff this morning. The blast occurred at around 10:30am at the Celsa Manufacturing plant in Splott, Cardiff. Emergency crews were called to the site after eyewitnesses reported hearing a large bang. Workers told Wales Online the explosion [...]
Paris attacks: Saint Denis terror suspects were planning to target business district La Defense November 18, 2015 The suspected terrorists that police swooped on in the early hours of this morning were planning another attack on Paris – this time in the financial district La Defense. At least two people were killed and seven arrested as part of the raid in the city's northern suburb of Saint Denis this morning as part of [...]
Police give Copenhagen Airport all clear after evacuating Terminal three over suspicious bag November 18, 2015 Update: Danish police have brought the Copenhagen Airport security alert to an end, confirming there are no signs of any explosive devices on the site. Terminal three at Copenhagen Airport was evacuated because of a suspicious bag. Police arrived "in strength" because of "suspicious circumstances", and evacuated part of the airport when they found a bag they believed to be [...]
Sainsbury’s Christmas advert 2015: 39 Mog the Cat books sold each minute since launch November 18, 2015 Sainsbury's has sold 39 Mog the Cat books every minute since they were launched in store last Thursday, taking the top spot in the bestseller charts. Mog’s Christmas Calamity, a book created specially by the author Judith Kerr for Sainsbury's Christmas campaign, is topping both the children’s and adults bestseller charts less than a week after its release. [...]
National Living Wage: Here’s how companies are planning to deal with the extra costs to business November 18, 2015 NULL
Autumn Statement 2015 wishlist: Business owners want George Osborne to address business rates, apprenticeships, funding and the EU referendum November 18, 2015 Dear George, A combination of events in Paris and signs of a slowdown in GDP growth signals a sombre setting for next week’s Autumn Statement. So what can we SMEs – the powerhouse of the UK economy – realistically ask you to deliver? It won’t surprise you to hear that bad news notwithstanding, we won’t be lowering our [...]
