Microsoft mega launch: Where to watch the live-stream as three new Lumia phones, Surface Pro 4 tablet and new Microsoft Band to launch – plus more details on Windows 10 October 6, 2015 Microsoft is planning a raft of announcements today in what it describes as “our next chapter”. “We have some exciting news to share about Windows 10 devices,” the group has said. The firm is live-streaming the event from 10am EDT (4pm in the UK) and users will be able to watch it here. As [...]
Government to release “at least” £2bn-worth of Lloyds shares to retail investors October 6, 2015 Retail investors will be able to get their hands on "at least" £2bn-worth of Lloyds Banking Group shares, the government confirmed today. The shares are being offered a discount of five per cent of market price, and those who keep their holding for more than a year will receive a bonus share for every [...]
Greggs share price jumps as baker ups full year expectations October 6, 2015 Greggs' share price jumped this morning on the back of results out this morning showing the baked goods retailer is on a (sausage) roll. The figures Greggs' own shop like-for-likes climbed 4.9 per cent for the 13 weeks to 3 October, with total sales up five per cent. Year-to-date own shop sales are up [...]
Conservative party conference 2015: George Osborne’s business rates announcement will mean commuter towns face serious funding issues October 6, 2015 By George he's done it! Yesterday's business rates announcement by the chancellor has made local government finance sexy again for the first time in 25 years. Back in 1990, the poll tax perished in a bonfire of political vanity after a furore over the botched scheme to reform domestic rates, a bugbear of the Tory shires. The [...]
London airport expansion: First designs of expanded Heathrow revealed October 6, 2015 Campaigners for Heathrow to be London's airport selected for expansion have revealed first designs of how it would look after work was carried out. The images show what the airport would look like with a third runway, as well as a new central terminal area, hotels and business park. A spokesman for Heathrow said: “These new images bring to [...]
Cheeri-nos: Major recall of General Mills’ cereal because of “undeclared allergen” – wheat October 6, 2015 Cheerios' producer General Mills is having to recall millions 1.8m boxes of its cereal because of an "undeclared allergen" – wheat. The company said Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios produced at its factory in Lodi, California, during two weeks in July were being recalled because "an isolated incident resulted in wheat flour being inadvertently introduced into [...]
Silvertown Tunnel consultation could pave the way to tackle the multi-million-pound issues at Blackwall and help to drive east London forward October 5, 2015 You only have to look outside your office window to recognise that London is growing at a phenomenal rate. New developments are springing up, and the capital’s population is expected to rise from 8.6 million to 10 million by 2030. Of this new population, 600,000 people are expected to live in east London alone. [...]
London property prices: First floor flats are most in demand – but carry a significant premium too October 5, 2015 Almost two-thirds of Londoners want to live in a first floor apartment – and the demand is pushing up the average price compared with the equivalent flats on different floors of the same building. Research carried out by high end estate agent Rokstone suggests that 60 per cent of people looking for an apartment would [...]
Signal failures at Barbican and Tufnell Park causing delays on Northern, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan Lines October 5, 2015 Commuters across London are facing travel woes already this morning, with a signal failure at Barbican causing delays on the Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City Line. Severe delays have been reported on all three lines between Baker Street and Aldgate as Transport for London deals with the issue. There are minor delays [...]
UK Oil & Gas sites could yield 2,500 barrels of oil a day October 5, 2015 Sites owned by "Gatwick Gusher" company UK Oil & Gas could yield as much as 2,500 barrels of oil a day, according to consultants. As part of an evaluation into sites in the Weald and Purbeck-Wight Basins of southern England, where Ukog owns 11 licences equivalent to 650 square kilometres, Xodus Group and Barton Willmore [...]
