Channel Tunnel crisis: Migrant dies trying to cross from France to Britain July 7, 2015 A migrant has died on a freight shuttle trying to cross the Channel Tunnel to get to Britain, French authorities have said. The migrant – the second to die in recent weeks – was found in the tunnel during an investigation by the border police, after it was discovered that several migrants were attempting [...]
7/7 London bombings 10th anniversary: British Transport Police commemorate anniversary July 7, 2015 British Transport Police officers and staff are holding memorials up and down London's commuter network today as part of the 10th year anniversary of 7/7. Three explosions took place on the Tube – by Aldgate, Edgware Road and Russell Square – within seconds of each other, while a fourth device was detonated on a [...]
7/7 London bombings 10th anniversary: Transport for London will hold one-minute silence today July 7, 2015 Transport for London will be holding a one-minute silence to mark the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings today. The explosions, which brought down the entire Tube network, went off within seconds of each other just before 8:50am. The first incident took place between Liverpool Street and Aldgate East, the second between King's [...]
Asos shrugs off last year’s woes as sales soar 20 per cent July 7, 2015 Asos is surging ahead in the UK – but international growth and currency headwinds are still dampening the etailer's earnings. The figures: Retail sales were up an impressive 20 per cent for the four months to 30 June, with the UK up 27 per cent, while international sales were up 16 per cent. International sales [...]
7/7 London bombing survivor Gill Hicks: 10 years has gone in the blink of an eye but I’ll never go back on the Tube July 7, 2015 Gill Hicks hasn't been on the Tube for 10 years to the day. By the time you're reading this, it could be to the minute. Because Hicks was one of hundreds of people for whom, at 8:50am on 7 July 2005, life changed forever. On that morning she didn't take her usual route to [...]
Marks & Spencer slips back into decline after just one quarter of growth July 7, 2015 Marks and Spencer's general merchandise arm has slipped back into decline following just one quarter of growth. The figures: M&S' story is pretty much the same as it has been for many months. Total sales in general merchandise were up 0.2 per cent but like-for-likes were down 0.4 per cent, reversing a solitary [...]
7/7 London bombings 10th anniversary: Sadiq Khan – “Our spirit of togetherness saw to it that the terrorists failed” July 6, 2015 I can remember all too vividly where I was on the 7th July 2005, when word started filtering through that there had been several explosions on London’s public transport network. I was with my staff in our House of Common's office and all of us were in high spirits as we were still digesting [...]
Greek debt crisis: Germany shouldn’t lecture Greece – it never repaid its own debts, argues Thomas Piketty July 6, 2015 European conservatives, particularly in Germany “are about to destroy Europe and the European idea” over their demands to make Greece repay its debt, economist Thomas Piketty has said. Speaking with German newspaper Die Zeit, later translated on Medium, the outspoken economist claimed it was “a joke” that Germany was demanding Greece repay the €1.6bn [...]
Bovis Homes ups dividend after record completions July 6, 2015 The surging housing market has buoyed Bovis Homes to post a record number of completions on new homes – enabling it to significantly increase its dividend. The figures: Bovis completed a record 1,525 new home legal completions in the first half of the year, up from 1,487 in 2014. The average price on legal completions [...]
Monitise steadies business by cutting costs and stems outflows July 6, 2015 Troubled tech group Monitise has cut costs and stemmed outflows as management attempts to steady the ship after a rocky year. The figures: Monitise has forecast revenues for the year to June 30 to reach £88-90m, thanks to “materially lower” operating and capital expenses in the second half. As a result, second half losses [...]
