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Budget 2016: George Osborne is going to have work extra hard to get people onside – approval of government cuts at lowest level for years March 16, 2016 Approval ratings for government cuts are at their lowest level in years, according to data from YouGov released today. Just hours before George Osborne is expected to announce cuts “equivalent to 50p in every £100” in his Budget, YouGov has published data showing that the number of people who think the government cuts are necessary, fair, or [...]
Budget 2016: The UK is hugely split on what it most wants to come out of George Osborne’s red box today March 16, 2016 You can't please all of the people all of the time. And if you're a politician, you're probably used to pleasing none of the people most of the time. And if he wants to please the people of London, George Osborne is going to have to pull more than one rabbit out of his red box [...]
Tesco is “on the cusp of something new”, says UK boss Matt Davies as he sets out three key ways supermarket hopes to win back customers March 16, 2016 The country's biggest retailer Tesco is "on the cusp of something new", its UK boss has said today, in his first public outing since taking the helm. Matt Davies, who joined last May from Halfords, told delegates at the Retail Week Live conference that customers were "more positive about Tesco than they've been for years". Tesco beat [...]
London house prices: Boris Johnson unveils plans to create 24,000 homes and 60,000 jobs in Royal Docks, East London March 16, 2016 Move over Canary Wharf, there's a new East London business hub coming to town (maybe). Boris Johnson has revealed plans to create 24,000 new homes and 60,000 jobs in East London today, as he heads to City Hall for his last ever Mayor's Question Time. The Royal Docks are already a hive of activity ahead of the [...]
Budget 2016: George Osborne could be about to freeze beer duty – or even cut it – among predictions for today’s red box announcements March 16, 2016 There's not many secrets left to be spilled from George Osborne's red box today, but one of them could be a freeze on beer duty – or even a cut. The chancellor is expected to confirm that the levy on pints will not be raised in line with inflation, according to The Sun, following months of [...]
Sainsbury’s Mike Coupe: Aldi and Lidl are starting to look like “conventional” supermarkets March 16, 2016 Mike Coupe must be feeling confident about Sainsbury's progress in the grocery price wars. The supermarket boss, who yesterday revealed strong results, appears to be trolling Aldi and Lidl, telling Mumsnetters yesterday that the German discounters were "increasingly looking like conventional supermarkets". Speaking at Mumstock, a conference about marketing to mums, he told the audience [...]
Cuisine de France parent Aryzta chief executive Owen KIllian says he “regrets” selling shares March 16, 2016 The chief executive of baked goods firm Aryzta Owen Killian has said he "regrets" having to sell down shares, admitting it was prompted by a weakness in the company's share price. Killian sold 427,250 shares in the company, which owns Cuisine de France and Delice de France, on 14 and 15 March, as well as 750,000 [...]
Night Tube under threat from another strike as RMT fights to improve offer for engineering staff on Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern Lines March 16, 2016 Just when you thought it was safe to plan for the start of the 24-hour Tube, another strike looms large. London's largest transport union RMT is balloting its 1,500 engineering staff who maintain the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Northern Lines, and it is thought that members will vote for industrial action. It has written to Transport [...]
UK weather: Dreaming of a White Easter? Snow in March or April is more likely than at Christmas – but probably won’t happen this year March 15, 2016 In recent weeks we have seen headlines which would lead us to think that the weather forecast for this Easter could be one of two extremes. On the one hand “sudden stratospheric warming” could bring bank holiday snow and sub-zero temperatures – and on the other, you could believe that Britain is “set for a heatwave” with highs [...]
Two hospitalised after being struck by “falling object” from Nine Elms development on Ponton Road March 15, 2016 Two people have been left hospitalised after being struck by a falling object from a property development in Nine Elms. "Multiple" emergency responders – including the air ambulance – were sent to the building site on Ponton Road, Battesea, just after 2pm today after receiving The London Ambulance Service told City A.M: "We were called at 2:03pm to [...]
