Letters: From football to fintech June 7, 2022 [Re: Exclusive: ‘Significant barriers’ for female progression in fintech, report warns, yesterday] The gender imbalance in the fintech industry is an important challenge. The EY and Innovate Finance report highlights what is already known – namely the lack of women working in fintech. This is not just a UK issue. Globally, women make up only [...]
“Perfect storm” for new car sales as cost of living crisis and supply issues see May figures at historic low June 6, 2022 UK new car sales fell to their second weakest May in the last thirty years as a lack of consumer confidence and supply chain chokepoints took their toll on the big-ticket purchases. Just 124,000 cars were registered in May of this year, the lowest of the last thirty years except for the pandemic-induced lows of [...]
Letters: Wising up to our energy usage June 6, 2022 [Re: Price cap will rise to £2,800 per year warns Ofgem, May 24] Smart meters are attracting huge amounts of criticism, with the rollout currently in a state of purgatory. With yet another price cap being announced for October, it is still only being seen as an overhyped, increasingly obsolete piece of tech. However, with [...]
All smiles on the balcony at poignant end to Platinum Jubilee celebration June 5, 2022 Press Association Just four years shy of her 100th birthday, the Jubilee Queen rallied to bring her historic Platinum celebrations to a close with a brief final balcony appearance. It was a moment for the history books, filled with poignancy, as the frail one-of-a-kind monarch, resplendent in vivid green, stepped out at Buckingham Palace to [...]
PM ‘set for’ no confidence vote as soon as this week as Westminster buzzes with Boris speculation June 5, 2022 SPECULATION that the Prime Minister Boris Johnson could face a confidence vote this week has increased after polling suggested the Conservatives could lose a key by-election at the end of this month. A host of reports over the weekend suggested that more than sixty Tory MPs had submitted letters to the party’s backbench chairman, Sir [...]
Man tasered on Chelsea Bridge before falling into Thames dies in hospital June 5, 2022 Press Association A man who ended up in London’s River Thames after police fired a Taser in a bid to detain him has died, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has said. Police were called to Chelsea Bridge Road, west London, on Saturday morning after receiving reports that a man was armed with a [...]
Tube strike: TfL warning on Monday travel as the RMT disrupts London yet again June 5, 2022 Press Association London Underground is advising people not to travel on Monday because of a strike by thousands of workers in a dispute over jobs and pensions. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out for 24 hours, crippling Tube services across the capital. Transport for London (TfL) said some train [...]
Platinum Jubilee Reads: the best in our opinion pages on politics and the economy June 4, 2022 May was a weird month for Bitcoin – it included a price dip of 15 per cent weeks ago. Yet the cryptocurrency is not going away any time soon, and as Christian Keroles wrote at the beginning of the month, the UK should find a coherent approach to deal with it. The Chancellor could take [...]
Raab: Number of no confidence letters submitted “pretty far off” 54 needed to trigger Boris vote June 1, 2022 Press Association The Deputy Prime Minister has said he believes the number of letters which have been submitted to Sir Graham Brady is “pretty far off” the required amount needed to trigger a confidence vote. Speaking to Times Radio, Dominic Raab said: “First of all, you said that there were 30 MPs who have been [...]
Cudos signs up to polo spectacular as Web3 comes to Fulham May 31, 2022 ONE OF London’s hottest summer social tickets will this year come with a side of decentralised finance, after cloud network Cudos announced it had signed up to sponsor International Day at Chestertons Polo in the Park. The three-day polo spectacular held at Hurlingham Park has become a fixture in London’s social calendar, representing the largest [...]