Google searches for solar panels rocket more than 300 per cent as cost of living and energy crises hit August 15, 2022 Google searches for solar panels have rocketed by more than 300 per cent this year, with the cost of living and energy crises hitting hard, writes Cat Branagan. More Brits are looking for alternative and cleaner energy sources it has been shown by a new report of Google Trends data. Searches shot 316 per cent [...]
UK is first to approve Moderna jab to tackle Omicron variant August 15, 2022 The UK has become the first country in the world to approve a booster jab targeting the Omicron variant, writes Ellis Asher. Moderna has developed the landmark bivalent ‘Spikevax’ as coronavirus cases continue to fall in the UK. This comes after the EU’s European Medicines Agency pushed back its delivery of the dose to later [...]
Businesses’ needs forgotten as Truss and Sunak up anti-immigration rhetoric August 1, 2022 As ballots start to land on the doormats of Conservative party members this morning, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have entered into what has been branded an “arms race” to tackle illegal migration. Both are playing a game of one-up-manship on who will limit the most people coming into the UK across the Channel. The [...]
English Cricket Board and KP under fire over The Hundred adverts April 13, 2022 Press Association The UK’s ad watchdog has warned the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and its sponsor KP Snacks about directing junk food promotions at children after banning two adverts for The Hundred featuring crisps and toffee popcorn. The first ad, an email offering free bats and balls sent by the ECB to people [...]
UK’s biggest energy users warn gas price hike could hit net zero January 9, 2022 Eight in 10 of the UK’s biggest energy users have said they are worried by rapid rises in energy prices and fear it could put their environmental investments at risk. Most intensive energy users have plans to cut their carbon emissions, according to a new survey. Energy giant Vattenfall said that 90 per cent of [...]
Race for space: Store shortage hits retailers January 9, 2022 The UK is witnessing a shortage of supply of warehouse space after a surge in demand for logistics sites in 2021, according to new research. Experts at real estate advisory firm Colliers said the take-up for large industrial distribution warehouses increased to record annual levels. Around 50.7m sq ft of large distribution warehouses were snapped [...]
The virtual metaverse requires very real-world regulation November 9, 2021 Regulators tend only to emerge in the spotlight of public scrutiny when something goes wrong. FCA bosses have spent the last couple of years being wheeled in front of Select Committees to explain the collossal cock-ups that led to the London Capital & Finance minibond scandal – including its former boss Andrew Bailey, who despite [...]
Waverton makes key marketing hire to support business growth June 21, 2021 Waverton Investment Management has today announced the appointment of Sasha Dabliz as Head ofMarketing. Dabliz joins the firm this week from Schroders, and follows on from a series of strategic hires to position the business for future growth. As part of her role as Head of Marketing, Dabliz will build the brand and work on [...]
Budget 2021: As it happened March 3, 2021 Live updates and links to all our coverage, reactions and analyses as the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers the government’s Budget later today – at 12.30pm. Please also visit our dedicated Budget 2021 Hub. Wrap-up of the main Budget announcements Here’s a wrap-up of the main announcements made by the chancellor in his spring Budget: [...]
Debate: Will digital retailers continue to hoover up high street chains? January 27, 2021 Boohoo’s purchase of the Debenhams brand, and Asos’ pursuit of Topshop, suggests that the online revolution has very much succeeded. But is it that simple? Vicky Bullen, CEO, Coley Porter Bell says YES You don’t have to be Mike Ashley to spot the enormous opportunity in online retail since the coronavirus pandemic hit. Never before [...]
