Race against time as British billionaire and his son among five onboard lost Titanic shipwreck voyage June 20, 2023 Rescue teams are continuing the search for a submersible tourist vessel which went missing during a voyage to the Titanic shipwreck with a British billionaire and his son among the five people aboard. Hamish Harding is chairman of private plane firm Action Aviation, which said he is one of the mission specialists on the five-person [...]
Labour owes the City more detail on its plans for business June 20, 2023 Well, that’s clear as mud, then. Labour’s big policy pronouncement yesterday confirmed that the party would stick by its pledge not to allow any further North Sea oil and gas development in the UK – but it wouldn’t change any decisions made by the Tories. With a straight face, the party said the triangulation was [...]
Kiklo Spaces: The storage facility where cars are displayed as art June 20, 2023 Kiklo Spaces is home to some of the world's most exotic cars, including an Aston Martin Valkyrie and several McLaren F1s. We take a tour.
Starmer fails to appease North Sea industry amid fears of investment cliff edge June 20, 2023 Keir Starmer's decision to honour oil and gas permits issued under the Conservative government failed to win over the North Sea industry
Sadiq Khan to address ‘cost of doing business’ crisis at summit with Uber and Natwest June 20, 2023 Sadiq Khan is set to address the “cost of doing business crisis” at a crunch summit with firms including Uber, Natwest and KPMG. The mayor of London will welcome more than 200 CEOs to his annual City Hall business reception at the Crystal in east London today. He is expected to tell firms the “cost-of-doing-business [...]
We need to talk more about lithium – UK risks supply shortfall to feed its electric car ambitions June 20, 2023 Lithium-ion batteries are the most widely used technology as of today, making lithium gold dust in the EV race.
Gove warns against prioritising quantity over quality of new homes June 20, 2023 Michael Gove has warned against a “dash for quantity” as he faces calls to accelerate housebuilding in the UK and enable more first-time buyers to get on the property ladder. Backing a new tool by Policy Exchange to instil confidence in the planning process, the housing secretary said: “If we think of housing purely in [...]
Former Klarna chief joins Treasury-backed fintech body June 20, 2023 The former UK chief of Klarna has joined the board of the government-backed Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology as the group looks to spur an “aggressive” push for the UK’s fintech sector.
The NHS has lost its edge for clinical trials, but private firms can pull it back June 20, 2023 An NHS choked by bureaucracy is losing ground-breaking clinical trials, and it needs to the private sector to help save its reputation, writes Elena Siniscalco
I’d love to be an MP, but Britain is still too ashamed of open political ambition June 20, 2023 When I was asked if I wanted to be an MP, I fudged an answer because I knew it would be met with scepticism . But our stifled laughs mean we're stuck in a doom loop of bad politicians, writes Adam Hawksbee
