Valentine’s Day isn’t a cause for celebration if you’ve been catfished by a fraudster February 15, 2023 Valentine's Day might be the day of love, but the picture is not that rosy for everyone. Victims of romance fraud still get victim-blamed by the authorities, and it's unfair, writes Rosie Beacon
Atom Bank boss backs London as home for much-anticipated IPO February 15, 2023 The chief of digital lender Atom Bank has publicly thrown his weight behind London as its home for an eventual initial public offering, in a boon to the City as it looks to tempt in more tech listings.
Ads for delivery service Gorillas banned for drugs, sex and alcohol content February 15, 2023 Ads for grocery delivery service Gorillas have been banned for featuring offensive references to drugs, sex and excessive or unhealthy drinking. The TV, video on demand and social media ads, seen in April last year, featured a series of short scenes, starting with a man chopping lemons as the voiceover stated “London loves acid.” Other [...]
Supermarket wars: Waitrose to invest £100m in own brand products as it squares up to discount rivals February 15, 2023 Waitrose is to invest £100m in cutting prices on hundreds of its own-brand products amid intense competition in the sector as consumers battle record inflation. The upmarket grocer is reducing the prices of almost a third of its lowest-priced Essential Waitrose range by an average 14%, while almost a quarter of the cuts, which come [...]
Ex-spy chief warns balloon ‘gross transgression’ as US denies alien links February 14, 2023 A former head of MI6 has warned of a “gross transgression” by the Chinese authorities in sending a spy balloon into US airspace and urged the UK to “wake up” to the threat posed. Sir Alex Younger, who ran the UK’s foreign intelligence service from 2014 to 2020, told the BBC on 14 February that [...]
Rail and postal strikes ‘decimated’ festive trade with worst impact for a decade February 14, 2023 London’s festive economy was “decimated” by rail and postal strikes, as new figures revealed the disruption caused by walkouts was the worst month on record since 2011. Around 843,000 working days were lost to strike action in December – the highest for more than a decade – according to official figures from the Office for [...]
London to face second-lowest rise in council tax among UK regions February 14, 2023 Cash-strapped Londoners are set for a slight boost as it emerged that the region is set to raise average council tax rates by the second-lowest amount in the UK. Of the councils who have declared their municipal tariffs for 2022-23, London boroughs collectively came in second from the bottom of the pile, at a 4.4 [...]
To be forewarned is to be forearmed against crypto scams February 14, 2023 Conflict International compliance chief Mehmet Goksen on the importance of due diligence in the prevention of crypto fraud,
OPEC raises oil demand forecast as markets tighten and China reopens February 14, 2023 OPEC has hiked its forecast for global oil demand this year, its first upward revision for months, in its latest market report.
CRYPTO AM SPOTLIGHT: Bison Bank and its crypto assets subsidiary – Bison Digital Assets February 14, 2023 Crypto AM shines its spotlight on Lisbon-based Bison Bank and its specialised range of services to high net worth individuals.
