Bitcoin currently trading at highest levels since August January 30, 2023 The price of Bitcoin was holding around $23,200 this morning after earlier hitting levels not seen since August 2022.
JD Sports data hack: Around 10m customers caught up in ransomware attack warned to be ‘vigilant’ of scam emails January 30, 2023 Around 10 million people might have had their addresses, phone numbers and email addresses among other things stolen in a hack that hit retailer JD Sports. The business said payment card details were safe, and that it has no reason to think the hackers have accessed users’ passwords. Hackers accessed a system which contained information [...]
Shell to combine oil gas and LNG divisions and slash boardroom numbers January 30, 2023 Shell has revealed it will combine its oil and gas production and LNG divisions as part of an overhaul by its new chief executive.
Covent Garden owner Capco reports strong rental demand as West End gears up for its £3.5bn merger with Shaftesbury January 30, 2023 Trading conditions across the Covent Garden estate have been positive, in particular a successful Christmas trading period with like-for-like customer sales in aggregate exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Ian Hawksworth, chief executive of Covent Garden estate owner Capco, said: “There is continued momentum at Covent Garden with robust trading conditions, in particular a successful Christmas period,” said [...]
Unilever appoints new Dutch boss to deliver “step up” in performance at embattled giant January 30, 2023 A Dutch dairy boss who has sat as a non-executive board member at Unilever since last year will move into the CEO role at the consumer giant. Hein Schumacher has led the dairy firm Royal FrieslandCampina, an £11bn business operating in over 40 countries, since 2018. Schumacher’s appointment comes after embattled boss Alan Jope announced [...]
Ryanair’s profits skyrocket to eye-watering £184.9m as low-cost airline cashes in on strong dollar and Asian tourists January 30, 2023 Ryanair has posted its largest third quarter profit after tax for the winter quarter as a boom in demand helped it soar past pre-Covid levels. In the three months ending 31 December, the Dublin-based carrier reported a pre-tax profit of €211m (£184.9m), up from last year’s loss of €96m. This was also up on the [...]
888: Share price tumbles after gambling boss quits amid money-laundering probe January 30, 2023 Itai Pazner, the boss of gambling giant 888, is to step down “immediately” from the top of the business which he has led for four years – just weeks after the firm’s chief financial officer walked. The firm announced the move to markets in a terse statement this morning. It also announced it had launched [...]
How a BBC Radio 1 DJ helped alcohol-free brand Lucky Saint open its first London pub January 30, 2023 Alcohol-free beer brand Lucky Saint is to open its first pub after securing £10m to supercharge its ambitious growth plans. The pub, which will also operate as the group’s headquarters, is due to open in Marylebone in March 2023. Luke Boase, founder of the business, said that for now the opening will be “the only [...]
Sir Nigel Wilson: City grandee to step away after decade of success at Legal and General January 30, 2023 Respected City grandee Sir Nigel Wilson will step away from the top job at Legal & General after more than a decade at the helm. The insurer and pensions provider announced Wilson’s planned retirement to markets this morning. Wilson will stay with L&G until a successor is found, with the firm expecting that process to [...]
