Police seize over 17,500 illegal goods from Oxford Street November 20, 2021 Police have confiscated a haul of fake designer and illegal items from four shops on Oxford Street, according to widespread reports. The raids saw an “astonishing” 17,500 items removed from four souvenir and sweet shops on Thursday night, and 4,000 items taken from an unregistered food business. Trading standards officers captured unsafe toys, counterfeit clothing [...]
Visa chief exec calls out ‘inaccurate’ Amazon high fee claims November 20, 2021 Visa's chief executive has hit back at Amazon's dramatic decision to block UK Visa credit cards, according to reports.
Covid: WHO ‘very worried’ about Europe surge November 20, 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) has reportedly said it is concerned about the spread of Covid-19 in Europe, following the announcement of a full lockdown in Austria.
Theranos: Founder Elizabeth Holmes testifies in her own criminal fraud trial November 20, 2021 Disgraced Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes surprised a US courtroom yesterday by taking the stand in her own defence.
London’s Wolseley restaurant owners take Axa to court over Covid insurance disputes November 20, 2021 Hospitality groups, including the owner of London's Wolseley restaurant, are set to bring lawsuits to Axa insurance over Covid-related losses, according to reports.
Ex-Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre drops out from Ofcom race for new chair November 19, 2021 The former editor of the Daily Mail has bowed out of a competition to appoint the next head of media regulator Ofcom,`casting scathing criticism at senior civil servants. In a letter to the Times Paul Dacre announced he would not be re-applying for the role at Ofcom – the UK’s watchdog for television, radio, telecoms [...]
Watch out lawyers: Solicitors’ regulator pushes for greater fining powers November 19, 2021 The UK solicitors regulator has proposed increasing its powers to issue fines of £25,000.
Flexible working more important to lawyers than salaries, report finds November 19, 2021 Law firms competing in the pay war for legal talent may be barking up the wrong tree, according to new research which has found that flexible working edges out money as the top priority for lawyers. Around 83 per cent of lawyers in a survey of legal professionals, by legal recruitment consultancy Realm Recruit, said [...]
Nationwide profit more than doubles as UK economy recovers November 19, 2021 Nationwide has reported that its profits more than doubled for the half-year, amid the UK's economic recovery.
Accounting watchdog: Third of all audits ‘unsatisfactory’ amid fears sector reforms will be watered down November 18, 2021 An “unacceptably high” number of audits still need improving, according to the UK accounting watchdog’s latest report, amid increasing concerns that the government may scale back long-awaited corporate governance and audit reforms. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) today published its latest annual report on UK audits, finding that 33 per cent of all audits still [...]
