Chris Packham to bring judicial review of government’s net zero rollback March 4, 2024 Chris Packham has been granted permission for a judicial review of the government’s decision to reverse some of its green policies.
The Notebook: The Conservative Party has forgotten what it once stood for March 4, 2024 Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, James Chapman, Director of Soho Communications, takes the Notebook pen. The Conservative Party has forgotten what it once stood for The Conservative Party used to trade on maintaining the status quo – the clue was in the name.When I worked in the Treasury, during George [...]
Three killed in Russian drone strike on Ukrainian port city March 2, 2024 Three people have died after a Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight, officials said.
Papa Johns to close 50 ‘underperforming’ UK restaurants March 2, 2024 Pizza chain Papa Johns has revealed plans to close about 50 takeaways in the UK which it said are not performing as well as others.
Pro-Palestine protests planned following PM’s extremism warning March 2, 2024 Pro-Palestine protests are set to continue across the country on Saturday following Rishi Sunak’s warning that democracy is being targeted by extremists.
Rishi Sunak warns victory of George Galloway is “beyond alarming” at public address March 1, 2024 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the victory of George Galloway in the Rochdale by-election is “beyond alarming”. Speaking outside Downing Street on Friday, he said: “In recent weeks and months, we have seen a shocking increase in extremist disruption and criminality. “What started as protests on our streets have descended into intimidation, threats and planned [...]
Square Mile and Me: Town crier Alan Myatt on his accidental career and messing up names February 29, 2024 Alan Myatt, City of London town crier – and world record holder for loudest crier – tells us about his unique role in the Square Mile.
Letter to the editor: Time for banks to pull their socks up February 29, 2024 Dear Editor, I write to express my concern about the insufficient efforts made by the financial industry to pass on the advantages of central bank rate hikes
Global CEO trades in hot seat for boardroom in shake-up at media giant February 27, 2024 Stephen Miron will step down from the CEO job at media giant Global in March of next year, moving upstairs to the chairman's seat.
No time to lose: The City must be the force behind reinvigorating ailing markets February 27, 2024 Another day, another complaint from a listed firm that things have not entirely gone to plan. Yesterday it was the Aquis-listed Quantum Exponential Group, which invests in computing businesses. Long story short, the small-cap operations wants to delist: not enough liquidity, and investors interested only in picking up private firms rather than dealing with troublesome markets. The [...]