Bubbling over: Meet the English sparkling wine makers beating the French at their own game September 16, 2019 The Nyetimber estate is toast-worthy: tree-lined country lanes give way to a manicured driveway, revealing the lovingly restored tasting room. The medieval estate’s garden in full-bloom complete with fountains. The weather is, however, nothing to celebrate. I’m greeted with umbrellas and wellies. Another roaring British summer. The scene encapsulates what the owner of the Sussex [...]
Hunting the hunters: We go on safari with the Serengeti’s canine anti-poaching unit September 13, 2019 We bounced along at high speed, our eyes glued on the dramatic chase unfolding on the Serengeti plains. An agile, golden-coated beast bounded forward in pursuit, its rowdy team striving to catch up. The target now cowered in a small thicket of acacia tree, a fairly lame strategy but it looked to be all it [...]
Cruz control has not been smooth sailing for British Airways September 10, 2019 To fly. To serve. It may be the tagline of one of the UK’s best known brands, but passengers of British Airways can be forgiven for grimacing at what has been dished out to them recently. In the past two years, BA customers have endured data leaks affecting more than 550,000, an IT meltdown which [...]
British Airways tells passengers to stay away from airport on day of strikes September 8, 2019 UK flag carrier British Airways has told passengers not to head to the airport today if their flights were caught up in one of the biggest pilot strikes in its history. Members of the Balpa pilots union working for BA will walk out tomorrow and Tuesday, with planned strike action – grounding 1700 flights – [...]
Smooth landing for Wizz Air as profits soar July 25, 2019 Budget airline Wizz Air carried more passengers and squeezed more money from them, its first quarter results show. Profit for the three months to 30 June was €72.4m (£66.22m), boosted by passenger growth of 20.1 per cent to just over 10m people flying with the airline. Ancillary revenue, that’s all the extras that you pay [...]
Nissan to cut 12,000 jobs as its profits go in reverse July 25, 2019 Workers in Nissan’s Sunderland vehicle factory are braced to find out if they are part of the more than 12,000 workers to be laid off globally by the embattled carmaker. Nissan has said it will slash around 12,500 jobs globally as it looks to rein in costs and reduce its output. Read More: Nissan forecasts [...]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson moves to mend relationship with UK business July 24, 2019 Boris Johnson has moved to rebuild his relationship with the business community by hiring Sky executive Andrew Griffiths as part of his Number 10 team. A source close to Griffiths said Johnson’s appointment of the Sky veteran – who most recently served as the broadcasting giant’s chief operating officer – was “a clear sign of [...]
UK households remain cautious on economic outlook, discretionary income and debt levels July 22, 2019 UK households remain concerned about their economic outlook, disposable incomes and debt levels, survey data out today shows. Deloitte’s consumer confidence index for the UK in the second three months to 30 June remained at a minus eight per cent – unchanged from the first quarter – but down four percentage points from the same [...]
Trump criticised for tweets on ethnic minority congresswomen July 14, 2019 Democrats rounded on US President Donald Trump last night after he tweeted a veiled attack on ethnic-minority members of Congress. Trump targeted “progressive Democratic congresswomen” in a tweet telling them to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came”. Trump didn’t call the politicians by name, but [...]
Bunzl shares dip on slowed growth in the second quarter June 26, 2019 Shares in workplace supplies company Bunzl dipped 1.3 per cent today after it said revenue growth in the second quarter had eased from 1.5 per cent to one per cent, due to a slight slowdown in its biggest market, the US. However Bunzl also said it expects group revenue for the half year to rise [...]