Top brewer warns average cost of a pint may now exceed £7 October 26, 2022 A top Brewer has said the average cost of a pint could cost reach £7 due to the cost of living. Scottish beer-maker Brewgooder’s chief executive Alan Mahon said the cost of raw ingredients were reaching “eye-watering” levels, pushing up the cost of a cold brew. Mahon said C02 was now costing 3,000 per cent [...]
World’s richest nations should honour $100bn climate financing pledge October 26, 2022 The world's wealthiest nations should deliver on their pledge to provide $100bn per year of climate financing, argued Wärtsila.
Exclusive: Getir teams up with Co-op as rapid delivery firm looks to grow UK presence October 26, 2022 Getir has joined forces with Co-op to deliver groceries from the retailer to consumers in a hurry. The rapid delivery firm will launch a pilot to offer app users hundreds of Co-op products across London from today. Nisa Retail, Co-op group’s wholesale division, will be working with Getir to supply the range of around 300 [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? October 26, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Carter Jonas Property consultancy Carter Jonas has a new head of science and technology to help build the firm’s expertise in the UK’s sector. Matt Lee He joins from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, where he led [...]
Representation in politics and media creates opportunities for a generation October 26, 2022 A few weeks ago, many of us were woken up by a curious occurrence: the presenters of BBC Radio 4 Today discussing their fellow presenter – Amol Rajan’s – challenge to the BBC Director General on accent bias among BBC News presenters. Whilst the conversation was all quite meta – with a small “m”- it [...]
Businesses’ ask for the next budget? Make a decision and stick with it, for all our sakes October 26, 2022 Taxes will have to go up and spending down – to the tune of some £40bn on top of what has already been announced by the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.
It’s time to go back to basics and go about fixing our deficit before more tax cuts October 26, 2022 As inflation pushes prices further and further up, food has been getting more expensive for some time. But, as the cliche goes, there was never such a thing as a free lunch.
Letters: Not another carte blanche October 26, 2022 [Re: A blank cheque for two years of capped energy prices was a perverse kind of plan, yesterday] In response to Jonathan Maxwell’s piece yesterday, I would not call the plan to cap energy prices “perverse”, I would say it was about giving people the ability to plan, to know what was going to [...]
Global health at ‘the mercy of fossil fuels’, says report October 26, 2022 The world’s reliance on fossil fuels is compounding global risks to health following the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, said a new report last night. Risks include air quality, food and energy security, as Brits brace for a tough winter as oil and gas costs soar. The EU-funded Lancet Countdown, an annual report on climate [...]
Investors eye MGC Pharma’s Long Covid drug following positive trial October 26, 2022 Medicinal cannabis company MGC Pharmaceutical caught the eyes of investors yesterday, following positive results from a clinical study of its Long Covid drug. The London-listed bio-pharma firm tested its drug Artemic Support on 60 Covid-19 vaccinated patients suffering from Long Covid. Patients who were administered the drug twice a day for six weeks showed “significant [...]
