Vodafone shares slump as it ups cost savings and slashes earnings November 15, 2022 Vodafone shares are on track to hit their lowest point since 1997 this afternoon, paving the way for things to go from bad to worse for the FTSE 100 firm. Not only did the telecoms giant slash its forecasts for the coming year, but it also announced a new cost savings target of over €1bn [...]
For Afghan women activists at risk, marriage is the best way to the UK November 15, 2022 We have been talking about asylum seekers and migration all year. First, we had the fights with France about Channel crossings; then the debate about the extortionate Rwanda plan. More recently, we’ve been exposed to the inhumane conditions in asylum centres like Manston and just yesterday, there were more conversations with the French over people [...]
Pro-choice voters made their choice and beat back a wave of Republican candidates November 15, 2022 After Joe Biden saw off a “red wave”, the central role played by one issue in buoying up Democratic performance is clear: abortion.
Hunt readies for biggest budget since Cameron and Osborne’s first outing November 15, 2022 Thursday’s budget (okay, Autumn Statement) is the biggest since David Cameron and George Osborne’s first statement in 2010, just after they seized the keys to number 10 (with a little help from the Liberal Democrats) from Gordon Brown’s Labour. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt faces a daunting task. Weaker than expected economic growth, high inflation and a [...]
We have all the information to change our lives, but we don’t know how to use it November 15, 2022 Accurate, accessible and secure data has the potential to transform policymaking in the UK. During the pandemic, data helped us identify the most vulnerable in society. It provided the backbone for the medical research used to create the vaccines so quickly. The ability to understand and use data across the public sector is critical to [...]
Ex-environment minister slams the ‘failures’ of UK-Australia Brexit deal November 15, 2022 The UK's free trade deal with Australia was a poor deal for the country which "gave away far too much for far too little in return."
Letters: Elon Musk has a people problem November 15, 2022 [Re: Musk sends remaining Twitter staff back to office, Nov 10] We often see Elon Musk front and centre of the news for being a brilliant businessman. But if the past two weeks have shown us anything, it’s that being a brilliant businessman doesn’t automatically make you a brilliant leader of people. A full U-turn [...]
Payouts fintech WeGift bags £26m funding as firms dish out cost of living support November 15, 2022 Digital payouts firm WeGift revealed it had bagged a £26m funding injection today as it looks to tap into a wave of firms dishing out one-off payments to staff and customers.
Post-Brexit trade: Over half of UK firms pivoting to EU for growth, HSBC report says November 15, 2022 More than half UK firms are pivoting toward the European Union to navigate their way through economic turbulence. A groundbreaking survey carried out by HSBC UK found that 53 per cent of companies are targeting trade with the continent in spite of post-Brexit rules and renewed Brussels red tape. Surveying 2,000 firms in one of [...]
“On the to-do list”: City minister promises reform as London slips behind Paris November 14, 2022 THE CITY minister Andrew Griffith yesterday said post-Brexit financial services reforms were on his “to do list” after new figures suggesting Paris’ stock market had overtaken London’s sent a shockwave through the Square Mile. The total value of all listings in the French capital overtook London last month, according to number crunchers at Bloomberg. Whilst [...]
