Government’s ‘immoral’ Rwanda plan should ‘shame us as a nation,’ Archbishop says June 14, 2022 A group of high-ranking Bishops, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, have hit out at the government over its plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. In a letter to The Times, a group of 20 senior Church of England figures, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York, said the government’s “immoral” plans [...]
First Group optimistic of returning bus passenger volumes amid takeover offer rejection June 14, 2022 Transport operator First Group has posted a £122.8m statutory operating profit from continuing operations while announcing a renewed national rail contract with the transport department for Great Western Railway. The new contract will commence when GWR’s current contractual agreement ends later this month, with a core three-year term to 2025. There will be an option [...]
CoachHub rides pandemic momentum, snagging £164m in SoftBank-led funding round June 14, 2022 Online coaching startup CoachHub has snagged $200m (£164m) in its latest funding round, led by investment heavyweight’s SoftBank and Sofina. The Silicon Valley-approved startup, initially founded in Berlin in 2018, has several headquarters across Europe, including London. Its success comes off the back of Euan Blair’s Multiverse, which hit a valuation of $1.7bn (£1.4bn) last week. [...]
US regulators find over 75 environmental hang-ups with SpaceX’s mega-rocket Starship June 14, 2022 US regulators are still mulling the decision to hand Elon Musk’s SpaceX a launch licences for its mega-rocket Starship, after an environmental assessment found over 75 hang-ups. The eagerly awaited report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require SpaceX to take more than 75 actions to mitigate the environmental impacts from its proposed plan [...]
Essex fire extinguisher seller seeks to raise £3m on London’s AIM June 14, 2022 A British fire safety company, that first started selling its product on Amazon, is seeking to raise £3m by listing on London’s AIM. Essex-based fire safety firm Lifesafe Technologies is planning to float on London’s alternative market after it first began selling its “5-in-1” fire extinguisher on Amazon in August 2021. The company’s lightweight fire [...]
Nights out: Revolution Bars on track for earnings ahead of market expectations June 14, 2022 Revolution Bars has said it is confident of posting earnings slightly ahead of market expectations after strong trading over the Jubilee bank holiday. The bar operator, which owns brands such as Revolucion de Cuba and Revolution, said it had seen a “continued strong performance” across its sites. “Whilst not being immune to the widely reported [...]
Unemployment rate remains stagnant as employees on payroll hit new record June 14, 2022 The UK’s unemployment rate has remained stagnant since February, according to official figures, after it dropped slightly to 3.8 per cent. The country’s employment rate inched 0.2 per cent higher to a total of 75.6 per cent, as it continues to chase pre-pandemic levels, the Office for National Statistics has found today. It comes amid [...]
Zelensky makes last ditch appeal to Germany for support as Russia encircles city of Sievierodonetsk June 14, 2022 Ukraine’s president Zelensky has appealed to Germany to give full support to Kyiv as Russia cuts off all routes to the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk. Kyiv’s leader appealed to Germany’s Chancellor Scholz to decide that “there can’t be a trade-off between Ukraine and relations with Russia.” This comes as the Kremlin’s troops destroyed the last [...]
New Maserati MC20 Cielo supercar revealed with clever glass roof June 14, 2022 The open version of Maserati’s MC20 is called 'Cielo', after the Italian word for sky. It features a glass roof and 200mph top speed.
‘Shambles’ Home Office still keeping tens of thousands waiting for passports to be issued, says Yvette Cooper June 14, 2022 Chaos surrounding the processing of passport applications is continuing with tens of thousands still reportedly waiting for one to be issued – putting their summer holidays at risk. Home office figures showed there were now under 3,300 civil servants working full time on the issue, down from almost 4,000 over the last couple of years. [...]
