Thirty American candy shops on Oxford Street probed over tax dodging claims June 13, 2022 Dozens of American-candy shops on Oxford Street are being probed over claims they failed to pay £7.9m in business rates. Westminster City Council said on Monday that it had seized counterfeit and illegal goods amounting to a £474,000 sum over the past six months. The council told the BBC that the 30 shops under investigation [...]
Ministers unveil new digital strategy to boost UK tech sector June 13, 2022 Ministers have today unveiled plans to boost the UK’s tech sector and spur investment into the digital economy in a bid to cement the country “as a global tech superpower”.
Google engineer put on paid leave after outing AI chatbot as ‘sentient’ June 13, 2022 Google has placed a senior engineer on “paid administrative leave” after he made comments about the company's chatbot being “sentient”.
Gold prices dive as hawkish Federal Reserve prepares to counter inflation with interest rate hike June 13, 2022 Gold prices plummeted $20 per ounce today with growing expectations of a hefty basis point hike in interest rates from the Federal Reserve this week.
Heathrow calls on aviation regulator to ‘protect services’ with favourable price cap June 13, 2022 Heathrow has urged the aviation regulator to “protect services and resilience levels” by setting a price cap favourable to the airport. “The last thing passengers want is a cut price plan that leads to the cancelled holidays, stress and ‘hassle’ seen at other airports,” the hub said in an update on Monday. The airport asked [...]
Red Light, Green Light: Shares fly for studio behind Squid Game as Netflix announces its comeback June 13, 2022 Shares in the studio behind Netflix's mega-hit Squid Game were up nearly 30 per cent today after the streaming giant revealed the show would come back for a second season.
Johnson says changes to Northern Ireland Protocol are ‘trivial’ June 13, 2022 Boris Johnson has downplayed planned UK changes to the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol as a “trivial adjustment” amid EU fears they will breach international law. Foreign secretary Liz Truss will today publish new legislation, which is expected to unilaterally override the protocol, despite warnings from the Irish government that this will represent a new low-point [...]
Searching for Shelley at Elcot Park in Berkshire June 13, 2022 THE WEEKEND: On the fringes of the market town of Hungerford in rural Berkshire, The Retreat at Elcot Park is set on elevating the country-house hotel stay. The second hotel from The Signet Collection (the first property is the awardwinning The Mitre in Hampton Court), guests can expect more of the brand’s alluring combination of [...]
Molten Ventures poised to slash investment by half after profits jump to £301m June 13, 2022 London-listed venture capital firm Molten Ventures reported a surge in the value of its portfolio in the last 12 months but warned today it was braced for a slowdown in the year ahead as inflation begins to bite.
Go-Ahead shares surge after bus operator receives two takeover approaches June 13, 2022 Go-Ahead has seen its stock price surge after receiving two takeover approaches, which it said it was inclined to accept. The bus operator is the latest transport firm to be courted by international investors. Fellow coach company Stagecoach was snatched by German asset manager DWS Infrastructure in May while last week public transport titan [...]
