Letters: New rules for a new age? April 13, 2022 [Re: Police training documents suggest the force are unequipped to investigate Big Tech, 11 April] Matthew Lesh’s comment that the Online Safety Bill is “draconian”, and the government’s focus on it means it is “failing to educate and resource the police to tackle real crime”, fails to acknowledge the crux of the bill and what [...]
Behind-the-story: A British volunteer soldier turned twitter persona April 13, 2022 The war in Ukraine has been fought on two fronts: on land against Russian troops – and on social media. Aiden Aslin, a British national fighting with the Ukrainian forces, personified these simultaneous struggles. The former care worker from Newark, in Nottinghamshire, was engaged in the very real fight against Russian troops. But was also [...]
Rishi Sunak considered resigning over partygate fine – but settled for an ‘unreserved apology’ April 13, 2022 Embattled chancellor Rishi Sunak considered resigning over partygate but settled for an apology instead. The second in command to Boris Johnson was issued with a fixed penalty notice over lockdown breaches this week, plunging his political ambitions into chaos. It is understood, according to The Times, he discussed his political future with his inner circle [...]
1 Minute Market Rundown – 13th April 2022 April 13, 2022 Russia – UkraineCore CPI a Touch SofterCrypto ConsolidatesEarnings in Focus US CPI was the key focus of the markets yesterday. As we predicted, the bar was set high for the print as the markets expectations of a hawkish FED has run rampant. As such the USD was sold off following the print, as we thought [...]
Troubled miner Polymetal International postpones dividend decision April 13, 2022 Anglo-Russian miner Polymetal International (Polymetal) has postponed the decision on its final dividend payment for 2021.
Musk sued for not making Twitter stake increase public April 13, 2022 Elon Musk is being sued because he didn’t make public he had bought a major stake in Twitter. The Tesla and SpaceX billionaire, who recently became the largest shareholder in the social media giant, is facing action from investors in a New York federal court. This comes after Musk bought 9.2 per cent in Twitter [...]
GlaxoSmithKline clinches cancer specialist Sierra Oncology in $1.9bn deal April 13, 2022 Healthcare giant GSK has snapped up Sierra Oncology, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare forms of cancer treatments.
Housebuilders agree to pay £5bn bill to fix unsafe homes April 13, 2022 Housebuilders have agreed to contribute £5bn to address unsafe homes, the government has announced. Developers will contribute at least £2bn to fix building safety defects, such as dangerous cladding, on their own buildings from the past three decades. Some £3bn will also be paid by the industry through an expansion to the Building Safety Levy, [...]
PZ Cussons boss: ‘Most challenging external environment many of us have seen’ April 13, 2022 Imperial Leather owner PZ Cussons has seen revenue growth boosted in the third quarter, despite Brits buying less hand sanitiser now. In a trading update on Wednesday morning, the personal healthcare giant said its third quarter like-for-like revenue growth was 8.5 per cent. The FTSE 250 firm, which owns brands including Carex and St Tropez, [...]
Renewables generated more power than gas and coal amid record wind turbine performance April 13, 2022 Renewables provided more power over the first three months of the year than gas and coal, according market specialist EnAppSys.
