Profit swells to £6m for Brighton Pier Group after staycation boom and tax reliefs March 28, 2022 Brighton Pier Group said its profit before tax hit £6.6m in its half-year results, as pent up demand from families caused a £4m leap. The amusement park operator said the family entertainment market had been buoyed by holiday makers opting for staycations amid the pandemic. Profit before tax surged beyond the £2.7m sum for the [...]
National Grid’s £4.2bn gas sell-off to Macquarie comes under fire from Vince Cable March 28, 2022 Former business secretary Vince Cable has criticised National Grid's decision to sell a 60 per cent stake in NGG to Macquarie.
Tandem Group revenue surges past £40m despite bicycle supply issues March 28, 2022 Sporting equipment supplier Tandem Group has seen revenue jump despite stock availability issues with bicycles. In results for the year to 31 December, revenue increased approximately 10.4 per cent to £40.9m. Its bicycle division finished 12 per cent behind the previous year with stock availability having “proved to be a significant problem throughout the year.” [...]
Letters: Sayonara, Silicon Valley March 28, 2022 [RE: Tech firms lead business growth across Britain as one in four of all high-growth companies are start-ups, March 22] Hazlewoods’s research sent a clear message to readers: start-ups are the beating heart of the UK economy. Unsurprisingly, Hazlewoods found start-ups make up a quarter of all high-growth firms. The odds may be stacked against [...]
The big bucks world for esports March 28, 2022 Leah Montebello on one London site’s bid for a part of the lucrative global esports pie...
Interventions have merit, but government mustn’t get hooked on meddling March 28, 2022 The drumbeat towards another Sunakian save-the-day package has begun, it seems. It is barely weeks since the Chancellor’s first energy market intervention, a devillishly complicated scheme of rebates and discounts to reduce the pain of higher energy prices. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has now added further upward pressure on those same costs, and it is [...]
To make the City rich in socio-economic diversity, we need a measure of it first March 28, 2022 THE City of London today is a far more diverse place than when I started out my career as a lawyer. The workers spilling out of the tube stations, flitting between offices, grabbing coffees and enjoying the Square Mile’s vibrant hospitality venues are now a rich cosmopolitan blend, representing every corner of the globe. Strikingly [...]
Crypto fraud up 64 per cent as investment spikes for mainstream March 28, 2022 Crypto investment fraud in the UK has continued to rise sharply in the UK with a total of 9,458 cases reported in 2021, up 64 per cent from 2020 figures according to data from Pinsent Masons.
Menopause gap: Only 13 per cent of firms have policies in place to support women March 28, 2022 Businesses are failing to deal with menopause effectively, as new data reveals that only 13 per cent of organisations that had a high representation of women in their workforce had a menopausal policy.
Exclusive: Top property platforms launch trade body to combat misleading investor information March 28, 2022 A group of top property investment platforms have launched a trade body today to combat the spread of misleading investment information, ahead of a predicted flood of funding from retail investors into the space.
