Citroen C5 X review: Vive la différence March 24, 2022 Tim Pitt drives the radical new Citroen C5 X, an upmarket plug-in hybrid with a uniquely French approach to luxury.
McColl’s boss steps down after six years at the helm amid rescue talks March 24, 2022 The chief of beleaguered convenience store chain McColl’s has quit as the business faces an existential crisis. The chain has been in talks with lenders over emergency cash, as it hopes to find a buyer to secure its future. After three decades with the chain and six years in leadership, Jonathan Miller has quit the [...]
Sun not setting yet: Tabloid sees progress in digital shift March 24, 2022 The Sun shrunk losses last year to just £2m before legal charges, with the tabloid stalwart seeming to find momentum in its ongoing shift towards digital. Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN), which publishes The Sun, lost £51m in total last year but £49m of that relates to legal provisions for cases related to the [...]
US reaches deal with EU to boost LNG supplies March 24, 2022 The US is expected to supply the EU with 15bn cubic metres of liquefied natural gas by the end of the year to reduce dependence on Russia.
Moscow Stock Exchange reopens for first time in nearly a month March 24, 2022 The Moscow Stock Exchange partially reopened today after trading in shares was frozen for more than three weeks as authorities tried to avoid a collapse in Russian equity prices. Shares actually rose after trading resumed, with Moscow’s benchmark index closing up over four per cent. The index is still down around 30 per cent over [...]
Watch the dramatic moment a Russian ship goes up in flames after a Ukrainian strike March 24, 2022 Dramatic footage has been shared on social media reportedly showing the moment a Russian landing ship burst into flames. Ukraine’s navy shared a short clip on Twitter showing the vessel after being hit by the Kyiv’s forces in the port city of Berdyansk. The ship, called the Orsk, was according to the Telegraph an Alligator-class [...]
Hundreds of Knights’ worker opted into share options scheme as stock price plummets March 24, 2022 Shares in listed law firm Knights Plc continued to plummet today, as it emerged that hundreds of Knights’ workers had agreed to buy shares at more than double their current price, after opting into an employee ownership scheme. A total of 524 employees opted into Knights’ Save As You Earn scheme, which offered company employees [...]
TfL: Northern Line’s Bank branch should be up and running ahead of May reopening of station March 24, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) announced today that works on the Northern line’s Bank branch were on time for the line’s reopening in mid-May. Part of the Bank Station Capacity Upgrade project, the works aim to increase capacity at Bank and Monument stations by 40 per cent. “We are on track, we had few good progress [...]
Spring statement: Record fall in living standards under current parliament March 24, 2022 UK living standards will fall quicker over the course of this parliament than any other since records began, reveals fresh analysis released in the wake of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spring statement. The typical non-retired household is forecasted to be two per cent worse off by the time of the next election in 2024, according to [...]
PM urges West to sanction Russian gold reserves as NATO warns of chemical weapons use March 24, 2022 Prime minister Boris Johnson has urged the West to press sanctions on Russia’s gold reserves, as NATO warns that the Kremlin-controlled state may be trying to create a climate for chemical weapons use. Johnson doubled down on his stance that the country had already “crossed a red line” during its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, again [...]
