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Avon Protection share price plunges more than 20 per cent after wrestling with rising costs April 6, 2022 Avon Protection shares have plunged, after the helmet maker warned investors of lower-than-expected profits in the first half of this year. The London-listed protective equipment provider has been wrestling with “additional manufacturing costs” in recent months, as global raw materials prices are engulfed by inflation. Supply chains have also been significantly stretched post-Brexit, with the [...]
EU plans to seize Russian energy revenues as conflict escalates in Ukraine April 6, 2022 The European Union (EU) is planning to seize a portion of Russian energy revenues to pay for the future rebuilding of Ukraine.
Clifford Chance paid working class staff 44.1 per cent less than employees from professional families April 6, 2022 Employees at Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance, whose parents work as plumbers, electricians, or train drivers, took home significantly less pay in 2021 than staff whose parents work as teachers, accountants or solicitors. Clifford Chance employees from working class families earned 44.1 per cent less last year than staff at the law firm from [...]
Crypto startup Blockchain.com launches Asset Management platform April 6, 2022 Blockchain.com has launched an asset management service to bring crypto products to professional and institutional investors.
Londoners to face disruption as TfL carries out works over Easter weekend April 6, 2022 Londoners are set to face massive disruption next week as Transport for London (TfL) carries out maintenance works on the tube network over Easter weekend. TfL warned commuters that Piccadilly Line trains to and from Heathrow will be suspended throughout the weekend due to track works while both the District and Hammersmith & City lines [...]
Almost 90 per cent of the world’s Bitcoin ATMs are in the US April 6, 2022 The number of Bitcoin ATMs throughout the world has, this week, surpassed 37,000 - with some 87 per cent of the machines in the US.
UK inflation to scale to twin peaks in April and October April 6, 2022 Inflation in the UK will have twin peaks this year in a sign that households will absorb a double hit to their living standards. At the start of the year, the cost of living was originally forecast to peak in April, driven by the energy watchdog hiking the cap on energy bills 54 per cent. [...]
Royal Mail shares slump as Barclays slashes target price April 6, 2022 Shares in Royal Mail slumped this morning after bankers at Barclays snipped the firm’s price target in a note to investors, predicting choppy waters ahead for the postal group.
Investigation launched after Air France plane goes ‘crazy’ ahead of landing April 6, 2022 An investigation was launched today after an Air France plane “went crazy” just as it was landing at Paris Charles De Gaulle. Pilots on Monday struggled to control the Boeing 777, calling the airport’s air traffic controller to say the plane was “pretty much going nuts,” as it was no longer responding to commands. “Wait! [...]
Johnson says NI tax rise ‘unquestionably’ right thing for UK as tax hike comes in today April 6, 2022 Boris Johnson has said the increase in National Insurance is “unquestionably the right thing for our country” on the day the tax hike comes into place. Johnson said he has “absolutely no problem” with the tax hike as “we’ve got to give our doctors and our nurses the wherewithal, the funding” to deal with the [...]
