Ladbrokes owner Entain to launch £40m innovation hub in London January 31, 2022 Ladbrokes and Sportingbet owner Entain will launch a £40m global innovation hub in London as it looks to accelerate its expansion into entertainment.
Hire away: Easyjet to recruit 1,000 pilots over the next five years January 31, 2022 Easyjet has announced it will recruit 1,000 pilots over the next five years, focusing on attracting more women. The low-cost carrier, who is expecting bookings to go back to almost pre-Covid levels by the summer, said it wants to recruit more women to tackle the industry’s blatant gender disparity. “We are delighted to be reopening [...]
Spotify rolls out covid content warnings after Neil Young and Joni Mitchell launch protest January 31, 2022 Streaming giant Spotify will roll out Covid content warnings on podcasts after singer Neil Young withdrew from the platform in protest at the spread of misinformation.
Six in ten FTSE 350 companies fail to fully comply with governance code January 31, 2022 Sixty per cent of FTSE 350 companies are not fully compliant with the UK’s Corporate Governance Code, according to new research from Thomson Reuters.
Steel sales slump at Evraz amid Russian export pressures January 31, 2022 Global steel and mining giant Evraz reported a slump in sales of its steel products last year after new rules on exports of its Russian products put a squeeze on production.
Ryanair sees fourth quarter as ‘hugely uncertain’ following €96m loss January 31, 2022 Ryanair sees this quarter as ‘hugely uncertain’ after posting a €96m loss in the three months ended 31 December. Due to the rise of Omicron and the consequent travel restrictions imposed at the end of the year, the low-cost airline saw January capacity cut 33 per cent, while traffic was reduced from 10 million passengers [...]
Mining giant Anglo Pacific names new CEO amid shift away from coal January 31, 2022 Mining company Anglo Pacific has said company veteran Marc Bishop Lafleche will succeed Julian Treger as its new CEO. Bishop Lafleche, who currently serves as Anglo Pacific’s Chief Investment Officer, will take over the firm in April of this year. Former Citi banker, Bishop Lafleche, first joined Anglo Pacific in 2014 as the company’s investment [...]
Unchecked climate change to drive up coffee prices January 31, 2022 Climate change could destroy half of the world’s prime coffee growing land, according to Swiss scientists, which will push up prices for caffeine cravers. The study published last week, which looked at how a moderate climate increase would impact the harvest of coffee, cashews and avocados, found that the world’s largest coffee producer – Brazil [...]
Spotify faces the music amid Rogan row January 31, 2022 How the streaming giant may have taken its podcast push too far
Johnson to meet tech bosses in push to make London more attractive for IPOs January 31, 2022 Boris Johnson will today meet with a group of tech bosses to discuss how to make the UK a more attractive destination for Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) post-Brexit. It comes as the government is set to shed or ease a series of EU regulations on financial services later this year in a bid to boost [...]
