Recruitment for Ofcom Chair ‘would put a reality TV series to shame’ says Tory MP January 27, 2022 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chair Julian Knight MP has called the recruitment process for the next Chair of Ofcom a "shambles", as the process lingers on following Paul Dacre controversy.
UK government shakes up Universal Credit in bid to tackle labour shortages, as vacancies hit record highs January 27, 2022 The UK government has said that unemployed people will be expected to look for any sort of work, within weeks of first claiming Universal Credit, if they are unable to find a job in their previous occupation. In an effort to move half a million people into employment by the end of June, the government [...]
Heathrow passengers stuck as security checks cause hour-long queues for umpteenth time January 27, 2022 Passengers at Heathrow have been complaining of being stuck in queues of more than 3 hours, waiting to be processed by Border Force. “Stuck at the UK border (non-UK, EU, US) in LHR for 4+ hours. Last time it was 2.5+. Kids crying all around. Officers drift in and out,” a tech entrepreneur told TechCrunch’s [...]
BP hires renewable specialist to head new offshore wind division January 27, 2022 Oil and gas giant BP is set to appoint an executive from Danish wind power firm Orsted to head its new offshore wind division according to Reuters.
US economy smashes Wall Street expectations as GDP accelerates at quickest pace since 1980s January 27, 2022 The US economy is powering faster than Wall Street can keep up with as the recovery across the pond continues to gather momentum. Stateside GDP growth came in at 6.9 per cent in the final three months of last year, the US Commerce Department said today. Experts had been pencilling in a 5.5 per cent [...]
EU court adviser green-lights airline passenger data law January 27, 2022 The European Court of Justice’s advocate general Giovanni Pitruzzella has given the green light to a law that allows the gathering of airline passengers’ information. According Pitruzzella, under the 2016 Passenger Name Record Directive, authorities should access passengers’ information on all flights to and from the EU only in security matters, including terrorism and other [...]
E-bike firm Cowboy raises $80m as it rides urban mobility boom January 27, 2022 Electric bike startup Cowboy has announced an $80m funding injection as it rides a boom in demand for electrical bikes across Europe.
Office occupancy is up, as workers return to Central London offices January 27, 2022 Workers have started coming back into central London offices, according to new data from Infogrid, which shows the number of workers back in central London is up 42.7 per cent compared to last week. The figures, collected by Infogrid using sensors it has installed in its customers offices, show that office occupancy jumped 42.7 per [...]
The whisky diaries: Tasting a very special 39-year-old January 27, 2022 Some whiskies want to get you drunk, some want to challenge you, but The Singleton 39 Year Old is a super premium single malt that really wants to take you to dinner. While the first release in The Singleton’s Epicurean Odyssey series, a 38-year-old single malt launched in 2020, tasted of baked apples and caramel, [...]
MSC goes in for majority stake in ITA, telling ‘the Germans’ to settle for minority share January 27, 2022 Shipping giant MSC has made clear it wants a majority stake in the takeover of Italian airline and Alitalia successor ITA Airways, leaving Lufthansa with a minority share of the company. “The most important thing for us is to have a majority share in ITA Airways. The Germans can come in as a commercial partner [...]
