Tory MP paid £300,000 by private equity firm that invests in spy tech for China November 14, 2021 A Tory MP has been paid £300,000 by a private equity firm that invests in a spy technology company used by the China government against Uyghur Muslims. North East Bedfordshire MP Richard Fuller has been paid £20,000 a month since January 2020 to work as an advisory director for Investcorp Securities. It is one of four jobs [...]
How have crypto market moves affected consumer behaviour online? November 14, 2021 Ed Lavery explains how crypto market moves have affected consumer behaviour online.
Antivaxxers have a new enemy: The Santa from Tesco November 14, 2021 Tesco has become the latest subject to antivax protest, after it included a double vaccinated Santa in its latest Christmas advert. Antivaxxers, those who have been against the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, took to Twitter to protest the advert, which pushed #BoycottTesco to trend on the social media platform. GB News presenter Tonia Buxton tweeted: “#BoycottTesco [...]
Bank of England defends fossil fuel funding to Extinction Rebellion November 14, 2021 The Bank of England (BoE) reportedly tried to appease Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests earlier this year, as the climate activist group targeted City fossil fuel financing. In emails with XR members, the central bank urged that government instead has the “primary levers for driving the economy-wide transition to net-zero emissions”, The Telegraph first reported. In [...]
Labour takes lead in the polls in wake of Tory sleaze scandals November 14, 2021 Labour has taken the lead in two major polls amid the Tory second jobs and sleaze row that has engulfed Westminster. Labour leads the Conservatives by 37 to 36 per cent in today’s Observer/Opinium poll, while a Savanta ComRes survey two days ago gave Sir Keir Starmer’s party a 6 per cent lead. The Opinium [...]
FCA accused of changing compensation rules to avoid paying victims November 14, 2021 The UK’s financial regulator stands accused of unlawfully changing the rules of its compensation scheme to avoid payouts to victims. The FCA allegedly changed its complaints scheme as it was facing claims from savers who lost a total of £237m in the collapse of investment firm London Capital & Finance in 2019. The watchdog is being investigated [...]
Wizz Air to buy up to 196 Airbus A321 November 14, 2021 Wizz Air has announced the purchase of 102 Airbus A321 aircraft – divided between 75 Airbus A321neo and 27 Airbus A321XLR – that will be delivered between 2025 and 2027. It follows Airbus’s forecast that up to 39,000 new aircraft will be built by 2040, as a result of increasing passenger numbers as well as [...]
China mulls cybersecurity review for companies seeking Hong Kong IPO November 14, 2021 China has ramped up its oversight of mainland companies holding data that seek a listing in Hong Kong with a proposed new law mandating a cybersecurity review. Under the the new draft regulation, published by China’s cyberspace regulator today, officials would impose a cybersecurity review on such companies if a listing is deemed to have [...]
Christmas parties get the chop at London firms November 14, 2021 City bosses have cancelled their traditional Christmas parties for a second year running over Covid fears. Blowout Christmas celebrations usually held by London’s accounting, insurance and law firms will be scrapped in favour of smaller dinners and events for individual teams the Telegraph first reported. Despite large gatherings being allowed under current Covid rules, top [...]
Supply chain crisis could last until 2023, UK ports warn November 14, 2021 The supply chain crisis could last up until 2023, Associated British Ports (ABP) – the UK’s biggest port operator – has warned. ABP’s chief executive Henrik Pedersen, told the Sunday Times: “When you have congested container ports around the world, it takes a very long time to turn it around. We have a shortage of [...]
