Rentokil revenue grows despite disinfection demand slowing October 21, 2021 Pest control and hygiene firm Rentokil Initial revenue grew over the past three months thanks to recent acquisition. The Camberley-based company reported revenue jumped 0.5 per cent to £761.9m for the third quarter of 2021. Shares dropped almost two per cent on Thursday morning, although the business said it had seen a strong performance across [...]
Meta, Bookface or Teenage Wasteland? Endless options for Facebook’s rebrand October 21, 2021 With ongoing reports about Facebook's rebrand, Twitter is having a field day about what the new name could be
FTSE 100 drops as industrial stocks continue to slide October 21, 2021 Industrial stocks continued their descent this morning, dragging the FTSE 100 down sharply. The capital’s premier index fell 0.31 per cent to 7,200.43 points during the opening session today. More to follow.
Opinion-in-brief: Sadiq Khan expansion of ULEZ comes at the ultra-worst time October 21, 2021 Londoners need more time and help to prepare for Sadiq Khan’s expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone. Covid restrictions only ended three months ago, and few have had a chance to recover, let alone prepare for the charge. City Hall has offered little help to those who can’t afford to switch vehicles. Only a [...]
How to deal with impostor syndrome October 21, 2021 The effects of impostor syndrome can stop people from owning their achievements, but what is the phenomenon and how can it be overcome? For many, creeping thoughts of being a fraud, that they have only progressed as far as they have in their career by luck or circumstance, and that one day someone will find [...]
Trump to launch social media app, TRUTH Social October 21, 2021 Former U.S. President Donald Trump will launch his own social media app, TRUTH Social to "create a rival to the liberal media consortium and fight back against the "Big Tech” companies of Silicon Valley."
Ed Warner: Activity vouchers can solve post-Covid sport participation problem October 21, 2021 I addressed a bunch of politicians, advisors and sports industry types at a Westminster Forum this week on the challenges facing sport and the public funding priorities as we come out of the pandemic. The risk on these occasions is that you get caught in an echo chamber, telling the audience what it already thinks [...]
UK consumers are more worried about climate change than Covid, as COP26 nears October 21, 2021 Climate change is a bigger concern for UK consumers than the Covid-19 pandemic and or the economy. SEC Newgate ESG Monitor has published a research study of public attitudes to environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles, revealing that 71 per cent of British people are concerned about climate change. The percentage of people that put [...]
Hundreds protest outside Netflix over transphobic’ Dave Chappelle comedy October 21, 2021 Netflix employees stop work at Californian headquarters to protest against the streaming platform’s handling of complaints against Dave Chappelle’s new special
Letters: The cost (and profit) of going green October 21, 2021 Re: Green Revolution, costs apply, October 19] The front page “ Green Revolution * Costs apply “ missed out one main point . Opportunities apply too. The City and business globally have been working on the step change required for decades. Many of these innovations are being led by UK plc. This will create and [...]
