Bad news Nigel: Traditionalist names of City grandees slide down the baby-name ranks October 18, 2021 Baby names are increasingly being shaped by pop culture, according to the latest data, which has shown more traditional names to slide down the ranks, but win favour with mothers over 35. It marks a fading out of City grandee names like Emma Walmsley, who’s first name was ranked 60th most popular, Martin Gilbert who came [...]
Boris Johnson announces city status for Southend in honour of murdered MP Sir David Amess October 18, 2021 Southend-on-Sea will be be given city status in honour of long-serving Essex MP Sir David Amess who was murdered on Friday, Boris Johnson today announced. Amess, who was stabbed to death during a routine constituency surgery, had fought for decades for his constituency of Southend to be made a city. “I’m happy to announce that [...]
Grayscale will convert Bitcoin fund into a spot ETF, confirms CEO October 18, 2021 Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of Grayscale's parent company, has confirmed the investment firm will convert its trust to a spot ETF.
Asda deal to sell petrol forecourts to EG Group terminated October 18, 2021 The Issa brothers have decided to terminate EG Group’s acquisition of Asda’s petrol forecourt business. In an update on Monday, Asda said the termination came after the supermarket and the Issa brothers’ EG were allowed to share commercial information with one another. They had been previously restricted under UK competitive law but a ‘hold separate’ [...]
Government ordered to reveal firms in £12bn PPE bonanza ‘VIP lane’ October 18, 2021 The government has been ordered to reveal the list of 47 companies which were awarded hefty PPE contracts via the ‘high-priority lane’ at the beginning of the pandemic last year. The contracts cost the government some £12.5bn, despite a number of reports that some of the PPE acquired was ‘unusable’. The Information Commissioner has told [...]
Colin Powell: First black US secretary of state passes away after Covid complications October 18, 2021 Colin Powell, the first black US secretary of state and military leader, has died from complications of coronavirus. The diplomat served under several Republican administrations, including under President George W. Bush as the 65th secretary of state. In a post on Facebook, Powell’s family confirmed he had passed away on Monday morning, CNN reported. “General [...]
UK crypto fraud pulls more than £146m out of fooled investors’ pockets October 18, 2021 The amount of money that has reportedly been lost to cryptocurrency fraud so far this year is already a third higher than for the whole of 2020, according to new figures. Crypto fraud has racked up a more than £146m tab, Action Fraud has found, which has seen the average loss per victim climb to [...]
Timpson to cover HRT costs for staff going through menopause October 18, 2021 Retail service provider Timpson Group has said that staff can expense their prescription costs for recommended HRT. Employees of the cobbler and key-cutting firm can claim hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on expenses. The treatment relieves symptoms of the menopause. In a tweet, group chief executive James Timpson said: “It’s so important that we support our [...]
Ron’s Gone Wrong, review: A family film with a tech twist October 18, 2021 It’s a sign of the times that an increasing number of family films are focusing on technology. The Jumanji movies moved from a boardgame to a video game console; Space Jam’s villain was a rogue AI; and one of the best family movies of this year, The Mitchells Vs The Machines, had our reliance on [...]
Most Brits support net zero policies – until they make life more expensive October 18, 2021 The majority of the public support net zero policies, until they curb personal freedoms and make life more expensive, according to new research. Policies like increasing taxes on red meat and dairy rallied the least support across the older generations, while frequent flyer levies failed to pull in younger, travel-hungry, individuals, according to the research [...]
