Wizz Air aiming for 60-80 per cent capacity over summer April 23, 2021 Wizz Air chief executive Jozsef Varadi said that the carrier was planning to fly at 60-80 per cent capacity over the summer months. Speaking at an aviation conference this morning, the Hungarian airline’s boss said that the situation over the summer would be far better than the current circumstances. “I’m expecting something between 60 per [...]
Hospitality groups gear up to take on insurers over business interruption cover April 23, 2021 Hospitality companies hit hard by the pandemic are forming groups to take on their insurers, in the hope of receiving business interruption cover they believe they are owed. The hospitality businesses involved believe they are owned payouts from their insurers after the coronavirus and subsequent restrictions left them unable to serve customers for months at [...]
EP: 54 Hong Kong Champions Day & Sandown April 23, 2021 Saturday sees the final day of the jump season at Sandown and we chat to Glamorgan based trainer Christian Williams about his runners there. On Sunday in Hong Kong it’s the annual Champions Day meeting and the four-time champion jockey Zac Purton joins us to tell us about his chances of riding a winner or [...]
JP Morgan apologises for funding European Super League April 23, 2021 JP Morgan has vowed to “learn from” its experience with the failed European Super League, after committing £2.8bn to the controversial project. In a statement, the investment bank said: “We clearly misjudged how this deal would be viewed by the wider football community and how it might impact them in the future. “We will learn [...]
Exclusive: London mayor candidate faces calls to pull out for hosting antisemitic video April 23, 2021 Independent mayor of London candidate Brian Rose is facing calls to pull out of the race over a video on his website that contains a slew of antisemitic conspiracy theories by conspiracy theorist David Icke. The video in question, from 2019, features Icke telling Rose in detail about how 9/11 was a plot hatched by [...]
SpaceX and Nasa launch astronauts in recycled rocket April 23, 2021 SpaceX and Nasa have teamed up yet again to launch four astronauts into space onboard a recycled rocket. In a landmark flight, it is the first time a rocket from a previous flight has been re-launched into space successfully. Currently on-route to the International Space Station, the Crew-2 mission is the third trip SpaceX has [...]
Could Ethereum overtake Bitcoin as the world’s leading cryptocurrency? April 23, 2021 Ethereum has the potential to be bigger than Bitcoin and become the dominant crypto asset, according to a renowned market analyst.
EV: Honda pledges to have a 100 per cent electric fleet by 2040 April 23, 2021 The new CEO of Honda has confirmed today its goal to make electric vehicles (EVs) and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) count for 100 per cent of all sales by 2040. Chief executive Toshihiro Mibe, who joined the carmaker at the beginning of April, said the company will invest $46.3bn, or five trillion yen, in supporting [...]
Time to buy the dip, or have the crypto markets got further to fall? April 23, 2021 More than $400 billion has now been wiped off the cryptocurrency market over the last seven days – almost 20 per cent of its total value.
KPMG’s ex-interim CEO Mary O’Connor in talks about leaving after being passed up for the top job April 23, 2021 Mary O’Connor, who was the first woman to head up KPMG, is in advanced talks to leave the firm after being passed over for the top job. O’Connor is close to agreeing the details of her exit, Sky News first reported, and a statement on her future at the company could be made in the [...]
