Women’s rugby has just showed it is streets ahead of the men’s game with new competition WXV March 19, 2021 “It’s not as good as men’s.” That is such an obvious response to any number of women’s sports. As if to evidence such a lowly perception of women’s sport, the recent announcement of the Women’s Six Nations postponement was met with a deluge of misogyny and comments from men who said they simply “don’t care”. Initiated by Stef Evans of Bristol Bears, the women’s rugby community countered in [...]
DEBATE: Can you truly nurture talent in a virtual office set up? March 19, 2021 Tom Harvey, Managing Director of Spoke says No While our team have done a brilliant job at home, won new clients and delivered great projects, home-working is no substitute for being together in person. As a creative agency that delivers film, animation, design, illustration and photography, all of our work requires collaboration and a range [...]
Almost one in 10 Londoners to be unemployed by the end of the year March 19, 2021 Almost one in 10 Londoners are set to be unemployed by the end of the year as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy, grim new figures have revealed. The unemployment rate in the capital is set to hit 9.4 per cent — or 464,000 economically active residents — in December, according to [...]
Last orders: 21 pubs closed every day during coronavirus pandemic March 19, 2021 Almost 21 pubs and bars have closed each day since the first coronavirus lockdown was imposed last year, according to figures published today. Britain has 7,592 fewer licensed premises than it did before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, with independent pubs and bars hit the hardest by the restrictions on trading. Closures accelerated in January and [...]
Payments group Wise mulls direct London listing March 19, 2021 Payments company Wise, formerly known as Transferwise, is reportedly looking to list in London without selling new shares to investors. Upheld as one of the UK’s most successful startups, having reached unicorn status in 2015, Wise has long been considered a candidate for an IPO. The fintech, which was most recently valued by private investors [...]
The Friday wine column: Expert’s guide to food matching March 19, 2021 Matching wine with food is often seen as an elite level of wine expertise, something only for the real pros, so why would anyone who doesn’t know much about wine go there? First, there’s the additional joy and pleasure you can bring into your life with just a few small changes to something you’re already [...]
Freshfields to let staff work from home half of the time post-Covid March 19, 2021 Freshfields will allow staff to work from home for up to 50 per cent of the time when coronavirus restrictions are eased. The magic circle law firm has told staff they can work from home for half of the time, providing that any arrangements take account of client and business commitments. Freshfields said the new [...]
Green revolution: Johnson Matthey makes decarbonisation push into mining sector March 19, 2021 Sustainable technologies company Johnson Matthey has teamed up with metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater to accelerate new battery technologies in the push for a low-carbon future. The LSE-listed tech company aims to cut the carbon footprint in metal supply chains by expanding on its clean hydrogen production, fuel cell products, next generation battery material and solutions for [...]
Financial services firms admit they do not have carbon neutral targets in place March 19, 2021 Financial services firms are struggling with net zero targets, with more than half (51%) of firms saying they do not yet have a target in place to achieve carbon neutral status. Just 18 per cent of financial services firms have a plan to achieve carbon neutral status by 2025, and 16 per cent claim they [...]
UK in talks with Elon Musk’s Starlink over broadband rollout March 19, 2021 The government is in talks with Elon Musk’s Starlink over using satellites to help roll out full-fibre broadband in the most remote parts of the UK. Ministers today confirmed the launch of a £5bn plan to bring high-speed internet connections to properties across the country in the coming years. The government had originally set the [...]
