Supermarkets stop selling free-range eggs as bird flu sweeps farms March 21, 2022 Eggs in shops across the UK will now be labelled "barn eggs" rather than free-range eggs after farmers were forced to keep birds inside for more than 16 weeks after a bird flu outbreak.
Ericsson chair starts ISIS probe but backs backs Borje Ekholm as CEO March 21, 2022 Ericsson chairman Ronnie Leten said this morning that a comprehensive review is underway following the company's conduct relating to Iraq and how it was handled internally.
Gambling sector warns against ‘naive changes’ in long-awaited white paper March 21, 2022 The gambling industry has vowed to back the Chancellor’s economic recovery plan so long as the long-awaited white paper does not bring “well-meaning but naive changes”. Chief of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) Michael Dughe warned that whilst bookies were ready to help Rishi Sunak recover the public finances after the pandemic, he said [...]
Olympics investor UK Sport hit by almost a quarter of a million cyber attacks in past year March 21, 2022 UK Sport, the government agency responsible for investing in Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom, has been hit by almost a quarter of a million cyber attacks during the past year, according to official figures.
Tributes paid to murdered student Sabita Thanwani at London university halls March 21, 2022 The family of the young woman murdered at City University student flats in Clerkenwell have paid tribute to their daughter.
Disney staff head for walkout amid ‘Don’t Say Gay’ row with execs March 17, 2022 Disney staff are set to stage a walkout after execs refuse to publicly criticise the controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.
Three UK signals towards telcos consolidation March 17, 2022 Three UK chief urges for market consolidation this morning as the mobile giant reports humble revenue growth despite hitting its strongest consumer contract growth since 2012.
Estée Lauder settles with former staff over algorithm redundancies March 17, 2022 Three former Estée Lauder staff have won a settlement against the cosmetics giant after the firm used an automated interview process to sack them.
Clegg banks £10m bonus following Meta promotion March 17, 2022 Sir Nick Clegg bags a £10m bonus after taking Meta top spot as the president of global affairs alongside Mark Zuckerberg. According to Bloomberg, the former deputy prime minister raked in a stock package worth $12.3m (£9.4m), which comes on top of his annual salary at Facebook’s parent company. Clegg’s salary is reportedly £2.7m, and this [...]
Original LimeWire founder says he’s ‘not thrilled’ about NFT-style relaunch March 17, 2022 Following reports that the noughties relic LimeWire is set to relaunch as a NFT marketplace, the original founder Mark Gorton has come out to say he is “not thrilled” by this development. In an interview with the publication TorrentFreak, Gorton said: “I was not approached about this NFT project, and I didn’t hear about it [...]
