Bumble and Match to fund abortions for Texan women September 3, 2021 Rival dating apps Bumble and Match have launched funds for Texan women after a controversial law passed banning abortions from week six of pregnancy. Match and Bumble will help women travel out of state to have the procedure after Texas passed its abortion law on Wednesday, banning the procedure from the moment a fetal heartbeat [...]
Hiring spree: JCB continues recruitment drive amid historic demand September 3, 2021 JCB has announced 100 new jobs as its recruitment drive ramps up amid historic demand for its iconic machines. The digger maker is hiring 100 welders for its factories in Staffordshire. The company will also welcome 15 recruits on to its apprenticeship scheme in September which has trained 70 welders in the past three years. [...]
Look at me now: ABBA to perform with digital avatars in London live shows September 3, 2021 ABBA are releasing their first new album for almost 40 years and will perform at London live shows with digital versions of themselves. Band members Björn Ulvaeus, 76, and Benny Andersson, 74, announced the release of a ten song album called Voyage during a press conference yesterday. It will be the first new album the [...]
Bin collection delays ongoing amid driver shortage September 3, 2021 At least 18 councils across the UK have confirmed that they are experiencing delays to bin collection services as a result of staff shortages. A deficit of some 100,000 heavy goods vehicle drivers, driven by Brexit and the pandemic, is causing major disruption according to a letter penned to Home Secretary Priti Patel by three [...]
Renaissance hedge fund execs to pay £5bn in back taxes September 3, 2021 Renaissance Technology executives and their family members have agreed to pay $7bn (£5bn) in back taxes and fines as part of a settlement with the US tax authority. The fines, which come as part of the largest tax settlement in US history, relate to trades made by the firm’s Medallion Fund between 2005 and 2015. [...]
Utmost grows assets under administration to £38.1bn in H1 2021 September 3, 2021 Utmost Group has reported strong results for the first half of the year, growing assets under administration to £38.1bn. The company, a leading provider of insurance-based wealth solutions, grew its asset base by 7.9 per cent year on year and wrote record new business of £1.3bn in H1 2021. The company reported an operating profit [...]
General Motors shuts eight plants amid supply shortages September 3, 2021 Vehicle manufacturer General Motors will shut down most of its North American plants in September as the semi-conductor chip shortage continues to bite. Yesterday the company announced it would shut four plants in the US, three in Mexico and one in Canada for up to two weeks, including two sites which make the company’s trademark [...]
Extinction Rebellion blocks roads outside Bank of England September 2, 2021 Roads outside the Bank of England remain closed as Extinction Rebellion protestors, including 50 activists who are breaking bail conditions, stage a sit-in. In a Tweet this afternoon, the Metropolitan Police confirmed that Queen Victoria Street is closed after green activists made their way from the Tate Modern to the doors of the Bank of [...]
Treasury civil servants to work from home forever in blow to Rishi Sunak September 2, 2021 Treasury civil servants will be allowed to work from home indefinitely in a blow to Rishi Sunak’s credibility. Job adverts for roles at HM Treasury reveal that staff will be allowed to work from home in a hybrid pattern on a permanent basis, spending an average of two to three days a week in the [...]
WhatsApp fined £193m by data protection watchdog September 2, 2021 WhatsApp has been ordered to pay a €225m (£193m) fine under a European data protection law. Facebook owned messaging platform has been accused of failing to be transparent about how it handled user data by the Irish Data Protection Commission. The data protection watchdog announced the decision today saying that WhatsApp had failed to adequately [...]
