Cressida Dick and the Metropolitan Police lost the communications war after Sarah Everard disappearance March 15, 2021 The disappearance and alleged murder of Sarah Everard touched already frayed nerves. Many have spoken or written of their powerful feeling of “It could have been me”, because Ms Everard was doing what thousands of women do all the time, walking back to her house through streets she knew with, presumably, every expectation of reaching [...]
Tech hiring surges as firms turn to government’s Kickstart Scheme March 15, 2021 The resilience of the tech sector has seen hiring return to pre-pandemic levels and now it is turning to the government’s kickstart scheme to recruit under-24s. The digital tech sector has seen hiring surge to pre-pandemic levels with 122,446 advertised roles in the IT sector alone. Firms are making use of the government’s Kickstart Scheme [...]
More than half of UK spending now online after pandemic, says Lloyds Bank March 15, 2021 More than half of all UK spending has now shifted online thanks to the Covid pandemic and physical payments have shifted one kilometre closer to people’s homes, according to Lloyds Bank. A new study by the bank also found that ATM and branch withdrawals plummeted by 33 per cent over the past year. Debit card [...]
House price boom continues in March as buyer demand hits record levels March 15, 2021 Record levels of buyer demand pushed the average price of new properties coming to market up 0.8 per cent last month, new research shows. According to Rightmove, the current excess of demand is the highest it has been for a decade, pushing prices up £2,484 in March. The number of potential buyers enquiring about each [...]
Vaccine rollout sends business confidence to highest levels in three years March 15, 2021 The rapid rollout of Covid-19 vaccines across Europe has led to business confidence hitting its highest levels in three years. According to IHS Markit’s global business outlook survey, business confidence now stands at +32 per cent, up from +26 per cent in October. The increase has been driven by the success of the vaccine rollout, [...]
Johnson to send jobs north as a part of UK integrated defence review March 14, 2021 Boris Johnson will release the government’s long-awaited integrated defence review on Tuesday, with the Prime Minister set to announce the creation of thousands of defence jobs outside of London. Johnson tonight said the review would “drive investment back into our communities”, with the Foreign Office’s hub in Scotland to get 500 more staff and England’s [...]
The City View podcast: City Airport’s Robert Sinclair March 14, 2021 In this episode of the City View podcast, Andy Silvester hosts City Airport boss Robert Sinclair. He and Andy discuss the future of aviation, the capital’s continuing global relevance and what the airport needs from Government in the forthcoming post-Covid travel review. Andy also speaks to Tracey Brady, Managing Director of Company Matters, part of [...]
Sadiq Khan calls for watchdog inquiry into police action at Sarah Everard vigil March 14, 2021 Sadiq Khan has said he is “not satisfied” by Met commissioner Cressida Dick’s explanation of heavy-handed police actions at Sarah Everard’s Clapham vigil last night, calling for a full investigation by two police watchdogs. The mayor of London, who has oversight of the Metropolitan Police, said he had “received assurances” from the police that the [...]
Ministers ‘considering ban’ on new North Sea exploration March 14, 2021 The government is considering banning new licenses to explore for oil in the North Sea, in what could be the first death knell for the basin. Ministers are weighing up a number of options for the continental shelf, the Telegraph reported, including a ban on licenses from 2040 or a temporary pause in licenses. It [...]
Brexit: Depleted UK-EU trade won’t recover until summer, says lorry lobby March 14, 2021 The collapse of post-Brexit trade with the EU will last until the summer or longer as businesses still struggle to navigate new red tape, according to the UK’s haulage body. New figures on Friday revealed that UK exports to the EU had plummeted by 40 per cent since the end of the transition period on [...]
