Number of properties available for purchase before being constructed soaring to levels ‘never witnessed before’ April 5, 2022 Record numbers of homes sold will be “off plan” by the end of the year, a property group told City A.M. this morning. The National Association of Property Buyers believe the number of properties available for purchase before they have been constructed will soar to levels never witnessed before. According to data shared with this [...]
Russian Army soldiers killed ‘for amusement’ in what look like war crimes, says British military bigwig: ‘Systematic and deliberate’ April 5, 2022 The former head of British military operations in Afghanistan has said images of dead civilians in Ukraine point to war crimes committed by Russian troops. Colonel Richard Kemp, a former member of the Joint Intelligence Committee, said there appears to have been a policy of systematically killing civilians to spread terror. Asked if video footage [...]
Eastern Ukraine holds its breath for fresh ‘large scale assault’ by Russian Army April 5, 2022 Ukrainian foreign affairs minister Dmytro Kuleba warned of a “large-scale” assault on the east and south of his country as Russian troops regroup, having been pushed back from the capital. He told reporters, during a joint press briefing with Ms Truss, that there had been “some hesitation” in the West about providing Ukraine with “all [...]
No more lucrative betting side gigs for top footballers as they can no longer feature in gambling ads April 5, 2022 Leading footballers will be banned from advertising gambling products under new rules to be introduced to curb their appeal to young people under the age of 18, a UK industry body has announced. In a statement this morning, the Committee for Advertising Practice (CAP) revealed the tough new restrictions, which include all top-flight footballers because [...]
MPs question why promised security review into sale of UK semiconductor giant to Chinese company is not happening April 5, 2022 The takeover of a hi-tech British company to a Chinese-owned firm has allegedly “not begun”, MPs have said as they question why it is taking the government so long. Prime Minister Boris Johnson last year asked national security adviser Sir Stephen Lovegrove to examine the purchase of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia for a reported [...]
Tory party rocked by more sexual misconduct allegations amid claims MP sexually assaulted man in his sleep in Pakistan April 4, 2022 A man was assaulted while asleep by a Tory MP who was visiting Pakistan, a court heard today. The incident allegedly occured after a party where they were smoking marijuana and drinking whisky, a jury was told. Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, who was elected as the Conservative MP for Wakefield in West Yorkshire in 2019, [...]
Three out of four Brits consider new job or career change as cost of living crisis messes up their lives April 4, 2022 New research shared with City A.M. this morning suggests that a record three out of four workers are considering a new job because of the cost-of-living crisis. Jobs site CV-Library said its study indicated that pay was now the main driver for people thinking of finding different work. Its survey of more than 4,000 professional [...]
Exclusive: HMRC to crack down on cabbies and taxi drivers with new tax checks before licence renewal April 4, 2022 HMRC is launching a crackdown on taxi drivers, mini cab drivers and scrap metal merchants from April, with the introduction of new tax evasion checks, City A.M. has been told. The introduction of a number of new tax evasion checks will allow HMRC to further scrutinise workers in what it sees as ‘high risk’ sectors [...]
Exclusive: The boss of London’s oldest office provider returns from retirement to drive the City’s bounce-back April 4, 2022 As we passed the two-year anniversary of the first lockdown last month, City A.M. sits down with the CEO of London’s oldest office provider, who came out of retirement to drive the business’ post-Covid recovery. Shedding light on how the business and City has suffered, Argyll CEO John Drover reveals to this paper how his [...]
Government urged to ‘come clean’ over its plans to change workers’ rights in controversial employment bill April 4, 2022 The Government has been urged to “come clean” over its plans for workers’ rights after news emerged of a delay in bringing forward an Employment Bill. Union TUC reacted with fury to reports that ministers are going to drop the long-awaited Bill from next month’s Queen’s Speech. The TUC said it will be the second [...]
