Paddy Power and Betfair owner Flutter snaps up bingo giant Tombola for £402m November 18, 2021 Paddy Power and Betfair owner Flutter Entertainment has agreed to buy UK bingo group Tombola for £402m. Tombola’s founder Phil Cronin, who set up the bingo firm 16 years ago, will leave the business after the acquisition, with himself and his family expected to net a fortune from the cash deal. Based across sites in [...]
Sadiq Khan warns for ‘severe tube and bus disruption’ if govt does not cough up £1.9bn for London transport funding November 18, 2021 Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, warned this morning that without urgent Government investment London’s bus and tube services could be severely disrupted because of a £1.9 billion funding gap. Sadiq Khan says bus services could be reduced by a fifth and tube services by almost 10% unless the Government steps in with an injection [...]
Employers urged to stop asking jobseekers about their previous salary November 18, 2021 Employers are being urged to stop asking jobseekers about their previous salary amid concerns it is keeping women on lower wages and contributes to the gender pay gap. The Fawcett Society said asking about past salaries during recruitment was “pointless” because many people lied about what they previously earned. The campaign group warned that asking [...]
Brits’ median pay hikes remain at 2 per cent but wage freezes become a rarity November 18, 2021 Median pay rises have remained at 2 per cent in recent months, according to a new study. Pay analysts XpertHR said its research suggested that wage awards are at the same level as this time last year, confirming a period of stability. Wage freezes are becoming a rarity, according to the study of 33 recent [...]
Exclusive: The pandemic showed the limitations of an online-only model, says retail guru November 17, 2021 A year of enforced change in buying habits where pretty much everything went online has reverted to ‘the new normal’. The Covid pandemic accelerated the shift to online; but is the future of retail really digital only? While in the short to medium term, there will remain some concerns over the logistics of browsing and [...]
Amazon confirms it will block UK Visa credit cards from 19 January November 17, 2021 Amazon will stop accepting payments made using Visa Inc credit cards issued in the United Kingdom starting next year.
Millions more Brits in debt as debt pile owed to HMRC balloons to £42bn November 17, 2021 Around 2.4m more taxpayers are in debt to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as tax debt is at more than double its pre-pandemic levels, according to a spending watchdog. In fact, tax debt ballooned by £26bn between January 2020 and September of this year. Staffing levels at HMRC are unlikely to be enough to manage [...]
Miramax sues Quentin Tarantino as studio tries to stop Pulp Fiction NFT auction November 17, 2021 Director Quentin Tarantino has been sued by Miramax over the director’s plans to create and auction off a series of NFTs based on Pulp Fiction. The entertainment company alleges that Tarantino’s planned offerings violate the copyrights it holds to the director’s 1994 film, according to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles. Tarantino [...]
Bear Grylls, Robbie Williams and Holly Willoughby join consumer guru Martin Lewis in fight against scam adverts November 17, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urged this morning to include paid scam adverts in the upcoming Online Safety Bill. The call comes from a range of celebrities, including Robbie Williams (pictured above), Bear Grylls and Holly Willoughby, who have signed a joint letter led by Martin Lewis. The consumer guru has long campaigned against bogus [...]
Coronavirus around us: After Netherlands and Scotland, new Covid restrictions announced in Ireland November 17, 2021 Micheal Martin, Ireland’s Taoiseach, last night announced a range of fresh measures to address a worrying rise in Covid-19 cases, which has left Ireland’s health system under severe pressure heading into the winter. Yet he also said that he could not be sure the measures will be enough to curb the spread of the virus. [...]
