Police made range of mistakes in case of London sisters murdered in Wembley park October 26, 2021 A range of mistakes were made by police officers in the case of two sisters who were reported missing in June last year. An investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has found that information in the case of Nicole Smallman, 28, and Bibaa Henry, 46, who were stabbed to death in a [...]
Facebook’s quarterly earnings shoot up to £6.5bn as it weathers whistleblower storm October 26, 2021 Facebook has recorded third quarter earnings of £6.5bn as it weathers a storm of blistering claims from a former employee. The company reported a net income for the three months ending on September 31 of $9bn, or £6.5bn, up from $7.8bn for the same period in 2020. Backlash against the technology firm has been intensifying [...]
Ocado turns to robots for delivery of groceries to Londoners amid shortage of workers October 26, 2021 Built by UK online supermarket pioneer Ocado, the washing-machine sized bots have caught the eye of international retailers battling a shortage of workers and rising wage demands. Watch the full report.
Driving in London: Calls for one-month ULEZ pollution charge amnesty October 26, 2021 City Hall Tories are calling for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to provide a one-month fines amnesty for drivers who fail to pay the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) charge during the first month of the expanded zone. Drivers of vehicles which do not comply with minimum emissions standards are being charged £12.50 to [...]
Budget: Scrap £159 BBC licence fee and sell Channel 4, urges TaxPayers’ Alliance October 26, 2021 The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has called for the sale of Channel 4 and the scrapping of the BBC licence fee ahead of the Budget this week. The campaign group has also proposed that most of the BBC should be sold off and the corporation cut down to one television channel, radio station and online service. [...]
Saga chief: We failed to modernise during years of private equity ownership October 26, 2021 Saga failed to modernise during years of private equity ownership, and must urgently change, according to the firm’s boss. Euan Sutherland, who joined the firm for the over-50s market in January last year, admitted the company lost its way in how it engaged with older customers. His comments came as the chief executive of the [...]
Deadline set in Prince Andrew’s civil sexual assault case coincides with Queen’s Jubilee next year October 26, 2021 A judge in the US ruled last night UK time that depositions in the civil sexual assault case against the Duke of York must be completed by mid-July of next year, coinciding with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. While not specified in the court papers, both Andrew and his accuser Virginia Giuffre are expected to [...]
Watch as Elon Musk’s Tesla joins elite club of $1 trillion companies after Hertz deal October 26, 2021 Tesla joined an elite club of companies worth at least $1 trillion on the stock market on Monday after rental car agency Hertz announced a record-breaking electric car order for Elon Musk. Watch the full report.
This week’s Budget: An overview of the £30bn of investments announced so far October 25, 2021 More than £30bn of investment has already been revealed by the Treasury ahead of Wednesday’s Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said on Sunday that “(over) the last year, I’ve been focused on delivering our plan for jobs, protecting people’s livelihoods, their incomes, their jobs”. But he said he would now be “looking to the future and [...]
UK firms now having to pay £50,000+ ‘security bond’ to litigate in EU post-Brexit October 25, 2021 Following the end of the Brexit transition period UK businesses are now having to pay ‘security bonds’ of £50,000 or more to courts in the European Union in order to litigate there, legal experts told City A.M. today. These bonds could make it more difficult and costly for UK businesses to defend their intellectual property [...]
