Make do and mend: Britain’s wartime mentality is back as spending nosedives October 15, 2021 As the UK continues to battle Covid-19 and a series of fuel, energy and distribution crises, households appear to be battening down the hatches in preparation for a post-pandemic Britain. The once popular wartime mantra, ‘Make do and Mend’, is once again making a revival as household spending begins to fall significantly. ONS data analysed [...]
Diamond fraud trial of Only Way is Essex star collapses after ‘litany’ of CPS failings October 15, 2021 A £3m diamond fraud trial involving The Only Way is Essex star Lewis Bloor has collapsed after a “litany” of Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) failings in the disclosure of evidence. Prosecutors claimed around 200 victims, many of whom were elderly, were conned after being convinced to buy coloured stones at a 600% mark up. Bloor, [...]
Prince Harry: Africa’s ‘natural beating heart’ needs to be protected from oil and gas drilling October 15, 2021 Prince Harry has said an area known as a “natural beating heart” of southern Africa must be protected with a moratorium on oil and gas drilling. Starting with rivers in Angola, the Okavango flows through Namibia’s Kavango region to a delta in Botswana, with Harry describing it in 2019 as “this magnificent last Eden”. In [...]
Exclusive: Most investors believe Brexit will make UK more attractive place to do business October 15, 2021 More than half of all investors from the UK, US and Germany believe Brexit, and the need therefore for the UK to secure new trade deals and support businesses, will make the overall business environment in the country more attractive over the next three years. Only one in five (22 per cent) expect it to [...]
Russia’s Yandex steps into London’s hyper-competitive online grocery market October 15, 2021 Delivery drivers sporting the bright yellow colours of Yango Deli will be visible across London after the international e-grocery arm of Russian tech giant Yandex became the latest player to launch in the UK’s crowded delivery market. Watch the full report.
Calls to break up Amazon as company allegedly copied products and manipulated search results October 15, 2021 Massachusetts Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren cited a Reuters investigation that Amazon intentionally copied local business products and manipulated search results to prioritize its own brands, supporting calls to break up the e-commerce giant. Watch the full report.
Despite rise of 40 per cent so far this year, bank stocks have more room to run October 15, 2021 Bank stocks have already risen nearly 40 per cent this year, but National Securities Chief Market Strategist Art Hogan says they have more room to run. Watch the full report.
Watch as half-shredded Banksy picture sells for £18m in London October 15, 2021 A Banksy picture which was half sliced by a shredder concealed in its frame when it was sold at auction fetched £18.4m when it went back under the hammer in the same room in London last night. Watch the full report.
Pearson on track to hit £377m profit despite drop in US university students October 15, 2021 Publisher Pearson said it is on track to hit expectations this year, despite a drop-off in US university students. The business said revenue from its US higher education segment had decreased 9%, pushing down its overall higher education portfolio. But it is still on track to reach an operating profit of around £377m in the [...]
Irritated Queen about COP26 in Glasgow: ‘I still don’t know who is coming’ October 15, 2021 The Queen has appeared to suggest she is irritated by a lack of action in tackling the climate crisis, and the monarch still has no clue who will attend the upcoming COP26 conference in Glasgow. Her remarks emerged in clips of a conversation filmed on a phone camera during a trip to Cardiff for the [...]
