One in four Brits actively hunting for a new job with work-life balance a priority October 5, 2021 Around a quarter of people are actively jobhunting, according to new research shared with City A.M. this morning. Three-quarters (75 per cent) of jobseekers reported they are more likely to consider working in a different industry following the coronavirus pandemic. A survey of 2,000 workers across the UK was carried out for jobs website Totaljobs, [...]
Tesla worker awarded £100m after facing ‘daily racist epithets’ at car giant’s factory October 5, 2021 A court has awarded a Tesla worker close to £100m after suffering racial abuse at the electric carmaker’s San Francisco Bay Area factory. The jury in San Francisco agreed that Owen Diaz was subjected to racial harassment and a hostile work environment. Diaz alleged in a lawsuit that he was harassed and faced “daily racist [...]
The day 3.5bn people lost access: Facebook blames global outage on ‘configuration change’ October 5, 2021 Facebook cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the root cause of the nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company’s 3.5bn users from accessing its social media and messaging services. Watch the full report.
Three Vatican Swiss Guards who refused Covid vaccine quit as Pope’s bodyguard October 4, 2021 Three Vatican Guards have returned to Switzerland after they refused to the Coronavirus vaccine, a Swiss Guard official said today. Lieutenant Urs Breitenmoser told Swiss media that all Swiss Guards had been asked to be vaccinated “to protect their health and that of the others they come into contact with as part of their service”. [...]
UK urged to crack down on ‘dirty money’ as Pandora Papers expose London’s murky role October 4, 2021 There are fresh calls today to tighten Britain’s defences against “dirty money” after a leak of offshore data exposed the secret financial dealings of some of the world’s richest and most powerful people. The cache of almost 12m files – dubbed the Pandora Papers – is said to cover the activities of some 35 current [...]
Weekend of achievements: 30 fun new world records set at London Marathon October 4, 2021 A Londoner can boast she is now the fastest woman to finish a marathon in a cake, having competed in this year’s London Marathon. The effort by Anna Bassil, 42, of St Albans, is among 30 official Guinness World Records (GWR) titles which were broken as the Virgin Money London Marathon returned after last year’s [...]
Activist who attacked Octopus Energy director expelled from Tory party conference October 4, 2021 An activist who allegedly assaulted an energy director has been expelled from the party’s conference in Manchester, the Conservative Party said this afternoon. Party officials confirmed they are working with the police after Clementine Cowton, director of external affairs at Octopus Energy Group, reportedly told a fringe event she had been “violently assaulted” while attending [...]
HMRC annual pension stats: ‘The genie is well and truly out of the bottle’ October 4, 2021 HMRC published its annual update to personal and stakeholder pensions statistics at the end of last week. The document included an update on the impact of the lifetime and annual allowance tax charges. Moreover, HMRC also shared the most recent data for flexible pension payments under the pension freedoms rules. Scrutinising the data for City [...]
No Time To Die: Latest James Bond set to break Box Office records October 4, 2021 A range of betting houses have cut the price from 10-1 to 7-1 for new James Bond movie No Time To Die to become the highest grossing UK film of all-time. The UK’s widest theatrical release of all time opened to five-star reviews in 772 cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Thursday. And box office expectations are high, [...]
Monday blues? Here is how 28 days of annual leave can turn into 68 days off work October 4, 2021 Thanks to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Brits could enjoy 11 days off work while only using five days of holiday next year. In fact, a’ holiday hack’ shows how Brits can maximise their annual leave over the next 12 months: taking 28 days of annual leave could translate into 68 days off work. According to [...]
