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Exclusive: Brexit and Covid spark UK workforce rethink as war on talent heats up August 17, 2021 Nearly half of British business leaders fear losing the UK’s best talent abroad following the pandemic and Brexit, according to new research shared exclusively with City A.M. this morning. The complexity of the decisions facing leadership as they define the next era of the workplace is illustrated in the research’s findings. For a starter, 29 [...]
Watch: Malala urges Biden to ‘take a bold step’ to protect Afghan people August 17, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden “has a lot to do” and must “take a bold step” to protect the Afghan people, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said in a video interview. Watch the full report.
Watch as tornado wreaks havoc in German village: ‘scheisse!’ August 17, 2021 A tornado wreaked havoc last night around the town of Grossheide in northern Germany, 50 miles from the city of Groningen.
A British soldier’s view on Afghanistan’s turmoil: ‘What on earth was it all for’ August 16, 2021 The Taliban advances in Afghanistan has left seriously injured British veteran Ben Parkinson asking “what on earth was it all for” and as he hopes no more British soldiers are harmed. Parkinson suffered horrendous injuries when an Army Land Rover hit a mine near Musa Qala in 2006, and is regarded as the most severely [...]
Wall Street banks start enforcing stricter mask and vaccine requirements August 16, 2021 Big Wall Street banks have started enforcing stricter mask and vaccine requirements for staff, sometimes communicating them behind the scenes, in an effort to combat coronavirus infections in their offices while avoiding a fierce national debate about individual rights, sources at the banks and consultants who work with them have said. Watch the full report.
Cinderella may be sold to an American investor August 16, 2021 Andrew Lloyd Webber has said he will have to sell his musical Cinderella to an American investor if it is not able to open. Last month the world premiere of the new show was postponed until 25 August because of Covid-19 isolation protocols. According to media reports, Lord Lloyd-Webber said the production “can’t go on [...]
Football clubs, players and agents increasingly on HMRC’s radar August 16, 2021 HMRC tax investigators are targeting football clubs for £45m in tax they have underpaid, City A.M. can reveal today. According to data provided by HMRC to accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young and shared with this newspaper today, HMRC has uncovered £5.8m in tax owed by players and £4.8m owed by agents in the last year. [...]
Watch: Hungarians compete in wife-carrying contest August 16, 2021 Some 40 Hungarian husbands, with their wives on their backs, clambered over rough terrain on Saturday in the nation’s second wife-carrying contest. Watch the full report.
Despite the Plymouth tragedy, UK gun violence among the lowest in the world August 16, 2021 Police confirmed over the weekend that Plymouth gunman Jake Davison was a licensed firearms holder. Nevertheless, gun laws in the UK are often described as some of the strictest in the world, with licences needed to carry approved firearms. The level of gun crime in the UK is one of the lowest in the world, [...]
Joanna Lumley urges govt to meet with Gurkhas as hunger strike outside Downing Street enters ninth day August 16, 2021 A group of Gurkha veterans outside Number 10 is calling for equal pensions for Gurkhas who retired before 1997 and are not eligible for a full UK armed forces pension. As of Sunday, the Support Our Gurkhas protesters had reached their ninth day of not eating. Today, actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley has urged the [...]