Our Channel dilemma won’t go away until we overhaul the asylum system November 4, 2022 Over the last few days, we’ve heard incredibly troubling stories coming out of the Manston centre holding migrants who crossed over the Channel. The facility is holding as many as 2,000 more people than it has capacity for, with few coherent plans to deal with the delays. The overcrowding has left families sleeping in marquees, [...]
Bleak Friday? Retailers hit by spending slowdown as shoppers shun high street November 4, 2022 High street bosses are nervously awaiting Black Friday as retail sales volumes dropped dramatically last month. Sales volumes have dropped significantly, although this has been masked by historically high levels of inflation, data from accountancy firm BDO revealed today. In-store like-for-like sales saw the lowest growth since lockdown in February 2021, with growth of just [...]
Elon Musk’s pay-for-verification model will only scare off advertising money on Twitter November 4, 2022 A chill is in the air in ad land. One of the bastions of the digital marketing mix has gone rogue. Twitter, one of the oldest and still most active of social networks, has taken a sudden turn and the advertising industry is not taking it well. Through a mist of Elon Musk tweets, a [...]
Letters: Keeping the branches up November 4, 2022 As the cost-of-living crisis bites, access to in person advice will likely increase – without it people are at risk of being left behind.
UK’s new government should simply ‘get on’ with audit reform, letter to Rishi Sunak says November 4, 2022 The UK’s new government should simply “get on” with plans to overhaul the audit sector, to ensure the long-term stability and resilience of Britain’s economy, the head of one of the country’s largest accountancy sector trade bodies has said. In three separate letters to prime minister Rishi Sunak, business secretary Grant Shapps and chancellor [...]
Severe disruption on entire TfL tube network as flooding hits London November 3, 2022 Flooding in west London, after a night of heavy downpours, is causing severe delays on London’s tube system and has led to the closure of multiple roads, Transport for London (TfL) has warned. Signal failures, caused by flooding in Richmond and Acton Town, have created severe delays on the District, Piccadilly, and London Overground, TFL [...]
Deloitte rejigs half of UK top team to nurture ‘next generation’ November 3, 2022 Deloitte has axed half its UK top team in an unexpected leadership overhaul today as it looks to nurture younger executives to take over from chief executive Richard Houston in 2027.
Exclusive: Former Ince boss Adrian Biles acquires Child & Child November 3, 2022 Adrian Biles, the former boss of law firm Ince, has acquired Child & Child after just two months on the sidelines. Biles took the reins of the Belgravia firm yesterday afternoon, hosting a town hall meeting with staff this morning. It marks a swift comeback to the business world for the man who built Gordon [...]
Breezy does it: Wind generates 20GW for the first time ever November 3, 2022 Wind power generated more than 20GW of power domestically for the first time ever yesterday, revealed National Grid.
EU sets eyes on Airbnb in latest data regulation push November 3, 2022 After taking on Big Tech in a swathe of new laws, European regulators are now setting their sights on the short-term home rental industry.
