Leaky pipes, raw sewage and blame shifting. Water firms need to wake up August 23, 2022 There has been much talk about 1976 these days. During that summer the UK experienced a severe heatwave with grave droughts. People had to resort to standpipes on the streets to get water. Kids had to bathe in the same water used by their siblings, as reservoirs dried up. Luckily, today we have a better [...]
Even as we teeter on the edge of a recession, we will create new opportunities August 23, 2022 NECESSITY, as the old saying goes, is the mother of invention. That’s why periods of economic or social upheaval often coincide with exceptional innovation – the rapid development of the Covid-19 vaccine, based on breakthrough mRNA technology, being a perfect example. Today, the global economy is in precarious shape. Europe, in particular, faces likely recession [...]
Tariff-free trade with developing countries is good – but we can do better to open up August 23, 2022 Some of the world’s poorest countries will get one of the biggest trade boosts to export goods to the UK. Last week, the Department for International Trade announced plans to up the ante on existing EU rules, which already allow for less economically developed countries to export goods into the EU and the UK without [...]
Letters: Mind the gap – if you can see it August 23, 2022 [Re: To attract and retain the best talent, the Square Mile must break down class barriers, yesterday] The diverse make-up of the candidates who stood for the leadership of the Conservative Party leadership should be a cause for celebration. But while the likes of Sunak et al. are reaching the summit of their professions, the [...]
Rishi Sunak vows to make UK ‘science superpower’ if he becomes PM August 22, 2022 Rishi Sunak has set out his plans to make the UK a “science and technology superpower” on the eve of the Birmingham Tory leadership hustings. Sunak tonight said he would increase annual public spending on Research and Development to £20bn, up from around £15bn, by 2024-25 if made Prime Minister. He also vowed to create [...]
Utilita Energy boss calls on the UK government to freeze the energy price cap August 22, 2022 The boss of Utilita Energy has called on the UK government to freeze the energy price cap to help support millions of households and firms this winter. Boss Bill Bullen has written to Kwasi Kwarteng calling for the urgent intervention to protect businesses and consumers faced with skyrocketing energy bills, and to stop energy prices [...]
Microsoft in trademark row with UK children’s reading firm Word Windows August 22, 2022 US tech titan Microsoft is locked in a trademark dispute with a woman in Northampton after she named her business Word Windows. Kate McKenzie’s company sells handheld tools designed to help children with reading. But on 1 July, nine days before the product was due to be launched, she received a letter from lawyers representing [...]
Morgan Super 3 review: Three spirit August 22, 2022 Tim Pitt drives the new Morgan Super 3 – a quirky three-wheeled British sports car with an infectious sense of fun.
WH Smith chair Henry Staunton lined up as new Post Office head August 22, 2022 The UK government is lining up outgoing WH Smith chairman Henry Staunton to head the Post Office, as it seeks to navigate the fallout of the miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of the state-owned company’s workers wrongfully convicted of serious crimes. Former ITV finance director Staunton has been chosen as the preferred candidate to [...]
Starmer looks Down Under to Australian Labor for election blueprint August 22, 2022 David Milliband once said only politically “brilliant” leaders can win elections from the centre-left in Western countries. He was referring to the type of once in a generation progressive politicians – like Sir Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Harold Wilson – who swept to electoral victories on the back of their stunning personal [...]
