Union threatens to sue over Uber’s failure to offer ‘sharia compliant’ pension plan for Muslim majority workforce April 20, 2022 The gig economy workers’ union has threatened to take Uber to court over its failure to offer a “sharia compliant” pension plan for its Muslim majority workforce. The App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) has threatened to sue Uber for failing to provide a pension offering that complies with the tenets of Islamic beliefs, after [...]
UN says 5m refugees have now been created by Russia’s war in Ukraine April 20, 2022 The United Nations has said more than five million people have now fled the war in Ukraine. The number escaping Russia’s war in the country is creating the biggest refugee crisis since the end of the second world war, with neighbouring countries such as Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania bearing the primary burden. The UN’s [...]
How a Fordham psychology graduate became a hit down the crypto rabbit hole April 20, 2022 Milana Valmont always knew she would become an entrepreneur – but she never thought it would be a crypto entrepreneur.
FCA names interim digital asset lead amid crypto push April 20, 2022 The UK's financial regulator has selected Victoria McLoughlin as interim head of a new unit focussing on digital assets.
Petershill Partners tops estimates in maiden results April 20, 2022 Investment outfit Petershill Partners sailed past estimates in its maiden set of results today as profits after tax hit $248m.
Johnson will not ‘lecture’ Modi over Russia stance during India trip April 20, 2022 Boris Johnson will not “lecture” Narendra Modi about his unwillingness to condemn Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine during his trip to India this week, according to Number 10. The Prime Minister will arrive in India tomorrow for a two-day visit, which will include a meeting with Modi in New Delhi to speak about strengthening economic [...]
Angry leaseholders protest against footing cladding bill outside Parliament April 20, 2022 Angry leaseholders and tenants have gathered outside Parliament to protest the Building Safety Bill which is being debated in the Commons today. The Bill aims to fix cladding on taller buildings which have been deemed a major fire risk, following the Grenfell disaster in 2017, but has handed leaseholders the responsibility to fund the fixes. [...]
Macron has not spoken to Putin since the Bucha massacre April 20, 2022 France’s president Emmanuel Macron has not spoken to Vladimir Putin since the massacre in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. The politician, who is seeking re-election, was heavily criticised for engaging with the Kremlin, speaking to its leader 18 times since December. “Since the massacres we have discovered in Bucha and in other towns, the war [...]
Crypto firm Silvergate Capital boosted by standout first quarter earnings April 20, 2022 Silvergate Capital jumped 13 per cent yesterday after its first quarter earnings blasted analyst expectations.
Veteran congressman calls on Biden to ban oligarchs’ UK lawyers from the United States April 20, 2022 The UK lawyers that have worked on behalf of Russian oligarchs in their efforts to silence journalists should be banned from travelling to the United States, a senior congressman has said. In a letter to US secretary of state Anthony Blinken, Democratic Party congressman Steve Cohen called on the Biden administration to impose travel bans [...]
