Sadiq Khan: London must make ’the most of Brexit’ and attract US talent and investment May 9, 2022 SADIQ Khan said London “needed to make the most of Brexit” as he met with big business leaders in the US yesterday. The Mayor of London is in New York as part of the first leg of his trip to the US in a bid to drive tourism to the capital. He said yesterday his [...]
Ex-Magic Circle lawyer who injected food with blood found not guilty by reason of insanity May 8, 2022 A London lawyer, who caused £500,000 worth of damage by injecting his own blood into food in supermarkets, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Leoaai Elghareeb, 37, was found not guilty, after he entered three supermarkets – Sainsbury’s Local, Tesco Express, and Little Waitrose – on Fulham Palace Road carrying a bucketful [...]
US bans accountants and consultants from working with Russia May 8, 2022 The US government has told American citizens they are now banned from providing professional services to anyone in Russia, as part of new sanctions in response to the war in Ukraine. The White House said today that all US persons are now banned from providing accounting, trust and corporate formation, and management consulting services to [...]
How to cancel ‘cancel culture’ and correct the politically correct May 8, 2022 Crypto AM columnist Dr Chris Kacher examines how a Web3 metaverse can help stabilise the world's unbalanced avenues.
City law firm to investigate senior staff over claims lawyers mistreated waitress May 8, 2022 A TOP CITY law firm has launched an investigation after a Cardiff restaurant owner accused its senior lawyers of acting inappropriately during a leadership dinner. The investigation comes after Lee Skeet, the owner of Cardiff restaurant Cora, said a waitress at his restaurant was “talked down to” and “disrespected” by senior lawyers from London-listed law firm [...]
G7 leaders commit to phasing out Russian oil May 8, 2022 Leaders of the world’s richest economies today committed to banning imports of Russian oil in a further ratcheting up of sanctions against Vladimir Putin. G7 chiefs have committed “to phase out our dependency on Russian energy, including by phasing out or banning the import of Russian oil,” the White House said in a statement yesterday. [...]
Morrisons ups offer to bail out McColls in bid to claw chain back from Asda owning rivals May 8, 2022 Morrisons has put forward a last-minute offer to bail out McColls in a bid to claw it out the hands of its Asda owning rivals. Bradford headquartered supermarket chain Morrisons has improved its offer to buy McColls by vowing to pay its lenders immediately in full, Sky News first reported today. The improved offer comes [...]
Credit Suisse readies £350m claim against Softbank over Katerra collapse May 8, 2022 Embattled lender Credit Suisse is reportedly readying a £350m claim against SoftBank over the bankruptcy of US construction firm Katerra, which imploded after supply chain finance firm Greensill Capital collapsed last year.
Raab warns Northern Ireland stability ‘imperilled’ by protocol problems May 8, 2022 Dominic Raab has warned that problems implementing the Northern Ireland protocol have “imperilled” stability in Northern Ireland, after Sinn Fein claimed a landmark election victory this weekend.
‘That’s how it should be’: UK gambling chief pushes back against lobbying criticisms ahead of industry white paper May 8, 2022 UK gambling chief has pushed back against criticism that betting giants have lobbied with government over the upcoming white paper.
