Rishi Sunak’s proximity to Johnson shot him to stardom but it could be his undoing January 20, 2022 Theresa May had a light smile on her lips as she expressed gratitude for the aviation industry and pressed the Prime Minister on his plans to drop testing rules for international travel. The one time Prime Minister was not the only Tory MP grateful for the joy of flight: Liz Truss, the Foreign Secretary, and [...]
How did theme-park giant Merlin weather the pandemic? January 20, 2022 This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. Diligence, resilience and diversity are the holy trinity when faced with a global crisis. Robert Galbraith CA, Head of Finance at Merlin Entertainments Japan, tells Nick Scott how the theme-park giant weathered the storm to get hearts racing again Read December/January’s CA magazine now “And he read Principles [...]
Exclusive: ‘I’m a single mum, I can’t work for no pay’: Contractors fear for jobs as payroll firm Parasol fails to cough up cash January 20, 2022 Freelancers and contractors have been left in the dark and without pay for weeks after umbrella firm Parasol failed to cough up cash.
Exclusive: Omicron leads to 500 per cent surge in Covid test related email scams January 20, 2022 New data has revealed that the Omicron variant has contributed to a 521 per cent rise in Covid test related scam emails between October 2021 and January 2022.
Furlough fraud exposes the shortcomings of doling out endless amounts of cash January 20, 2022 Outrage has erupted over the news that £5.8bn has been “criminally siphoned off” the emergency Covid-19 schemes that propped up millions of workers and paid for us to eat on the cheap. The very same folk who complained ministers weren’t acting fast enough to provide support, rejecting warnings that furlough was excessively generous, are now [...]
Rising costs seep into every sector of UK economy January 20, 2022 Every sector of the British economy is suffering from swelling costs in a sign that inflation will trend much higher in the coming months, reveals a fresh study published today. Higher wages, compounded by soaring energy and raw material costs, are severely eroding firms margins, according to research carried out by high street lender Lloyds. [...]
The Pandemic Gap: 78 per cent of firms report ‘technical debt’ January 20, 2022 New data has revealed that 78 per cent of organisations have taken on greater levels of technical debt in the last year. Software AG’s annual Situation Report surveyed over 700 IT decision makers from the U.S., U.K., Germany and France, and found that global IT professionals feel that technical debt plays an important role in [...]
Investors round on Unilever’s ‘health blind spot’ in fresh wave of attacks January 20, 2022 Unilever has come under fire from a group of leading investors for its unhealthy food products, following a week of intense criticism.
UK start up secures ‘significant’ investment from Hyundai to build aerial taxis ports January 20, 2022 British start up Urban-Air Port (UAP) announced today it has secured ‘significant’ funding from Hyundai’s urban air mobility division Supernal to build sites for aerial taxis, also called vertiports. With the funding – the amount of which could not be disclosed – UAP will build 200 vertiports within the next five years, while the world’s [...]
Crypto mining under fire as EU regulator sounds alarm January 19, 2022 The vice-chair of Europe's securities and markets authority has said that proof-of-work crypto mining should be banned.
