TfL tells City commuters ‘find another way’ as Northern line branch set to close November 5, 2021 City commuters face months of travel disruption as key London Underground stations are set to be closed next year. Planned works at Bank and Monument stations mean that the Northern line (Bank branch) will be closed from January 15 to mid-May 2022. There will be no Northern line trains at Bank, London Bridge, Borough, and [...]
Energy market could shrink to five suppliers warns Scottish Power boss November 5, 2021 The UK energy market could shrink to just five suppliers by next spring, warns Scottish Power’s CEO. Keith Anderson argues soaring wholesale prices means there is a “significant risk” the market down could return to a new Big Six, with smaller firms forced to cease trading. Since the start of September, 19 energy firms have [...]
Weir Group snaps up mining tech firm November 5, 2021 Glasgow-based Weir Group has boosted its technological capabilities with the expected acquisition of Motion Metrics for an initial £89m. The deal is likely to go through in the fourth quarter of this year, and it could increase by a further £59m by the end of 2024 depending on revenue and profit performance. Integration costs are [...]
EP: 96 Breeders’ Cup Special & Hong Kong November 5, 2021 The Breeders’ Cup heads to Del Mar racetrack in San Diego this weekend for a festival of Grade 1 flat racing. Both Ado McGuinness, who runs A Case For You and Paddy Twomey with his reliable filly Pearls Galore go in search of transatlantic success on Saturday and they join us from California on today’s [...]
EP: 95 Doncaster, Wincanton, Aintree, Breeders’ Cup & Hong Kong November 5, 2021 There’s racing over the sticks at both Aintree and Wincanton on Saturday. Trainer Michael Scudamore runs Some Chaos in the Listed Badger Beer Handicap Chase at Wincanton and he joins us on today’s podcast. Doncaster hosts a flat racing card on the same day The Breeders’ Cup heads to Del Mar racetrack in San Diego [...]
Cop 26: Sharma urges negotiators to speed up climate talks November 5, 2021 COP 26 president Alok Sharma has warned negotiators at the climate conference in Glasgow more progress needs to be made on key environmental issues. He has encouraged them to make an extra push over the next 24 hours before COP26 enters its second week. In a note published by the United Nations, Sharma said: “I [...]
Firms hike pay at record print to lure workers amid labour squeeze November 5, 2021 Businesses are being forced to hike pay at the fastest pace on record to lure talent amid severe worker shortages. Hot competition for fresh staff, compounded by a paucity of available candidates, has led to employers raising starting salaries at the steepest rate since records began, research by KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment and [...]
Bitcoin isn’t boring – it’s consolidating! November 5, 2021 The price of Bitcoin has been tightly range bound since around October 21, but the significance of this should not be underestimated.
Suez Canal hikes tolls during ports crisis to capitalise on booming cargo trade November 5, 2021 Transit tolls in the Suez Canal are rising by six per cent next year for nearly all ships, despite the waterway reporting record revenues of $5.8 billion during the pandemic. The Suez Canal Authority is now looking to harness a booming cargo trade, with global trade traffic set to increase by nearly seven per cent [...]
Breaking: Pfizer covid pill cuts hospitalisations and deaths by 89 per cent November 5, 2021 Pfizer has said its new covid pill reduces the risk of hospitalisation and death by 89 per cent and called the drug a “game changer.” The latest round of clinical trials showed that just 0.8 per cent of patients who received PAXLOVID were hospitalised and none died compared to seven per cent of patients given [...]
