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EG Group to divest some petrol filling stations after watchdog concerns October 5, 2021 Petrol station forecourt operator EG Group has announced it will divest 27 petrol filling stations. The group – owned by the billionaire Issa brothers – said it had entered into a binding agreement to divest more than two dozen stations across the country to Park Garage Group. It comes after the competition watchdog expressed concerns [...]
British Airways to bring back ‘Superjumbo’ Airbus A380 on short-haul flights October 5, 2021 British Airways is rumoured to bring back the 600-seater Airbus A380, after grounding it more than 18 months ago. Travel magazine Head for Points reported that the airline is planning on restarting operations for five of its 12 Airbus A380 aircraft from next month onward. The plan reportedly involves scheduling the plane – also known [...]
Mark Zuckerberg loses $6bn in Facebook selloff spree following global outage October 5, 2021 Mark Zuckerberg has lost $6bn in a Facebook selloff spree that followed in the wake of a massive server outage yesterday, as well as accusations against the social media giant in relation to children’s interests through its flagship product Instagram. Zuckerberg came down a notch on the richest man’s list as Facebook’s stocks plummeted 4.9 [...]
Bitcoin rises to $50k again as Wall Street drops amid inflation fears October 5, 2021 Bitcoin - the leading cryptocurrency - is currently trading at around $50,200, up almost six per cent over the past 24 hours.
Scantily clad CMA guidelines will do little to fend off greenwashing on our high streets and in our banks October 5, 2021 restore it. The term greenwashing wasn’t invented by the environmentally active Gen Z or even the older cohort of millenials. It dates back to 1986 when American environmentalist Jay Westerveld used it to describe hotels asking their customers to reuse towels to limit water usage while they abused neighbouring nature areas for their premises. Washing [...]
What If If Only, Royal Court review: a punchy analysis of grief October 5, 2021 Could things have been different? Can we change the past? Should we risk the consequences? These are the questions posed by Caryl Churchill’s latest wisp of a play, What If If Only – and which it teasingly, infuriatingly, only half answers. Perhaps that’s due to the play’s length: at just 17 minutes long, it is [...]
Marks Electrical eyes London IPO after online growth October 5, 2021 Online retailer Marks Electrical has announced its intention to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) on London’s AIM market. The group – which sells, installs and recycles a variety of household electrical items – has seen online growth swell as consumer behaviour has changed. Revenue hit £56m in the year to March 31 2021, up [...]
Debenhams launches new online marketplace following Boohoo takeover October 5, 2021 Debenhams has launched a new online marketplace following its takeover by Boohoo earlier this year. It comes after Debenhams, once a historic high street staple in the UK, ended up another casualty of the pandemic that drove shoppers to the digital sphere. The website, launched by marketplace software as a service (SaaS) platform Mirakl, will [...]
First glimpse of new electric Rolls-Royce Spectre, due in 2023 October 5, 2021 Rolls-Royce has released the first images of its new all-electric coupe. The Spectre arrives in 2023 – here's what we know so far.
New car sales down a third in September as shortages throttle production October 5, 2021 New car registrations fell by 34.4 per cent last month making it the worst September on record according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In a blow for the automobile sector just 215,312 new cars were sold in September 2021 – up from lows of 68,033 in August – but [...]
