Sabina Nessa: Over 500 people gather to pay respects at London vigil September 25, 2021 Hundreds of people flocked for a vigil last night for 28-year-old teacher Sabina Nessa, who was murdered on a five-minute walk from her home. The Metropolitan police said that Nessa, had been walking to meet a friend at The Depot bar and restaurant last Friday near Pegler Square and walked through Cater Park in Kidbrooke [...]
Gas crisis: Octopus Energy eyes takeover bid of rival Bulb September 25, 2021 Octopus Energy is reportedly eyeing a takeover of energy challenger rival Bulb, amid the UK’s gas crisis which has drained supplier’s finances. The energy supplier is among the parties which have requested access to data from Bulb’s financial advisers as it attempts to bag fresh funding, Sky News’ Mark Kleinman first reported. The takeover would [...]
Linklaters to offer junior solicitors more than £107,000 a year salaries September 25, 2021 Linklaters has begun offering its freshly-trained solicitors’ salaries of more than £107,000 a year – the highest junior talent in the UK. The Magic circle law firm has topped up the already hefty pay packets for its new staff – some of whom are in their mid-20s – by £7,500 since last year. The bolstered [...]
Sadiq Khan: London battles ‘potential existential threat’ post-restrictions September 25, 2021 London has been “hollowed out” amid the pandemic, which has pushed people away from city centres faster than ever before, London mayor Sadiq Khan has said. Covid-19 restrictions and economic uncertainty has made penny pinching Brits more reluctant to make use of the capital’s bars, restaurants and theatres, he added. “It’s been hollowed out because [...]
Exclusive: Lib Dem candidate hits out at City of London Corp over China stance September 25, 2021 The Liberal Democrats’ new candidate for the Cities of London and Westminster constituency has launched an attack on the City of London Corporation’s “weakness towards the Chinese Communist Party”. Edward Lucas, a veteran journalist, said the powerful Square Mile local authority “don’t get the threat” from China. The Corporation, which is based in the historic Guildhall [...]
Paris’ Gare du Nord station transformation scrapped ahead of Rugby World Cup September 25, 2021 A project to transform Paris’ Gare du Nord railway station in the run up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup has been shelved. France’s national rail operator SNCF decided to scrap the plan after it was revealed the large project was behind schedule and would not be finished in time for the World Cup in [...]
This is what it’s like to party on the new Virgin cruise ship Scarlet Lady September 25, 2021 At the London launch of Richard Branson’s new cruise line, Virgin Voyages, the British DJ and producer Mark Ronson played a raucous set. It was all very cool and glamorous, and promised a new hip addition to this most buoyant travel sector, with more than 100 cruise ships on the order books. So when the [...]
Petrofac cuts plea deal with UK’s serious fraud watchdog September 25, 2021 Oil services group Petrofac has cut a plea deal with the UK’s fraud watchdog in a bid to bring a close to a long-standing inquiry. The London-listed group has been at the centre of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) inquiry into suspected bribery, money laundering and corruption. Petrofac plead guilty to seven separate charges of [...]
Exclusive: Supermarket prices likely to rise five per cent in next few weeks September 25, 2021 UK grocery shoppers will face sharp price increases in the coming months an industry expert has warned. David Sables, the chief executive of Sentinel Management Consultants, which advises suppliers in their dealings with UK supermarkets, said that retailers will raise food prices by five per cent in the next few weeks with a further rise [...]
Over 800,000 key works paid less than living wage, study finds September 25, 2021 Hundreds of thousands of key workers struggled to make ends meet during the pandemic and were paid under the real living wage, a study has found. Data from the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) found that over 803,000 supermarket and care workers were paid under the Living Wage during the pandemic which [...]
