Vodafone powers entire European network with renewable energy June 23, 2021 Vodafone has announced its entire European operations will be 100 per cent powered by electricity from renewable sources next month. The FTSE 100 telecoms firm’s mobile and fixed networks, data centres, retail and offices will all be powered more sustainably from July 1. The announcement comes after a decision this time last year to bring [...]
Business Travel Association and Easyjet: Boris Johnson must deliver a plan to safely reopen travel now or decimate the industry June 23, 2021 Today, all corners of the travel industry are coming together for an unprecedented day of action. We have all campaigned in our different ways to get the voice of this once great industry heard. We have sat around (virtual) tables with numerous Government ministers and advisors. Written detailed submissions to endless Taskforces. Offered our expertise [...]
Gary Motherwell CA: “Allies can support LGBT+ colleagues through actions” June 23, 2021 Gary Motherwell CA, Finance Director at Golden Charter, discusses overcoming his fear of coming out, how he has witnessed attitudes towards the LGBT+ community shift during his career and how CAs can support their LGBT+ colleagues. Tell us a little bit about your childhood, where you grew up and what the family dynamic was like [...]
Hong Kong paper Apple Daily to close after Beijing crackdown June 23, 2021 Hong Kong pro-democracy paper Apple Daily will shut down after 26 years following a fierce crackdown by Beijing. The tabloid, which was known for its criticism of mainland China, will end its print and digital editions on Saturday 26 June. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said today that it marks a “chilling blow” to freedom [...]
UK targets Netflix and Channel 4 with new streaming rules June 23, 2021 The government is plotting an overhaul of the UK broadcasting landscape in a move that could place tightened regulations on US streaming giants such as Netflix. Ministers will carry out a review of rules for video on-demand platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney Plus in an effort to protect viewers and boost public [...]
UK business given £12.3bn export support from government June 23, 2021 The government’s export credit agency has announced it gave a “record level” of financial support to UK exporters in the last year. UK Export Finance (UKEF) provided £12.3bn of support to UK exporters in the last financial year, almost three times the amount given in 2019-20, according to its annual results published today. The agency, [...]
Boris Johnson hails UK’s ‘regained sovereignty’ on fifth anniversary of Brexit vote June 22, 2021 Boris Johnson has hailed the UK’s “regained sovereignty” post-Brexit tonight on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the 2016 EU referendum. Johnson said that the “decision to leave the EU may now part of our history” and that “our clear mission is to utilise the freedoms it brings to shape a better future for [...]
HMRC will take ‘cautious approach’ with pandemic-torn UK businesses June 22, 2021 The UK business secretary has promised HMRC will take a “cautious approach” with companies that are grappling with post-pandemic debt. Kwasi Kwarteng wrote a letter to business groups this week that assured them the taxman would adopt “a cautious approach to enforcement of debt owed to government that will have accrued,” the Financial Times first [...]
Wall Street cheers US Fed chair Jay Powell’s Congress appearance June 22, 2021 Wall Street cheers US Fed chair Jay Powell's Congress appearance
Covid pandemic has changed online dating, Tinder boss says June 22, 2021 New updates to dating app Tinder will reflect changes in users’ dating behaviour due to the pandemic, moving towards more “holistic” profiles. Tinder’s CEO, Jim Lanzone, told the BBC: “As we know from the past 15 to 18 months, people have really leaned in to getting to know people virtually, even having relationships virtually, before they [...]
