To seed a food secure future for our nation we need technology on our side June 8, 2022 An oven-ready roast chicken in your local supermarket will probably cost you more than it did last month. As will eggs, pasta and bread. And they’re likely to cost you even more next month, as world food prices hit an all-time high. The crisis in Ukraine has had a domino effect, but food prices have [...]
Rowe has earned his money with the turnaround of Marks and Spencer June 7, 2022 Steve Rowe’s pay packet as he departs Marks and Spencer is, unsurprisingly, the subject of plenty of commentary. He’s walking into the sunset with £2.6m for his last year of work, a sum that set against an ongoing cost-of-living crisis in the rest of the economy will always raise eyebrows. Yet Rowe has earned every [...]
Union announces three-day rail strike at end of June June 7, 2022 The RMT union announced that its anticipated rail strike will take place over three days at the end of the month. Tens of thousands of railway workers will walk out on 21, 23 and 25 June following failed negotiations with Network Rail and 13 other operators. The union announced that London Underground workers will strike [...]
Efforts underway to remove Boris Johnson from No 10 via vote of no confidence in House of Commons June 7, 2022 The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, said this morning that his party will put forward a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Speaking to Kay Burley on Sky News, Sir Ed said: “I think there should be a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister in the House [...]
No more Netflix and chill: Consumers cancel subscriptions and miss out on meals out amid historic inflation June 7, 2022 Consumers are tightening their purse strings by cancelling digital subscriptions and holding off on buying new sofas, as inflation sits at a 40-year high. Shoppers’ hesitancy to splash the cash on unnecessary treats or big ticket purchases has contributed to a retail sales growth slowdown, according to a tranche of spending statistics published today. May [...]
“Perfect storm” for new car sales as cost of living crisis and supply issues see May figures at historic low June 6, 2022 UK new car sales fell to their second weakest May in the last thirty years as a lack of consumer confidence and supply chain chokepoints took their toll on the big-ticket purchases. Just 124,000 cars were registered in May of this year, the lowest of the last thirty years except for the pandemic-induced lows of [...]
Hot on Klarna’s heels: Apple enters buy-now pay-later space with ‘Apple Pay Later’ June 6, 2022 Apple has officially entered the buy-now pay-later space, announcing 'Apple Pay Later' at its developer conference this evening.
Chancerygate to plot £32m new industrial site near London June 6, 2022 One of the UK’s largest industrial developers Chancerygate has lined up a string of sites in Leatherhead for a £32m development, as the logistics sector looks set to become the country’s largest employer. A raft of property firms, including British Land, LondonMetric and BMO Commercial Property Trust have turned their focus to logistics real estate [...]
FTSE 100 boosted as oil majors and miners buoyed by rising crude prices June 6, 2022 London’s FTSE 100 opened higher on Monday as gains for miners and oil majors buoyed the index. The capital’s premier index was up one per cent after an extended weekend due to Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The mid-cap domestically-focused FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, opened 1.2 per [...]
Brits hit the shops: High street buoyed by Jubilee crowds June 6, 2022 The UK saw a football boost of 6.9 per cent over the long weekend, as Brits flocked to high streets to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee. Retail destinations across the country saw an uplift in crowds over the weekend, compared to the average for May 2022, according to BRC-Sensormatic IQ data. Thursday, the first bank holiday [...]