Activists slam Center Parcs over plans to build site on ancient woodland November 24, 2021 Green charities are calling out Center Parcs over plans to build a £350m holiday resort at the heart of ancient Sussex woodland.
Long-awaited Bitcoin upgrade goes live as miners keep stashing BTC November 22, 2021 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin dropped from around $66,000 to a $57,000 low throughout last week.
Keep off the grass: UK wildflowers at risk of extinction November 10, 2021 Research from British conservation charity Plantlife and Renault has revealed that in the UK one in five wildflowers is at a risk of extinction due to pollution. According to the data, since the 1930s 97 per cent of the country’s grasslands and meadows have disappeared, while floral diversity plummeted on road verges, usually home to [...]
Tory party hit by more sleaze claims as £3m donors systematically given House of Lords place November 7, 2021 The Tory party has been hit by further claims of sleaze, with new research showing that a group of major donors who give more than £3m to the party are systematically being given a place in the House of Lords. New research showed that for the past two decades that any Tory member who takes [...]
Helena Morrissey criticises HSBC and City of London as she calls for dump of China stock October 5, 2021 City insider Baroness Helena Morrissey has called on investors to ditch their stakes in Chinese companies due to the accusations of human rights abuses in the country. Morrissey, a chair for AJ Bell, also criticised HSBC and the City of London Corporation for their stance on China, as the bank alongside Standard Chartered, had last [...]
City insider Helena Morrissey urges investors to dump China stocks – CityAM : CityAM October 5, 2021 City insider Baroness Helena Morrissey has called on investors to ditch their stakes in Chinese companies due to the accusations of human rights abuses in the country. Morrissey, a chair for AJ Bell, also criticised HSBC and the City of London Corporation for their stance on China, as the bank alongside Standard Chartered, had last [...]
How boosting social mobility can broaden the talent pipeline September 21, 2021 New research backs up the importance of higher education in boosting social mobility and broadening the talent pipeline. Anna Melville-James hears how the ICAS Foundation is playing its part. This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. Education is a key factor in social mobility. It has the power to change lives and liberate potential. Recent [...]
Sadiq Khan supports new London memorial dedicated to Muslims who fought in World Wars September 2, 2021 Sadiq Khan has backed plans for a new London memorial to recognise the contribution of Muslims who fought in the First and Second World Wars. The monument will be the first in the UK to pay tribute to the millions of Muslims who served in the British Armed Forces during the conflicts. The Mayor of [...]
Lady Diana: Today marks 24 years since Princess of Wales died in a Paris car crash August 31, 2021 Today marks twenty-four years since Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a Paris car crash. The princess – the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex’s late mother – was just 36 was she was killed on 31 August 1997. Nearly a quarter of a century on from Diana’s shock death, the statue commissioned [...]
Londoners ‘disgusted’ by fashion industry abuses but lack money to shop ethically August 19, 2021 London consumers feel strong negative emotions about fashion industry exploitation, and that they want the industry cleaned up so they can enjoy shopping without guilt. More than two-thirds (68 per cent) of Brits taking part in a new survey that was shared with City A.M. felt either ‘disgusted’ ‘sad’ or ‘angry’ about the fact that [...]