Plans to build UK’s largest arena in London revealed by Co-op Live owner May 14, 2025 The live entertainment giant which co-owns the UK’s largest indoor arena, Co-op Live, is looking at building up to two new venues in London at a cost of around £1.5bn. Speaking to City AM, Oak View Group (OVG) chief executive Tim Leiweke revealed plans for up to two arenas are currently being considered with the [...]
Rugby’s Nations Championship set for New York finals May 12, 2025 World Rugby is looking at taking the 2030 Nations Championship finals to the US ahead of the 2031 World Cup across the pond. The governing body’s chairman Brett Robinson has revealed that New York is being lined up as host one year prior to the Americas’ first ever Rugby World Cup. It comes amid concerns [...]
Home Office to clamp down on visa overstays amid pressure from Farage May 6, 2025 New Home Office rules would put curbs on work and study visas from nationalities most at risk of overstaying and going on to claim asylum as part of Labour’s push to reduce net migration. Applications from Pakistanis, Nigerians and Sri Lankans are among those set to be restricted, according to a report in The Times. [...]
Pat Cummins: Top players should take pay cuts to save Test cricket May 3, 2025 Australia captain Pat Cummins has suggested that leading international players should take a pay cut to help save Test cricket. Cummins says he would be open to accepting a lower central contract as the price for providing more funding to the smaller nations to ensure they can continue to play and compete in the Test arena. The [...]
Councils turn digital as budget pressures mount April 17, 2025 Councils across the UK are ramping up spending on technology and service design as financial pressures mount and demand for services grows. The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology hopes that digitising public sector services could unlock up to £45bn a year in productivity gains. “This makes digitisation the most powerful lever available to drive [...]
Watchdog launches probe into EY over Post Office audits following Horizon scandal April 16, 2025 The accountancy regulator has launched an investigation into Big Four giant EY's auditing of the Post Office accounts, focusing on the Horizon IT system.
Big Four vs Watchdog: Giants rack up over £154m in fines April 16, 2025 The accountancy regulator has handed over £154m in fines to the Big Four firms over the last five years for audit failures
EY slapped with fine over audit of Scottish water company April 14, 2025 Big Four giant EY has been sanctioned £ 500,000 over its audit of a Scottish water company, less than a week after its other sanction
EY slapped with £6.5m fine over Thomas Cook audits April 10, 2025 The watchdog has fined Big Four giant EY £6.5m for its audit of the collapsed airline Thomas Cook.
UK grocery sales slow in March but there are ‘reasons to be optimistic’ April 3, 2025 Total sales at UK supermarket tills slowed in March, but analysts pinned this to a later-than-usual rather than a structural slowdown. Sales growth at tills slowed to 2.7 per cent in the four weeks to April 2, down from a four per cent rise in February, according to NIQ. In-store visits grew 6.8 per cent [...]