Turtle Bay serves up another record year after championing four-day week August 5, 2024 Caribbean restaurant and bar chain Turtle Bay has reported another record year and hailed the success of its switch to a four-day working week for its employees.
Take a road trip on the Southwest 660 August 5, 2024 Escape the office early on a Friday and head straight for the coast. The UK’s newest long-distance road trip, the Southwest 660, wraps 660 miles along the seafront from Bournemouth in Dorset through Devon and Cornwall, finishing at Watchet in Somerset. It is conveniently divided into 50-mile-long sections, several of which can be completed in [...]
UK riots: Extra criminal lawyers deployed to tackle fallout of violence August 5, 2024 The head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has deployed extra criminal lawyers to deal with the fallout of the violence across the UK.
Hargreaves Lansdown extends takeover deadline for third time August 5, 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown has for the third time extended the deadline for a group of private equity bidders to make a firm £5.4bn takeover offer during a crucial week for the UK’s biggest retail investment platform.
The City is at the vanguard of a new industrial revolution in open data and AI August 5, 2024 By leveraging the expertise of the City, we can pioneer the Fourth Industrial Revolution, writes Lord Mayor Michael Mainelli As well as being an enthusiast and early adopter of technology (even predicting the internet in his 1898 short story From The London Times of 1904) Mark Twain gifted the world many great aphorisms. Among my [...]
England midfielder heading for Madrid after Chelsea accept cut-price deal August 5, 2024 Conor Gallagher has agreed to sign for Atletico Madrid after Chelsea accepted a cut-price £34m deal for the England midfielder. Gallagher spent the weekend mulling over a move to the Spanish club after rejecting Chelsea’s offer of a contract extension. It will bring to an end the boyhood Blues fan’s 16-year association with the south-west [...]
Wood Group shares plunge 40 per cent after bidder Sidara walks away citing ‘geopolitical risks’ August 5, 2024 Dubai-based engineers Sidara has brought an end to takeover talks with London-listed John Wood, citing "rising geopolitical risks" and "financial market uncertainty".
Lloyds, Barclays and Natwest: FTSE 100 bank shares slide on fears of US recession August 5, 2024 The UK's biggest banks were among FTSE 100 stocks hit by a global sell-off on Monday as investors were spooked by the prospect of a US recession.
Firmdale: Record year for luxury London and New York hotel group amid expansion plans August 5, 2024 Turnover at the group behind luxury hotels in London and New York edged to almost £200m during its latest financial year, it has been revealed.
Richard Mille: Luxury watch brand hands out huge pay day as sales success eyed August 5, 2024 Luxury Swiss watch brand Richard Mille has issued a huge dividend and hinted that 2024 will be another year of sales success.