JP Morgan attempts to block fossil fuel proposal from London activist investor January 26, 2022 Activist investor Tulipshare has filed a proposal with JP Morgan to halt its fossil fuel investments – which the Wall Street giant is looking to keep out of its next annual meeting. The London-based startup submitted the proposal in December on behalf of a millennial investor, however, JP Morgan has written to the US Securities [...]
Omicron pushing US Fed into action January 26, 2022 Stagflationary risks are rising as Covid variant extends disruption and central bank steps up to bring inflation under control. US inflation hit its highest level since 1982 at the end of 2021, with the consumer price index (CPI) reaching 7% year-on-year. The figures were widely anticipated, but only add to pressure on the US Federal [...]
City barbers snip opening hours in absence of office workers January 25, 2022 Barbers in the City of London say their businesses will never be the same after the uptake of working from home. Businesses have suffered with the absence of City workers getting lunch break trims and after-work blow drys, all while having to pay London rent. Even with Omicron measures to ease this week, barbers said [...]
Burns Night is here again: Here’s what to drink and where to go January 25, 2022 Today is Burns Night, the annual celebration of Scotland’s national poet, and semi-official “St Patrick’s Day” for lovers of Scotch. Plan B restrictions may have derailed large-scale Burns Suppers and ceilidhs, but there’s no reason you can’t stay home, put on a Gay Gordons LP, whip up some haggis, neeps, and tatties, and toast the immortal memory of Robert Burns with [...]
London has bounced back before and it will do again as Covid-19 rules are dropped January 24, 2022 After a tough economic winter, the lifting of the Government’s Plan B restrictions is a much-needed boost for many Square Mile businesses that rely on footfall traffic from neighbouring offices. These businesses have faced exceptionally difficult trading conditions during the pandemic, with the reintroduction of guidance to work from home last month yet another disappointment. [...]
Aviation chiefs call for ‘new normal’ now with testing ditched for fully-jabbed fliers January 24, 2022 AIRLINE bosses have called on the government to rule out the introduction of border closures even if a new Covid-19 variant emerges. The government last week brought an end to so-called Plan B restrictions, which saw self-isolation rules and work from home guidance scrapped. With the UK believed to be past the peak of the [...]
Airline bosses call on government to rule out more border closures January 24, 2022 Airline bosses have called on government to rule out the introduction of border closures even if a new Covid-19 variant emerges, as the UK begins to put the pandemic behind it. Government last week brought an end to so-called Plan B restrictions, which saw self-isolation rules and work from home guidance scrapped. With signs of [...]
Covid-19 curbs decimate London’s retail economy January 24, 2022 Onerous restrictions on daily life during the pandemic has decimated London’s retail economy, reveals a fresh study released today. The capital’s retailers lost nearly a year’s worth of sales during the pandemic, underlining the severe blow curbs on economic activity has delivered to London’s shops, pubs and restaurants, research carried out by the Centre for [...]
Forbes 30 under 30 data shows London is the best city in the world to be a young entrepreneur January 23, 2022 Using the Forbes 30 Under 30 lists from Europe, North America, Russia, Asia and Africa, London has been named as the best city in the world to be a young entrepreneur. Despite North America being by far the most popular in providing Forbes Under 30 candidates, London is the most popular city for young entrepreneurs [...]
Anya Hindmarch on her new Low & No Off License The Dry Drinker January 22, 2022 Dry January has never been cooler thanks to Anya Hindmarch CBE, the award-winning British Designer who has turned her attention to the new wave of ‘low or no’ alcohol drinks. For a limited time only, Hindmarch has teamed up with The Dry Drinker to launch a booze-free off license in her Anya Village in the [...]