City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? June 9, 2021 City A.M.‘s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Chairman trades The Restaurant Group for the FA The Restaurant Group (TRG), which host brands like Wagamama and Frankie & Benny’s, has confirmed this week that its chairman will be stepping [...]
City of London set to join Islington South in new constituency from 2023 June 8, 2021 The Square Mile is set to be a part of a new City of London and Islington South constituency as a part of the England Boundary Commission’s 2023 electoral review, which has proposed giving the capital an extra two parliamentary seats. The review suggests that London gets 75 seats for the next election, with one [...]
Number of people in England with Covid-19 jumps by 75 per cent in a week June 4, 2021 The number of people infected with Covid-19 in England has gone up by around 75 per cent last week, new figures suggest. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that 85,600 people in England had the virus in the week to 29 May, equating to around one in 640 people in private households. This is [...]
Travel abroad will be safer this summer and the UK’s green list update should reflect this June 2, 2021 Travel abroad will be safer this summer and the UK's green list update should reflect this
A post-pandemic high street must be experience-led, says Geek Retreat CEO June 2, 2021 In a post-pandemic world, the high street needs to offer customers something more experiential – something online giants like Amazon can’t offer – the CEO of ‘geek culture’ store Geek Retreat has said. Geek Retreat, the retailer that sells everything from comics and graphic novels to action figures, and also offers customers access to gaming [...]
Tesla to spend north of $1bn for Australian electric car battery materials annually June 2, 2021 Raw battery materials from Australia alone are expected to cost Tesla north of $1bn every year, the chair of the US carmaker has said today. Australia, which is rich in natural resource, is a business go-to for its bustling mining industry and responsible production practices. Tesla is keen for minerals like lithium and nickel, which [...]
Trevor Steven: Gareth Southgate may regret naming four right-backs in England squad for Euro 2020 instead of Jesse Lingard or Danny Ings June 2, 2021 On the face of it, it’s difficult to work out why Gareth Southgate has named four right-backs in his England squad for Euro 2020. While Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier, Reece James and Trent Alexander-Arnold are all talented players, each is also taking up a space that could have gone to someone else. If only two [...]
West End gets bank holiday boost as shoppers flock to central London June 1, 2021 Shoppers flocked to London’s West End over the bank holiday weekend, keen to make the most of shops, restaurants and bars in the sunshine. Footfall in the area was up 67 per cent over the bank holiday weekend when compared with last weekend’s figures, data from New West End Company found, which represents 600 retail, [...]
Lifting restrictions should be spaced out to avoid third wave, senior doctors say June 1, 2021 The easing of restrictions should be spaced out to keep the levels of transmissions down and avoid a third wave in the UK, according to senior doctors today. “If we are intending to keep the levels of transmission down because that is the fundamental risk we have, then it would make sense to space the [...]
Russia to set up 20 new military units in west to counter Nato’s ‘growing threat’ May 31, 2021 The Russian military will form 20 new units in the country’s west this year to counter what it claims is a growing threat from Nato. Defence minister Sergei Shoigu made the announcement at a meeting with top military officials. He pointed to a growing number of flights by US strategic bombers near Russia’s borders, deployments [...]