Google searches for ‘WW3’ up 75-fold since Russian invasion of Ukraine March 10, 2022 Google searches for ‘WW3’ have skyrocketed by 75-times the usual rate in wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As tensions continue to mount between Moscow and Kyiv, UK internet users expressed their fears about it engulfing the rest of Europe, by asking the search engine giant if it might spell the start of a third [...]
Broadcaster STV records highest revenue, lowest debt and best viewing share since 2008 March 10, 2022 Scotland’s free-to-air broadcaster STV capped off an “exceptional” 2021 by recording its highest revenue, best viewing share and lowest level of debt since 2008. The network registered a 35 per cent increase in revenue from two years ago, with a near 40 per cent operating profit. Its chief executive also said the company dramatically slashed [...]
Staff at John Lewis to share £46m bonus pot after profits rebound by nearly 40 per cent March 10, 2022 Staff at the John Lewis Partnership will share a £46m bonus pot after the retail giant saw underlying annual profits rebound by 38 per cent. The group, which also owns upmarket supermarket chain Waitrose, said it will pay a bonus of 3% to its employees, or one-and-a-half weeks’ pay, and increase wages by 2 per [...]
UAE hints at supporting boost in oil supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine March 10, 2022 OPEC member United Arab Emirates called for more oil supplies to be pumped into the market yesterday amid fears of supply shortages.
As Britain vies to join the key Asia trade bloc, it must stand up for Taiwan against China March 10, 2022 Last year, Xi Jinping celebrated the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party with a stark warning: “We must take resolute action to utterly defeat any attempt toward Taiwan independence”. In other words, Beijing remains committed to transforming their “One China” stance from legal fiction into geopolitical fact by any means necessary. With Russia’s Vladimir Putin [...]
Russia-Ukraine war to take tax cuts off the table, IFS warns March 10, 2022 Even higher inflation triggered by Russia invading Ukraine will take promised tax cuts off the table, a leading think tank warned today. Surging energy prices driven by concerns over the security of oil and gas supplies amid a ramping up in tensions between Moscow and the West will eat into Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s room to [...]
Kwarteng commits to North Sea oil and gas as UK phases out Russian energy supplies March 9, 2022 Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said the government is committed to North Sea fossil fuel
‘An atrocity’: Russia accused of bombing Ukraine hospital during ceasefire March 9, 2022 Russia was today accused of breaking a ceasefire to bomb a hospital in the under siege city of Mariupol in what was described as an “atrocity” and act of terror by Volodymyr Zelensky. The city has faced heavy shelling over the past week and has become the site of an impending humanitarian disaster, with civilians [...]
Magic Circle law firm Freshfields drops sanctioned Russian bank as client in battle over sacred Jewish manuscripts March 9, 2022 One of London’s oldest law firms, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has pulled out of representing Russia’s state-backed development bank, VEB.RF, in a legal battle between the Russian bank and a Hasidic Jewish group, over a collection of thousands of sacred Jewish texts that fell into the hands of the Soviet Union during the Bolshevik revolution. Freshfields [...]
London’s top indexes snap back sharply after bruising sessions March 9, 2022 London’s top indexes snapped back yesterday after booking heavy losses due to fears over the economic fallout of the Russia-Ukraine war sending investors fleeing. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index soared 2.79 per cent to above 7,000 points, while the domestically-focused FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, [...]