Jackie and Spencer filmmaker returns with surreal, comic El Conde September 16, 2023 Oscar winning filmmaker Pablo Larrain is best known to English language audiences for his portrayal of famous women in history, telling the story of a famous First Lady in 2016’s Jackie, and imagining the torment of a princess in 2021’s Spencer. It’s a famous male leader, however, that becomes the subject of his latest work, [...]
No amount of tax breaks will prise the over 50s from the golf course September 15, 2023 Even if we’re truly desperate to get the over 50s back to work, we shouldn’t be given them bespoke tax carve-outs which will create more intergenerational inequality, writes Emily Fielder
Mark Kleinman: The inquest into Wilko’s demise has only just begun September 14, 2023 Mark Kleinman is City editor at Sky News Inquest into Wilko’s demise has only just begun Few things elicit British consumers’ sentimentality like the imminent disappearance of a once-proud high street name. For Woolworths in 2009 and BHS in 2016, read Wilko in 2023. The sad fate of more than 10,000 employees at the family-owned [...]
Mark Kleinman: Wilko’s demise, the FTSE chair merry-go-round and Bink’s breakup with Barclays September 14, 2023 Mark Kleinman gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly column for City A.M.
Fintechs are being forced to play second fiddle by banks’ anti-competitive practices September 14, 2023 If ministers can intervene over Nigel Farage’s bank account, they can force banks to give up their iron grip on the credit system
Wilko brand set to be bought by The Range as carve up continues September 13, 2023 The Range is poised to buy the brand and intellectual property of Wilko, as the collapsed high street store continues to be carved up by competitors.
Trevor Steven: Scotland would love to beat them but England need this win more September 12, 2023 Scotland have nothing to lose against England, who need to win to ease pressure on the team and Gareth Southgate, says Trevor Steven.
Sunak slams China’s ‘unacceptable’ interference after suspected spy arrested September 10, 2023 Rishi Sunak has confronted China’s premier over his country’s “unacceptable” interference in British democracy after the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying for Beijing.
The Big Table in talks to snap up Chiquito’s and Frankie and Benny’s from TRG September 9, 2023 The owner of Cafe Rouge, The Big Table, is in talks to snap up Chiquito’s and Frankie and Benny’s from The Restaurant Group (TRG). According to a report first published in Sky News, the firm, which is backed by private equity group Epiris, is in negotiations with TRG, the London listed firm which owns Wagamama [...]
UK’s Motor Fuel Group in £2bn fuel stations deal talks with Morrisons September 9, 2023 UK’s Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is in talks with supermarket chain Morrisons for 340 fuel retail forecourts in a deal that could be worth about £2bn, the petrol stations giant said. The company, in a statement to Reuters on Friday, said a deal would also include 500 freehold plots of land at the supermarket chain’s [...]