Virgin Mobile ranked the most complained-about operator according to Ofcom November 16, 2021 Virgin Mobile was the most complained-about mobile operator, along with Three and Vodafone; while Tesco Mobile, BT Mobile, Sky Mobile, EE and O2 were all tied as least complained-about operators according to new Ofcom data.
Tory MP Caroline Nokes and New Statesman journalist accuse Boris Johnson’s father Stanley of touching them November 16, 2021 Stanley Johnson, the Prime Minister’s father, is accused of inappropriately touching a senior Tory MP and a journalist. Caroline Nokes said the elder Johnson forcefully smacked her on the backside and said she has “a lovely seat” in 2003 ahead of him running to be a Tory MP. Johnson declined to comment about her allegation [...]
There will be enough turkeys for Christmas, says British Poultry Council boss November 15, 2021 Though the UK will not face a severe shortage of turkeys this Christmas, choices will be limited, according to the head of the British Poultry Council (BPC). The shortage of the festive bird has been a symptom of the country’s current labour shortage, which has seen fewer retail staff, butchers and meat processing plant workers. [...]
On board the first post-Covid BA flight to the US November 15, 2021 What is the collective noun for a group of journalists? Google suggests “pack”, “herd”, “scoop”, and “crowd”. But the word that sprung to my mind while on the BA 001 flight to JFK, fourth glass of champagne in hand, was frenzy. A palpable excitement swelled inside our cabin as the Airbus A350 took to the [...]
CMC Markets shares boosted by split talks confirmation November 15, 2021 Digital trader CMC Markets confirmed today it is mulling splitting the business in two under plans being led by its founder and chief Lord Peter Cruddas, boosting its share price. CMC, a favourite among the City press, is in the preliminary stages of exploring how it could carve out into two businesses, one focusing on [...]
Dividends scale to new heights as companies shake off pandemic hangover November 15, 2021 Companies are rewarding shareholders with record levels of dividends as corporate balance sheets shake off the hangover of the Covid-19 crisis. Firms paid shareholders $403.5bn in dividends in the third quarter of the year, the highest total ever recorded for the three months to September, research by Janus Henderson has found. Dividends are 22 per [...]
US-listed Sun Communities snaps up Park Holidays for £900m November 14, 2021 A New York-listed real estate investment fund has reportedly won a fiercely contested auction to snap up UK staycation giant Park Holidays. Capitalising on the post-lockdown staycation boom, Sun Communities has made an offer in the region of £900m to pick up the company’s 42 UK caravan holiday parks, Sky News first reported. The deal [...]
Cop26: Boris Johnson seeks to downplay failure to get deal to end coal power November 14, 2021 Boris Johnson has sought to play down the failure at Cop26 to get an agreement to end the use of coal power, saying a push from India and China to water down the final deal won’t “make much difference”. Johnson today claimed the deal agreed by 197 nations at the United Nations summit in Glasgow [...]
Boris Johnson says Modi coal stance at Cop26 will not affect UK-India trade talks November 14, 2021 Boris Johnson has said India’s push to water down the wording on coal in the final Cop26 summit deal will not affect UK trade negotiations with the Commonwealth country. Johnson said at a press conference today that “I don’t think there’s any need in particular to introduce this into our bilateral relations”, after Cop26 president [...]
Shareholder payday on the horizon? Lord Cruddas’ CMC Markets mulls split November 14, 2021 Tory peer Lord Cruddas is reportedly looking into splitting up his CMC Markets into two London-listed firms. The separation could be announced within days, Sky News’ Mark Kleinman reported, creating a leveraged trading business as well as a non-leveraged technology and investment products platform. The move could see shareholders, including Lord Cruddas with his 62.5 [...]