City Companies Celebrate National Volunteers Week June 3, 2024 To celebrate National Volunteers Week taking place from 3-9th June, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal asked City Giving Day participants to share their inspiring volunteering stories. Sally Yiallouros, UK Corporate Responsibility Lead at EY “Volunteering is one of the ways we live by our EY purpose of building a better working world, and my role as [...]
The Notebook: Rishi’s fixation on the grey vote could cost the party its entire future June 3, 2024 Rishi Sunak's punt on the grey vote at the cost of engaging with the young at all will prove the party's undoing, writes James Chapman.
Sorry Britain, Europe’s just not that into you June 3, 2024 Anyone hoping for a closer relationship with the EU under a Labour government will be disappointed. There’s no evidence Brussels has any interest in welcoming Britain back into the fold, says Eliot Wilson Sir Keir Starmer is desperate not to take anything for granted. It is a cautious policy from a cautious man leading a [...]
Football ticket scams could do Brits out of £780,000, says high street bank June 1, 2024 Ticket buyers are being warned to be extra vigilant this summer.
Election 2024: Sunak pledges cash to towns as Starmer pitches ‘wealth creation’ June 1, 2024 In the Times, Sir Keir has pitched to the middle class and the middle ground as he told the paper his “number one mission is wealth creation”.
Coffee Wars: Inside the race to become London’s number one chain June 1, 2024 Coffee has played a vital role in reviving Brits for centuries. Despite feeling like a relatively new phenomenon, the first record of a coffee house in England dates back to 1652 and was said to be opened by a Turkish Man named Jacob in Oxfordshire.
Sunak: ‘The plan is working’… But what is the plan? May 31, 2024 City A.M. has had a look at what Sunak and Hunt have been saying and doing over the past couple of years, pulling together what can, with a bit of squinting, be described as a plan.
Uncool Britannia: What is going wrong at Dr Martens, Burberry and Mulberry? May 30, 2024 Thursday proved to be another challenging day for British heritage brands, with Dr Martens revealing a plummet in annual profits largely due to dwindling demand from US shoppers.
Inspiration for all May 30, 2024 The Inspiring Partnerships programme from Inspiration for All is a unique senior leadership development programme with impact. The programme connects leaders in business with leaders in schools to advance social mobility through leadership. Research shows that great leaders add approximately two GCSE grades to every young person, therefore improving outcomes and access to opportunities. In business, leadership [...]
Why now is the time to try Greek wine May 30, 2024 Having made wine for centuries, a modern wave of Greek wine has had sommeliers and supermarkets alike clamouring for more