Want to really be Australian-style? Time to move our elections to a Saturday May 23, 2022 Australian elections are always held on a Saturday, meaning more people can get to the ballot booth
Gymshark nets £45m profit as founder Ben Francis climbs up Sunday Times Rich List May 22, 2022 Sportswear brand Gymshark has pocketed a £45.4m pre-tax profit – a further jolt of good news for its young founder, who has risen in the Sunday Times Rich List. The e-commerce fashion retailer saw profit rocket in the year to July 2021, compared to 2020’s sum of £30.4m, according to accounts filed to Companies House [...]
Ay caramba! UK kicks off negotiations with Mexico for £4bn post-Brexit trade deal May 20, 2022 International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan is set to fire the starting gun on free trade talks between the UK and Mexico during the visit of her Mexican counterpart, Tatiana Clouthier to London this afternoon. Officials said UK negotiators would be looking to go “further and deeper” in terms of integrating ties in a relationship already [...]
How The Glass Menagerie landed Hollywood A-lister Amy Adams May 20, 2022 Hollywood star and six-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams is set to enchant the West End next week when she begins her run in a radically reimagined version of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. She will play Amanda Wingfield, an overbearing matriarch who, abandoned by her husband and bringing up her two children, longs for [...]
Swapping fast for second-hand fashion: Love Island announces eBay UK as new brand partner May 19, 2022 Love Island has swapped fast fashion for second-hand fashion, announcing a new brand partnership with eBay UK this morning.
Young’s to swap salmon and chicken for cheaper alternatives May 19, 2022 Pub chain Young’s has said it is prepared to switch pricier menu staples for cheaper alternatives as inflation stands at a 40-year high. Speaking to CityA.M., Young’s CEO Patrick Dardis said the company had switched salmon for fresh trout after steep price increases. “Pork is cheaper than chicken and so we have the ability to [...]
Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and EY push further into India as all Big Four firms go on aggressive hiring spree May 19, 2022 The big four professional services firms—Deloitte, KPMG International Coop (KPMG), PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd (PwC) and Ernst & Young Global Ltd (EY)—seem to be focusing on India for recruitment since the start of 2022. Among the four, EY had the highest job postings for India during the first qaurter, followed by Deloitte, PwC, and KPMG, respectively, [...]
Is Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz ready to be the next teen Grand Slam winner? May 19, 2022 At the conclusion of the French Open, which begins on Sunday, we could see rising star Carlos Alcaraz win his first Grand Slam at the same age – and the same venue – as his hero Rafael Nadal’s maiden major. There’s a sense that the baton is changing hands in the world of men’s tennis. [...]
Looking after number one: Your guide to topping up the pension May 19, 2022 Live fast, die young, bad girls do it well, raps London’s M.I.A. But what if you are a sensible girl, live slow, and actually die old? The millennial mindset may be one hurdle to long-term investing. But pensions are there for a reason: they are a “surprising, sneaky, clever little vehicle for investment”, as Tamara [...]
Social animals: Marston’s boss insists Brits’ thirst for the pub will not dry up despite historic inflation May 18, 2022 Brits will continue to be “social animals” at the pub, despite inflation hitting a 40-year high, the boss of Marston’s has said. “Having been locked up for two-three years, we are even more social animals,” Andrew Andrea insisted. The pub boss was optimistic that, despite increasing cost of living concerns, punters would continue to knock [...]