57 salmonella cases confirmed as Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs recalled April 4, 2022 The UK’s food authority has confirmed 57 cases of salmonella, mostly among young children, with suspected links to Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs. Confectioner Ferrero has recalled batches of its individual 20g eggs and eggs that come in packs of three with a best before date of between 11 July 2022 and 7 October 2022. The [...]
City A.M. Awards 2022: Business of the Year April 4, 2022 The City is back, and so are the City A.M. Awards, recognising the best of the Square Mile, Canary Wharf and London’s business community – which has shown shown resilience, innovation and adaptability like never before over the past year. We’re delighted to host what will be a wonderful celebration of the capital’s rebound, but [...]
Partygate scandal: Government’s former ethics chief Helen MacNamara reportedly fined £50 over lockdown bash April 4, 2022 Helen MacNamara, who used to be the deputy cabinet secretary and former ethics chief for the government, is said to be among the first group of people to receive a fixed-penalty notice (FPN) from Scotland Yard as part of its investigation into alleged lockdown-breaching parties in Downing Street and Whitehall. The Daily Telegraph reported that [...]
Raising a toast: Beer sales return to pre-pandemic glory as pub goers ditch wine and spirits April 4, 2022 Beer sales have brewed a comeback with 1.1bn more pints sold last year than in 2020. Some 4.6bn litres of beer was sold in 2021, up 13 per cent on 2020. Lockdown drinkers opted for spirits, causing beer sales to plummet, but pints regained popularity when pubs reopened. Wine and spirits saw a drop of [...]
More than 50,000 British researchers are ready to leave academia in unprecedented science outflux April 2, 2022 A new report from the University and College Union (UCU) warns that a vast majority of staff at high education institutions across Britain are demoralised and are considering to quite academia. Unsolved disputes about working conditions, pay and pension, with a range of strikes in recent months, have led to tens of thousands of researchers [...]
Freshfields outbids Magic Circle rivals by offering newly qualified lawyers £125,000 a year April 1, 2022 London’s oldest law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to pay its newly qualified lawyers more than any other Magic Circle law firm, after upping pay for its new associates to £125,000 a year. Freshfields salary hike will see it pay NQs considerably more than its Magic Circle rivals – including Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen [...]
Jon Ronson on fine form in Leicester Square Things Fell Apart show April 1, 2022 It’s hard to categorise Jon Ronson’s live shows. To call them stand-up would imply the presence of jokes but they’re far more involved than a simple book reading. They’re kind of like meandering Ted Talks, complete with slide presentations, delivered by the world’s most endearingly anxious man. This time Ronson brings his podcast series Things [...]
Ollie Phillips: Sale Sharks top the league for 2022/23 signings so far April 1, 2022 This season of Premiership rugby is so exciting and engaging to watch, but some of the planned transfers mean I already cannot wait for next year. After Sale Sharks confirmed the signing of Tom O’Flaherty from Exeter Chiefs, it made me think just what the north west club could achieve in 2022-23. The signature of [...]
Topsy Ojo: Premiership run-in is so tight but relegation needs to return April 1, 2022 London Irish legend Topsy Ojo has called for the return of relegation to further improve an exciting period of rugby in the Premiership. For the second season in a row no teams will drop into the Championship but the former winger, who twice went down with the Exiles, insists something has been lost. “It would [...]
European tech laws should tempt the next Silicon Valley to cross the Atlantic April 1, 2022 In the early years of the last century, Louis Brandeis of America’s Supreme Court believed that markets, without regulation, would destroy their most treasured characteristic, competition. It was Justice Brandeis, above all others, whose actions curtailed the oil industry’s “robber barons” and brought about the age of “antitrust”. Today, for the first time since, anti-monopolists [...]