Not listening: Fuel panic buying continues despite government appeals to stop September 28, 2021 Many gas stations across the UK continue to run dry, as retailers warned this morning the panic buying of fuel shows no sign of ending. Long queues were again reported outside stations which were open, after the Government announced it was putting the Army on standby in an effort to ensure supplies were maintained. The [...]
Now pubs and bars call for visa help as staff shortage bites September 28, 2021 Restaurant and pub bosses have pleaded for ‘easy visas’ to help fill vacancies as they desperately try to recruit enough staff to keep the doors open. Patrick Dardis, CEO of London-based pub group Young’s told City A.M. yesterday that the UK needed to open up the job market to the EU to increase the labour [...]
Exclusive: UK electric car market in top speed as sales jump 186 per cent during pandemic September 27, 2021 Electric car sales in the UK have jumped by 186 per cent to 108,000 in 2020, up from just 38,000 in 2019, according to a new study, shared exclusively with City A.M. this morning. This growth is six times higher than the average sales growth of electric cars globally at 31 per cent in 2020, putting [...]
The Many Saints of Newark – nostalgia masks so-so crime drama September 27, 2021 *** This review of The Many Saints of Newark contains spoilers for The Sopranos TV show *** It was 13 years ago that Tony Soprano looked over his shoulder in a diner to the strains of Don’t Stop Believin’ only for the screen to go black. It was a divisive end to one of the [...]
Opinion-in-brief: Woke-chain is the new orange for Lib Dem voters September 27, 2021 It’s perhaps no surprise that young, left leaning voters are driving crypto uptake in the UK. A series of car crash general elections have primed the political left for the market’s merciless swings of fortune. A survey by Savanta has confirmed the rainbow alliance as the natural political home of crypto holders: 29 per cent [...]
Woke young Lib Dems most likely to turn to crypto, study finds September 27, 2021 Crypto is a smash hit with young investors, particularly those with left leaning political views according to a new study. Young people, particularly those with left-leaning views, make up the majority of UK crypto investors with the Liberal Democrats found to be the natural political home of digital asset enthusiasts. A resounding 29 per cent of LibDem [...]
Five things we’ve learned from the USA’s Ryder Cup landslide September 26, 2021 The USA reclaimed the Ryder Cup in record breaking fashion on Sunday night, completing a landslide 19-9 victory over Europe that had looked in prospect from the first morning. Open champion Collin Morikawa clinched the half point needed to ensure victory by finishing all-square in his match with Viktor Hovland, before the Americans won Sunday’s [...]
Police launch probe into multiple sudden, unexplained child deaths in Scotland September 26, 2021 Scotland’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) – which has a duty to investigate all sudden, unexpected and unexplained deaths – has instructed officers from Police Scotland to investigate four deaths at the flagship Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QUEH) in Glasgow. The deaths being looked at include that of a 73-year-old woman at the [...]
Slap £1.7bn in taxes on private schools to pay for state education, says Keir Starmer September 26, 2021 A Keir Starmer government would slap a £1.7bn tax burden on private schools in order to pay for state education, the Labour Leader has said. The opposition leader told the Sunday Mirror he wanted to see a “rethink” on education and said the pandemic has increased the gap between children of wealthy and poor families. [...]
New-build barns: the property trend for 2022? September 24, 2021 There are old houses, and there are new houses – and then there are new houses built to look old, which is what The Maltings project is all about. Designed after traditional country barns, the development, situated on the outskirts of Biddenden, a picturesque village in the Kent countryside, could be cut straight from a [...]