‘Freedom day’: Pub bosses wipe down the bar for a 21 June return May 5, 2021 The UK’s pub bosses are wiping the bar down for a June return, coined “freedom day”, urging prime minister Boris Johnson to stick to his roadmap for the easing of restrictions. JD Wetherspoon, Greene King, Slug & Lettuce owner Stonegate and Young’s have all expressed their intentions for a 21 June return of bar service, [...]
Hipgnosis buys up Dua Lipa and Justin Bieber songwriter’s back catalogue May 5, 2021 Hipgnosis has bought the catalogue of songwriter and producer Andrew Watt as the music investment firm continued its spending spree. Watt recently won producer of the year at the 2021 Grammy Awards for his work with artists including Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa. Hipgnosis’ acquisition binge shows no sign of slowing down, after the [...]
India to take back illegal migrants in return for more UK visas May 4, 2021 The UK and India today reached an agreement on migration and mobility between the two countries as they looked to deepen economic ties following Brexit. The pact will provide more employment opportunities for 3,000 young Indian professionals annually, in return for the country agreeing to take back its citizens who are living illegally in the [...]
Fidelio Cafe’s Raffaello Morales on the role of music in the City May 4, 2021 I caught up with Raffaello Morales, conductor and founder of Fidelio Cafe and founder and music director of Fidelio Orchestra, a London-based ensemble which brings together students, professionals and semi-professional players. We talked about the role of music in the City of London, how businesses can support the arts, and the importance of forging new [...]
Red faces full of port wine: how to drink England’s favourite wine May 4, 2021 What’s the first thing you think of when you read the word “port”? I suspect for many of you it will evoke a very distinct stereotype, and not all of that will be positive. Some of you, I’ll wager, thought “gout”. Most of the images that came to mind will have been of well-off, well-upholstered [...]
Shaun Bailey hits out at City of London’s ‘polite drug users’ May 3, 2021 Tory mayor of London candidate Shaun Bailey has hit out at the culture of “polite drug use” in the City, saying that white collar workers need to be a part of the solution to tackling cocaine-fuelled drug violence. Bailey told City A.M. in a wide-ranging interview, to be released later today, that “casual drug use [...]
NHS plans vaccine rollout for secondary school children in September May 2, 2021 The NHS is drawing up plans to administer Pfizer vaccines to secondary school children from September. The plans would see pupils aged 12 and over given a first dose of the vaccine when the new school year starts. The Sunday Times reports that the plans, which have been dubbed as the NHS’ “core planning scenario, [...]
Marks & Spencer chair: More young faces are needed on company boards May 1, 2021 Archie Norman, chairman of Marks & Spencer, has said company boards are “made up of old people”, and as a result are not able to keep pace with disruptive, smarter and faster technological advances. Norman, who is also chairman of Signal AI, an artificial intelligence-powered public relations platform, and special advisor to Lazard Bank, said [...]
Woman takes legal action to get Prince Harry arrested for not marrying her April 30, 2021 A woman started legal proceedings to get an arrest warrant issued against Prince Harry for failing to live up to his promise to marry her. Palwinder Kaur told the High Court of Punjab and Haryana she had even been in touch with Prince Charles, so the couple could inform him of their wedding plans. Kaur, [...]
Junior bankers at HSBC set for pay rise in bid to tackle burnout April 30, 2021 HSBC will raise hire more junior bankers to share the workload and hike current employees’ pay in a bid to tackle burnout after a gruelling year. The bank will also shorten a four year associate programme for certain groups in Hong Kong, London and the US, according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg. Associates [...]