TfL adds extra peak time services to London Overground December 4, 2019 The London Overground will add early morning capacity on services from Gospel Oak to Barking from next month. The line will benefit from two extra services before 6am to meet “growing customer numbers”. Read more: Crossrail delay until 2021 may cost London £2bn Rory O’Neill, TfL’s general manager for London Overground, said: “These additional early morning [...]
Fitness advice: Ways to help your staff stay in shape December 3, 2019 I am stressed because of work. I have no social life because of work. I have no time because of work. I drink too much because of work. I am overweight because of work. How many of these sentences apply to you? It’s easy to blame work for all our problems, but it’s an inescapable [...]
The professional’s pick of the season’s top fitness gadgets December 3, 2019 Getting people fit any healthy is something I do every day. Putting someone through a workout in the gym, however, will never be enough to get results. To function at your best, you need to keep a lot of plates spinning across the spectrum of your life. Sometimes we need a helping hand, such as [...]
Spanish oil giant Repsol pledges to cut emissions to zero by 2050 December 3, 2019 On Monday Spanish oil giant Repsol pledged that it would reduce net carbon emissions from its operations and products to zero, taking a €4.8bn (£4.1bn) value hit in the process. The company, which described the move as an industry first, announced the step on the first day of the UN climate change summit in Madrid. [...]
France vows to hit back at US tariffs as luxury stocks fall December 3, 2019 The European Union will hit back at “unacceptable” US tariff threats against French products, finance minister Bruno Le Maire has warned. Shares in luxury French retailers took a hit this morning after the US issued new tariff threats in retaliation against the country’s new tech tax. Read more: US to slap France with tariffs over [...]
US to slap France with tariffs over ‘burdensome’ digital tax December 2, 2019 The US has vowed to slap tariffs of up to 100 per cent on $2.4bn (£1.6bn) of French goods, in retaliation over findings that a new digital services tax in the country would harm US tech companies. US trade representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer said its investigation found that the French proposal was “inconsistent with prevailing [...]
Amazon steps into Premier League broadcasting for the first time with big ambitions December 2, 2019 December is an important month for the future of the Premier League. On the pitch, the focus will be on whether Liverpool can sustain their charge at the top of the table, if Jose Mourinho can turn around Tottenham’s fortunes in the long term and which sides are sliding towards relegation. But off it eyes [...]
UN climate change summit opens in Madrid amid last chance warnings December 2, 2019 The UN Climate Change conference is underway in Madrid, as governments come together to take the next steps in the climate change process. Against a backdrop of a year of especially severe weather, the two weeks of talks offer delegates the chance to resolve outstanding issues from the Paris accord, such as rules for carbon [...]
TfL is finally giving the Tube an Apple Pay upgrade December 2, 2019 Apple Pay users will be able to move through Tube stations faster, after the app upgraded its payment system with Transport for London (TfL). Apple Pay’s Express Transit allows people to tap through Tube stations without first having to use authentication measures. Read more: TfL deficit shrinks thanks to Ulez and increased Tube numbers Formerly, [...]
Facebook launches new photo transfer tool to allow users to migrate between services more easily December 2, 2019 Facebook is set to launch a tool today that will finally enable its users to download all of their images from the platform at once. It is the latest step from the social media firm to ensure people can download and transfer all the data stored on Facebook. Read more: Google’s £2bn merger with Looker [...]