UK needs laws for self-driving cars, government bodies say January 26, 2022 Government bodies are currently lobbying for the UK to adopt a legislation that regulates self-driving vehicles. According to a joint report from the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission, introducing an ‘Automated Vehicles Act’ will help to draw “a clear distinction between features which just assist drivers, such as adaptive [...]
Tetrosyl seeks £1m in compensation from BDO over 9-month audit delay January 26, 2022 Rochdale-based car products manufacturer Tetrosyl is seeking more than £1m in compensation from Belgian accountancy firm BDO, over claims that BDO’s “inadequate” handling of its audit damaged Tetrosyl’s relationships with its contractors and led to Tetrosyl’s directors facing criminal proceedings from Companies House. In documents seen by The Times, Tetrosyl said BDO’s nine-month delay in [...]
CarTrawler CEO Cormac Barry on the travel sector’s long road to recovery January 23, 2022 No more PCR tests before arriving in England and most travel restrictions out of the window. International arrivals will instead be asked to take a lateral flow test on arrival and only to self-isolate if it comes back positive. The UK government’s recent announcements were warmly welcomed by the UK’s aviation and tourism sectors, including [...]
Inflation to near 30-year high as Brits prepare to tighten their belts January 17, 2022 The cost of living in Britain will swell to its highest level in nearly three decades, some of the City’s leading economists warned today. Soaring energy bills, compounded by a sharp rise in the price of second-hand cars and petrol costs, will drive inflation to 5.3 per cent, according to Sanjay Raja, Deutsche Bank’s senior [...]
Daily Mail owner goes private following Rothermere’s triumphant push January 10, 2022 Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has officially delisted and cancelled trading from the London Stock Exchange, following a successful swoop by the Rothermere family.
2021: Best year ever for UK tech sector with £26bn in VC, 116 unicorns, record London listings and more jobs December 28, 2021 The UK tech sector looks back on its best year ever, raking in £26bn in venture capital, record London listings, more jobs and the number of British unicorns climbing to 116. Success feeds cities outside London as Cambridge has become the leading regional tech city in the UK thanks to its combination of high levels [...]
Victory for Lord Rothermere: End of an era as Daily Mail group exits London Stock Exchange after listing nine decades ago in 1932 December 22, 2021 The Daily Mail’s biggest shareholder – Lord Rothermere – is heading for victory in his bid to take the Daily Mail group private as the company will be delisted from the London Stock Exchange after almost 90 years. The newspaper tycoon made a “final” offer to investors in Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) earlier [...]
A quarter of the UK’s unicorns were created in 2021 alone as the tech sector shines December 20, 2021 New data shows how UK tech boomed in 2021, raising £26bn, doubling last year’s figures and creating a record number of unicorns.
Daily Mail owner shares collapse over 70 per cent ahead of exiting the London Stock Exchange December 17, 2021 The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) group had its shares collapse by more than 70 per cent today, ahead of delisting from the London Stock Exchange. The sharp drop was triggered by the stock going ‘ex’ its special dividend today, meaning it is trading without the value of the next dividend payment. It comes after [...]
Rothermere wins battle to take Daily Mail owner private December 16, 2021 The Rothermere family won its latest battle to take the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday private after the owners of 57 per cent of the shares backed their recommended offer.