Sadiq Khan freezes TfL fares after drumming up extra £123m January 19, 2024 Tube and rail fares will be frozen until March 2025 after Mayor Sadiq Khan drummed up an extra £123m in funding for TfL.
What’s driving Bentley sales? Wealthy buyers paying to have their name spotlit on the ground January 19, 2024 Bentley Motors reported its third best ever year of luxury car sales in 2023, driven by record demand for personalisation.
Sadiq Khan criticised for £512m spending boost ahead of election January 18, 2024 Sadiq Khan has been criticised for a pledging £512m spending boost in his draft City Hall budget for next year ahead of the mayoral elections.
UK nightlife and hospitality ‘teetering on brink’ of collapse as government intervention urged January 17, 2024 The UK’s hospitality and nightlife sector is “teetering on the brink” of collapse, industry voices have warned, after a number of high profile closures have piled pressure on the government to provide more support. Less than a month into the new year, it has been reported that up to 43 hospitality venues across Britain face [...]
Childcare costs mean it makes ‘no financial sense for many mothers to work’: official report January 17, 2024 London’s economy could be being held back by around £5bn a year due to issues with childcare costs and shortages.
The Debate: Should the next government build more new towns? January 17, 2024 We are in the midst of a housing crisis and Labour has committed to a programme of new towns - so should the UK build more Peterboroughs and Stoke on Trents?
Cutting wages is a short-sighted solution to hospitality’s woes January 17, 2024 The hospitality sector is under pressure, but foregoing fair pay is not a long-term solution, writes Andrea Rasca.
Princes falls to £50m loss and makes further redundancies as potential sale looms January 16, 2024 Food giant Princes cut over 150 jobs while slipping to a loss of more than £50m despite its revenue rising by £300m, new documents have revealed.
Ocado: Marks-linked grocery tech giant cheers bumper online Christmas orders January 16, 2024 Ocado Retail, the grocery delivery service owned in a joint venture with Marks and Spencer, said it would return to positive EBITDA for the full year, as customers fall back in favour with the brand
Brewdog’s CEO James Watt hits back at ‘ridiculous levels of criticism’ following wages change January 15, 2024 The chief executive of Brewdog has hit back at the "ridiculous levels of criticism" his company received following the news that it would no longer be paying staff the ‘real’ living wage.