BMW M5 2025: The hybrid super saloon hoping to outmuscle Trump tariffs April 7, 2025 I was there, and 1984 was nowhere near as terrible as George Orwell would have you believe. Ghostbusters and The Goonies ruled the box office, Prince released Purple Rain, and Frankie Goes To Hollywood topped the chart with Relax, then again with Two Tribes. In Munich, meanwhile, BMW pulled the wraps off the world’s first [...]
Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren interview: ‘Let’s not f*** this up’ April 7, 2025 Listening to Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren bounce off each other it is easy to forget they were sworn enemies until around 18 months ago. That was when Saudi sports impresario Turki Alalshikh essentially instructed Britain’s two biggest boxing promoters to bury the hatchet if they wanted to keep staging lucrative fights at his expense [...]
Tariff response: slash red tape and lure the non-doms back April 7, 2025 Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith on the five steps the government should now take A few years before he died, Henry Kissinger described Trump as “one of those figures in history who appears from time to time to mark the end of an era and to force it to give up its old pretences”. It [...]
More than 30,000 migrants crossed Channel since Starmer took office April 5, 2025 More than 30,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister, according to the latest government figures. A total of 154 people made the crossing in four boats on Friday, according to the Home Office. This brings the migrants total for the year so far to 6,796, [...]
Exclusive: WPP ad agencies Ogilvy and Grey have not yet introduced four-day office policy April 4, 2025 Two of WPP’s flagship advertising agencies have not been able to introduce their holding company’s contested return-to-office mandate because they do not have enough desks to accommodate the influx of staff. City AM has learned that Ogilvy and Grey’s London offices have not yet implemented WPP’s demand for staff to work four days a week [...]
Trump’s Liberation Day has delivered what he loves most: Phone calls April 4, 2025 Like all businessmen, Trump loves being on the phone. Liberation Day was a grab for attention, and boy did it deliver, writes Helen Thomas.
Construction output drops again despite Rayner’s planning reforms April 4, 2025 Construction activity has suffered a further decline and confidence is low despite minister Angela Rayner’s planning reforms getting a thumbs up from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). Rayner’s Ministry of Housing is introducing broad changes to planning rules as it hopes to deliver the UK’s construction sector an extra boost. Its planning reforms have [...]
Taskmaster makers in the money as profit jumps April 4, 2025 The makers of hit TV shows such as Taskmaster have given themselves a sizeable pay day after profits at the production company continued to rise. The London-headquartered Tiverton 2 group, which owns a range of TV production companies including Avalon Entertainment, issued a dividend of £12m in October last year. That came off the back of [...]
Nissan: Qashqai maker in the red despite sales accelerating by over £2bn April 4, 2025 The UK arm of Japanese carmaking giant Nissan fell into the red despite its sales surging by more than £2bn, it has been revealed. Based out of its Sunderland factory, Nissan’s UK arm has reported a pre-tax loss of £67.2m for the 12 months to 31 March, 2024, new accounts filed with Companies House show. [...]
Trump’s tariffs set to drive UK insurance coverage costs up April 4, 2025 After the US slapped several of the world's largest economies with tariffs, the insurance market in the UK prepares for increased costs.