‘Hideous, extreme greed’: Why disasters keep happening at Boeing March 28, 2024 Its share price is down, regulators are investigating, airlines are unhappy and its CEO is stepping down. Can Boeing survive the crisis?
Will it work? Taxing private school fees March 28, 2024 It’s an election year. Politicians are giving us a barrage of policies. But we often forget to ask the most important question: will they actually work? In this column Sam Fowles take policies on their own terms and asks whether they solve the problem they’re supposed to solve. Labour’s pledge to end the VAT exemption [...]
Why the BBC must stay publicly funded March 28, 2024 The licence fee needs to change, but only taxpayer funding can ensure a distinctively British voice in domestic and global media, says Will Cooling Ronald Reagan once joked that the scariest words in the (American) English language were “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help”. It increasingly feels like the modern British version [...]
Tiktok faces uncertainty in the US, but a UK ban seems unlikely March 27, 2024 As the United States moves to ban Tiktok, Jess Jones argues that a similar ban or forced sale of the popular short video clip platform in the UK is unlikely - for now.
The advantaged BBC is squeezing local news out of the media landscape March 27, 2024 ‘Today, I want to talk about us.’ Never has the start to a speech revealed as much as Tim Davie’s yesterday, as the director general of the BBC laid out a plan for the future of Auntie. And, unknowingly perhaps, the future of commercial media. Take a step back. As a newspaper which believes in [...]
Bank fraud helpline hits 99 per cent coverage as Monzo bolsters efforts March 26, 2024 The banking industry's answer to 999 now covers nearly all UK current accounts after Monzo joined the anti-fraud service, with the digital lender facing criticism for its performance on tackling scams.
Racing Breaks head to Dubai World Cup on crest of a wave March 26, 2024 DEMAND for going racing remains high according to Racing Breaks Managing Director Aaron Taylor, and the challenge continues to be offering fans the “right product”. Since setting up Racing Breaks in 2017, the company has successfully weathered the Covid pandemic and has emerged stronger, with an ever-increasing list of destinations for racing fans to travel [...]
Hope for Reading as club enter exclusivity period with potential buyer March 26, 2024 Reading have entered an exclusive negotiation period with a prospective buyer as the League One side’s tenure under Dai Yongge looks closer to a conclusion. The sale of the Royals would see Dai’s Shares, the stadium and the club’s training ground all given up as part of the negotiation. Dai is very unpopular with the [...]
Starbucks: Britain’s second-largest coffee chain plots 100 new UK stores March 26, 2024 Starbucks UK has outlined plans to open 100 new stores as it delivered strong trading in the face of a weak consumer market.
The Notebook: City trend to cut compliance workers will come back to bite March 26, 2024 Lucy McNulty, editor of Following the Rules, takes the Notebook pen to talk compliance job cuts, social media and the stubborn glass ceiling.