Police watchdog tells Met to revisit complaint by Caroline Flack’s mother February 14, 2022 The police watchdog told the Metropolitan Police to revisit Caroline Flack’s mother’s complaint that her daughter’s fame impacted police behaviour two years after the Love Island host’s death. A spokesman for the Met told the BBC that the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has instructed the police to reinvestigate an aspect of the old [...]
The vinyl comeback: How 12on12 are bridging the gap between music and art February 14, 2022 City A.M. chats with 12on12 founder Claudia Moross about the re-emergence of vinyl and its new collaboration with Grammy-award winning producer Swizz.
You are a claimant unless you opt out: £2.2bn damages claim filed against Facebook owner Meta on behalf of 45m Brits February 14, 2022 A multi-billion pound damages claim was filed late last night against Meta, formerly Facebook Inc., on behalf of UK Facebook users, for abusing its dominant market position by imposing unfair terms, prices and/or other trading conditions on users. This is the first UK case against Facebook to be filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) [...]
These are the pictures Chinese officials ordered a Finnish athlete to delete from social media February 14, 2022 When water flooded the athlete’s village last week, and was floing out of light fixtures at the Olympic Village, Finnish skier Katri Lylynpera took to social media to post a number of pictures. The pictures exposed electrical equipment and water pouring down from the ceiling. She wrote “help” next to one of the pictures, and [...]
Jo Whitfield’s leave from Co-op is an exercise in privilege as well as change February 14, 2022 Last week, Jo Whitfield, the head of the Co-operative Society’s food arm, announced she would be taking four months of unpaid leave later in the year to help her sons through their A-level and GCSE examinations. On the one hand, the Co-op was lauded for its progressive and flexible approach to employment, and for allowing [...]
One-in-four UK workers plan a ‘hybrid holiday’ this year, to make the most of remote working February 14, 2022 More than a quarter of UK workers are planning to take a remote working holiday this year, according to a poll of 2,000 office workers. Workers from across the UK said they plan to take advantage of their employer’s work-from-home policy by going on a ‘hybrid working holiday’ – with a view to going abroad [...]
Binance set to plough $200m into Forbes February 10, 2022 The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange - Binance - is understood to have agreed a $200 million strategic investment in the Forbes publishing house.
Inside Farrer & Co – the blue-blooded law firm that serves Britain’s aristocracy February 10, 2022 Throughout its 300-year history, Farrer & Co has gained a reputation for being London’s poshest law firm. First established in 1701, the firm is famous for serving the elite and acting on behalf of Britain’s aristocracy. The London firm also has longstanding links to the Royal Family, and currently acts as the Queen’s go-to lawyers. [...]
Little Moons set to fetch £100m in private equity bidding war February 10, 2022 An ice cream business that boomed in popularity via TikTok is the focus of a private equity bidding war that could value it at above £100m. Little Moons, which creates Japanese mochi ice cream balls, has surged in popularity thanks to a viral TikTok video and now has five private equity firms readying a bid, [...]
Fields of Gold: Sting sells entire catalogue of hits to Universal Music February 10, 2022 Music icon Sting has sold his entire music catalogue to Universal Music, joining the long list of stars to recently cash in on their tunes. The agreement between the 17-time GRAMMY winner and Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) hands over both his solo songs as well as those with The Police, including “Roxanne,” “Every Breath [...]