Brexit spat explodes: Angry French fishermen fire ‘warning shot’ and block Calais and Channel Tunnel November 26, 2021 Fishermen in northern France blocked the port of Calais earlier today, thereby preventing two ferries arriving from England to enter the harbour. Multiple trawlers forced the DFDS and P&O ferries to slow down and wait outside the port, the biggest entry point to the continent for British goods. The two vessels, carrying dozens of trucks [...]
City barristers to hit the screen in new Channel 4 legal documentary November 26, 2021 Barristers from 25 Bedford Row will star in a new show with “unprecedented access” to legal lives. In a four-part documentary, tentatively named The Defenders, a group of barristers from one of the UK’s top criminal defence chambers will be followed around on their daily lives. The Defenders will show how the barristers work through [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today? November 26, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. CO—RE London commercial development firm CO-RE has posted a new chief executive to the helm, succeeding founding director David Ainsworth. Stepping into the new role after joining the company in 2018, Bradley Baker is set to oversee [...]
Why personal reputation lies at the heart of our responsibilities as business professionals November 26, 2021 Individuals should seek to uphold the highest of ethical standards, and in so doing safeguard not only their own reputation but that of their organisation. Unethical behaviour has been at the root of recent scandals involving both individuals and corporations. A clear principle is that leadership and good habits are about taking personal responsibility. If [...]
Amazon to face UK protests on Black Friday while strikes planned in Europe November 25, 2021 UK Amazon workers and campaign groups are among those planning to protest against the tech firm’s treatment of workers on Black Friday, with strikes planned in other countries. Amazon employees in the US and several EU countries are planning to take action on one of the tech firm’s busiest days of the year. The action [...]
Beijing urges media not to overhype JPMorgan chief’s Chinese Communist Party quip November 25, 2021 Beijing authorities have asked global media not to overhype JPMogran chief Jamie Dimon’s quip about the Wall Street giant outliving the Chinese Communist Party. China’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said yesterday he had “noted the reports” quoting Dimon’s jibes at the organisation which has ruled the state for decades. Lijian said he had also [...]
Facebook Marketplace a hotbed for scams warns Natwest November 25, 2021 People doing their Christmas shopping online should beware of scammers on social media sites according to new Natwest data.
Orange chief exec resigns following £336m fraud sentence November 25, 2021 Stephane Richard, chief executive of France's biggest telecoms company Orange, was handed a one year suspended prison sentence on Wednesday after he was convicted of complicity of misuse of public funds by a Paris appeals court, according to Reuters.
Ed Warner: Select committees are ultimately toothless November 25, 2021 The political pile-on has been swift. But although they secured detailed testimony on cricket racism under the cloak of parliamentary privilege, MPs show no signs of learning from the futility of their past hearings into sporting crises. It needn’t be so. I’ve had the dubious honour of appearing before three Westminster select committees down the [...]
Shock, shame and finger pointing after 27 migrants die: UK calls for joint patrols with France November 25, 2021 The UK government is urging France to agree to joint police patrols along the French Channel coast after a migrant boat capsized causing the loss of dozens of lives. The French regional maritime authority said 27 people had died. French officials had previously stated there were 31 deaths but the death toll was revised down, [...]