WPP: FTSE 100 giant offers free-lunch Friday to get staff into office April 13, 2025 The FTSE 100 advertising agency WPP has began offering free lunches to lure employees back into the office on Fridays. From April, WPP’s team of 108,000 people is expected to be in the office at least four days a week. The new rules require employees to work in the office at least two Fridays a [...]
Sick Boat Race rowers remind us why we must be tough on water companies April 13, 2025 Sick Boat Race rowers are the tip of the iceberg. Failing water companies are polluting the Thames and it's time for action, says water minister Emma Hardy.
The future of London’s art scene depends on locals, not just tourists April 12, 2025 To secure the future of London's arts scene we need locals, not just tourists, at our exhibitions. Businesses can help make this happen.
When it comes to women’s safety, Sadiq Khan cares only for optics April 11, 2025 Women are done with platitudes, Sadiq Khan must make London safer if he is to prove he cares about women's safety, writes Aaron Newbury.
Can AI do it better? Why Starmer is right to reimagine the civil service April 11, 2025 What proportion of the civil service's workload could AI handle today? Starmer could revolutionise Whitehall if he's brave enough.
BMW M5 2025 review: The hybrid super saloon with V8 muscle April 10, 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 [...]
Libby’s Naked Wine Diary: The perfect glass to enjoy with friends April 10, 2025 @doesmybumlook40 @knackeredmother and @libbybrodie walk into a bar… And this is the Naked Wine they drank together The last time the three of us were together was at Kylie Minogue’s birthday party. It was a surprisingly intimate affair at Mayfair club Annabel’s, where we sipped Kylie’s Prosecco (very good) and rose (excellent) as the pixie-sized Queen [...]
Life on the edge: A deep dive into the crazy world of Margate April 10, 2025 Five years ago, some dilapidated public urinals in a park in Margate were sold at auction by the council to a private bidder for £11,000. The shabby little structure is barely visible from the path, a graffitied block hidden behind shrubs with weeds winding through the roof and floor. The original glazed urinals are exposed [...]
Steve Rigby: ‘Business trust in the government is disappearing’ April 10, 2025 Rigby Group co-CEO Steve Rigby tells us about his career - and the current business landscape - in this week's Square Mile and Me.
It takes a village: Do we need to rethink our attitude to old age? April 10, 2025 We’re living for longer than ever but the boom in the elderly population is a social and political time-bomb. Could ‘later life’ communities like Auriens be the answer to the old age crisis, asks Steve Dinneen I enter a grand lobby, all lofty ceilings, marquetry floors and art deco fittings. An effusive concierge in a natty [...]