Evri-thing that’s wrong with parcel delivery March 11, 2025 Missed deliveries, parcels abandoned on doorsteps or sent to the wrong house – online shopping has gone from a convenience to a hassle. But why do couriers provide such bad service? Asks Emma Revell It’s not a career I ever expected to get into, but I appear to have found myself working as a parcel [...]
Booking.com prone to scammers due to weak security, warns watchdog March 11, 2025 A lack of effective security measures is leaving Booking.com vulnerable to scammers, consumer champion Which? has warned. Which? said the platform suffers from an easily hacked messaging system, failure to remove scam listings, and a lack of identity checks on property owners. The watchdog’s findings, which come as the Online Safety Act‘s illegal codes are [...]
What’s in the government’s new planning reform bill? March 10, 2025 The government has promised to unleash the biggest building boom in a generation through its wide-ranging planning reform bill, which will head into parliament today. Drafted in response to a crisis which has seen a massive shortage of affordable housing, as well as rising house prices and rents to due undersupply, the bill intends to [...]
Gary Neville signs deal with cult London coffee brand Grind March 10, 2025 Cult coffee brand Grind is to open its first base outside London after signing a deal with Gary Neville to take space at his landmark city centre development in Manchester. Grind has agreed to take over 3,000 sq ft at No.1 St Michael’s scheme which is being led by Neville’s Relentless Developments. Grind joins the [...]
King buys £3 million home next to Camilla’s country retreat amid privacy fears March 9, 2025 The King has bought a £3m home next to his wife’s country retreat in a “pragmatic solution” amid fears it would be sold and turned into a wedding venue. Camilla bought ray mill house in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, in 1995 and still uses the countryside mansion to spend quality time with her family. [...]
How To Bet On Cheltenham – Betting Guide for Cheltenham 2025 March 8, 2025 *City AM’s journalism is supported by our readers. If you click links to other sites on this page, we will earn a commission. Cheltenham Festival is one of the year’s biggest events, attracting some of the largest crowds and featuring the best in the business. It hosts four days of top racing action with 28 races, [...]
Can the ‘hotelification’ of the office beat working from home? March 8, 2025 London offices are offering monogrammed towels and rooftop gardens to tempt staff back into work, says Alex Morgan Some of the world’s largest companies are pulling the plug on hybrid working, but not without a hitch. In the US, Amazon’s return-to-office (RTO) mandate has been put on pause because of a shortage of desks in [...]
Jamie Snowden: Hoping Wendigo can deliver for the postmen March 7, 2025 Two-time Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer Jamie Snowden gives an insight into what it’s like to train a 4,000-share syndicate horse for the Festival. Speaking about Albert Bartlett hopeful Wendigo, on behalf of BetVictor Casino, Snowden said: “Having a horse like Wendigo – who is split into 4,000 shares – running in a Grade 1 at the [...]
Women lag in GenAI courses despite soaring demand March 7, 2025 Women make up just 31 per cent of generative AI (GenAI) course enrolments in the UK, highlighting a persistent gender divide in one of tech’s fastest-growing fields. According to a new report from Coursera, UK enrolments in GenAI courses surged by 227 per cent over the past year. Yet, female participation remains well below parity, [...]
‘It’s not enough to do good work, you have to tell people’: Naomi Tarawali on making it in law March 6, 2025 Naomi Tarawali became a partner at global law firm Cleary Gottlieb aged just 33. She tells us how in this week's Square Mile and Me.