UK issues sanctions and summons ambassador over Chinese cyber-attacks March 25, 2024 The government has issued sanctions and summoned the Chinese ambassador over state-affiliated cyber-attacks which spies could use to target UK-based dissidents.
Radical SR10 XXR review: British-built track car is ready to race March 25, 2024 Tim Pitt straps in for a world exclusive first drive of the Radical SR10 XXR: a British-built track car that is ready to race
‘Rip off’: Brits spent eight times their salary buying a home – and in London it’s much worse March 25, 2024 Brits in full time work spent over eight times their annual earnings buying a home last year, and London dwellers are being hit the hardest.
Net zero and back to the office: How the City of London aims to remain a ‘world-class’ destination March 25, 2024 Making the Square Mile net zero by 2040 and “enticing workers back to the office” are key targets for the City of London to hold on to its crown as a “world class” financial centre.
How work from home could be denting London’s GDP March 25, 2024 The new work-from-home era has inflated London’s GDP by over £8bn, as outdated measures of regional growth have warped official calculations. When adjusting for where people actually work from, rather than where their jobs are based on paper, the size of London’s economy falls by 1.4 per cent, data from Cebr has revealed. This pushes [...]
‘We have not swallowed a dumb pill’: Toto Wolff rules out quitting Mercedes March 24, 2024 Both Mercedes drivers failed to finish the Australian Grand Prix.
Met Police ‘Rich List’: Force spent £35m paying top cops on over £100,000 March 24, 2024 The Metropolitan Police spent £35m last year paying top cops salaries of above £100,000, accounts reveal.
It’s not just the BT Tower: London’s property developers look to turn offices into hotels March 23, 2024 Over a quarter of office sales made in the year to March have been from buyers who wish to turn the buildings into hotels, offering a lifeline for London’s downtrodden commercial property market.
Robot Dream is a must-watch Oscar nominated animation movie March 21, 2024 Hand drawn animation has had a renaissance of late, with the success of the recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon and Oscar winner The Boy and The Heron. Robot Dreams, which was nominated in the same category as the Studio Ghibli hit, continues that trend with an absolute classic of the genre. Adapted from a [...]
Direct Line brings back dividend but warns there’s still work to be done March 21, 2024 Insurer Direct Line has posted an annual operating loss of £189.5m as it battles claims inflation, while looking to achieve £100m in annualised cost savings by the end of 2025.