Y2Pay: Robots eat into wage growth in the UK but boost productivity November 10, 2022 Fears of robots taking people’s jobs have been “overblown”, with low investment and productivity growth being the real culprits behind the UK’s stagnant economy, according to a new report by the Resolution Foundation today. However, automation has dampened the average take-home for staff operating alongside new tech, the report, in collaboration with the London School of [...]
Nurses to strike before the end of the year in historic vote November 9, 2022 Nurses in the UK have voted in favour of striking before the end of the year, in the first walkout of its kind. NHS appointments are set to be cancelled after the historic vote from members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union. RCN said its members in the majority of NHS employers in [...]
Nigel Farage backs Simpson’s Tavern campaign railing against City becoming ‘corporatised and homogenised’ November 9, 2022 Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage has thrown his weight behind the campaign to save the historic Simpson’s Tavern, as a crowdfunding campaign approached £80,000. The former UKIP and Brexit Party leader, who worked in the city before entering politics, penned an op-ed this week blaming the ‘work from home culture’ as a contributing factor to the [...]
Georgia Hall aiming to cap fine season with success at Aramco Team Series Jeddah November 9, 2022 A major champion and two-time European order of merit winner by her early twenties, Georgia Hall has already ticked a lot of boxes in her young career. Over the coming weeks she hopes to reach a new milestone: a first multiple title-winning year. Having claimed the Saudi Ladies International in March, Hall will aim for [...]
Finalist November 9, 2022 Start-up of the Year supported by World Mobile Swash Swash is reinventing data ownership through new incentivisation streams and a collaborativedevelopment framework, governed by the ethos of Web 3. It enables individuals, developers, and businesses to cultivate new realities of data ownership and value creation. It is the largest data unionin the market with over [...]
As Gavin Williamson clears his desk, attention shifts to judgement of brand new PM Rishi Sunak November 9, 2022 As senior Tory and former Education Secretary Sir Gavin Williamson has quit the Cabinet after just a fortnight in office, questions are raised about the judgement of the new prime minister, Rishi Sunak. Sunak will appear in the Commons to face MPs following the loss of his ally, who stood down after accepting that allegations [...]
Exclusive: Industry body slams UK-US LNG deal following fracking snub November 8, 2022 UKOOG has hammered the Government's decision to chase a long-term LNG deal with the US, while banning fracking.
UK closes in on mega LNG deal with US to stave off blackout fears November 8, 2022 The UK is set to finalise a major gas deal with the US after the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt this month.
Persimmon signals housing slowdown as sales slump amid recession fears November 8, 2022 Soaring interest rates and economic uncertainty are eating into sales and reducing consumer appetite for housing, revealed Persimmon.
Government must investigate energy pricing for businesses, urges hospitality body November 7, 2022 The boss of one of the country's leading hospitality bodies has urged the Government to look into energy pricing for commercial businesses.