Exclusive: Ringfencing is the ‘least worst option’ for protecting customers, says Utilita Energy boss July 18, 2022 Ringfencing is the 'least worst option' for personal credit balances, argued Utilita Energy's chief executive Bill Bullen.
Roman Polanski files open after 45 years, judge planned to imprison film director before he fled US July 18, 2022 A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a plea deal and imprison Roman Polanski for having sex with a teenage girl in 1977, a former prosecutor has testified, setting the stage for the renowned director to flee the US as a fugitive. A previously sealed transcript – obtained late on Sunday [...]
The dizzying tax promises of the Tory campaigns aren’t enough for the City July 18, 2022 IT WAS more than four years ago now since the outgoing prime minister, Boris Johnson, remarked to the Belgian ambassador to the EU that his approach to the private sector was “f*** business”. For a leading Conservative politician with ambitions towards Downing Street, it was an extraordinary thing to say. Yet it was clearly an [...]
As legal salaries jump again, firms need to adapt to a changed workforce July 15, 2022 If you whisked the lawyers, accountants and consultants of five years ago to the present day, they would be pretty surprised by the way we do business. Unprecedented flexibility about working from home and an intense focus on retaining talent are standard across our industry, and our businesses are better for it. Look five years [...]
The theories behind a crypto cycle all add up to some number crunching July 14, 2022 Crypto AM meets Globe Derivative Exchange CEO James West - a man who likes to play the numbers game with trends.
Nuclear fusion lures investors as scientists hope for new breakthroughs July 14, 2022 Nuclear fusion has enjoyed a huge bump-up in global investment over the past 12 months, raising hopes of a breakthrough.
1 in 3 Londoners still working from home as Brits demand flexible hours, casual clothing and in-house gyms July 14, 2022 One in 3 Londoner’s are still working from home, the Office for National Statistics said this week. In fact, there has been a sizeable fall in commuters across the UK following the pandemic. As a result, offices are forced to rethink how they serve their workers, with many feeling the need to resemble a home [...]
First Property Group wins nearly half a million in unpaid rent from H. Samuel operator July 14, 2022 London property fund manager First Property Group has won nearly half a million in rent arrears from the operator of H. Samuel and Ernest Jones, after the jewellers withheld payment during pandemic restrictions. First Property recovered £450,000 from retail operator Signet Trading, in the first known arbitration under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022. Gary [...]
Ed Warner: Challenge for women’s football is to create year-round interest July 14, 2022 Tournament organisers are learning to do right by women’s sport. But there’s a way to go yet. An Old Trafford sell-out for England’s opening match in the current Euros was widely and rightly applauded. Sticking Belgium and Iceland into the Academy Stadium at Manchester City’s Etihad Campus feels crass. We’ll never know how many might [...]
Absurd rush through Tory contest is robbing the party of a battle of ideas July 13, 2022 The images of the farthest reaches of the cosmos beamed back to Earth from the James Webb telescope invite all of us to consider the great unknown. The mysteries of the universe – from the Big Bang to whether there really is intelligent life out there – are all in those images. Closer to home, [...]