HS2 unveils new London Euston designs March 9, 2022 HS2 has unveiled new design for its London Euston station, seven years after they were originally shown to the public. The updated concept has turned Euston from an initial 11-platform station to a 10-platform and simpler one, which will be built in one phase instead of two. According to HS2’s Euston are client director Laurence [...]
Give a woman a mobile and the whole world benefits March 8, 2022 To mark International Womens Day, Dr Jane Thomason explains how the world benefits when women and girls are empowered with technology.
Zumo launches #CryptoConfidence campaign to help women get comfortable with crypto March 8, 2022 Zumo has today launched its #CryptoConfidence campaign, designed to help women to become more comfortable with cryptocurrency.
International Women’s Day: ‘Empower women to have more confidence in having a voice and stepping up’ March 8, 2022 Samantha Frost CA, Director at Think Consulting and Think Wellbeing, discusses gender bias in the workplace, shifting attitudes towards career breaks, the power of mentoring and the pressure that’s placed on women to act as role models. Why did you decide to become a CA? A lot of us who studied economics at university didn’t [...]
Cyrano is a sweeping and sentimental musical March 7, 2022 The 19th film adaptation of French play Cyrano de Bergerac brings with it to cinemas an advantage. This new version, directed by Joe Wright (Darkest Hour, Atonement), is based on the well-received 2019 Broadway musical by Erica Schmidt. She serves as screenwriter here, while the production’s lead Peter Dinklage is also on board. The Game [...]
Itsu hopeful of return to pre-pandemic sales growth this year March 7, 2022 East-Asian inspired fast food chain Itsu has said it is confident it will return to like-for-like sales growth this year. In documents filed to Companies House last week, the high street chain posted its financial accounts for the period ended 31 December 2020. Group revenue hit £61.7m for the period, which was marred by Covid [...]
Premier League talking points: De Bruyne, Saka and the top four March 7, 2022 It was a Sunday afternoon of football which proved the worth of individual performances in high-pressure matches, and a Sunday which piled pressure on a Watford side down in the dreaded relegation places as the number of games remaining slowly dwindled. Here are the talking points from yesterday’s Premier League action. Manchester is blue For [...]
Disbelief and outrage as UK turns away 150 refugees from Ukraine March 7, 2022 There is outrage and disbelief on both sides of the Channel this morning after it emerged that the UK reportedly turned away around 150 refugees from Ukraine at the border. They were reportedly refused entry into the UK when they tried to cross over from Calais to Dover. France reacted furiously, accusing the UK of [...]
Londoners pay the price as Khan and No10 stay on the carousel of fights over TfL funding March 7, 2022 A FEW weeks ago, after months of wrangling, Transport for London and the Department for Transport finally agreed a slightly longer term short-term funding deal for the network. After a series of deals lasting a week or two at a time, this one runs until June. We don’t know what’s going to happen in June [...]
The City must not stand by in the face of dirty money on our streets and in our banks March 7, 2022 Today I and others from across the City of London will gather to stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine as its national flag flies above us. It is now over a week since Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine began and the deeply distressing scenes being played out across the country have shocked us [...]