Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group snaps up online retailer Studio after firm’s funding bid fails retail British retail conglomerate Frasers Group, which owns shops including House of Fraser and Evans Cycles, has acquired online and mail order shopping company Studio Retail Group, following the firm’s collapse earlier this month. Frasers Group – the firm initially set up as Sports Direct International by British retail billionaire Mike Ashley – has acquired Studio [...]
Over 70 per cent of lawyers risk their mental health over work Lawyers & mental health More than seven out of ten legal workers find that their job has a negative impact on their mental health and wellbeing, according to new research. A new report by the Legal Sector Workers United (LSWU), and reported by Legal Cheek, found that work was cited by almost 60 per cent of legal works as [...]
Javid: get Covid booster jabs now to avoid Christmas restrictions Health secretary Sajid Javid is urging people to get their booster jabs in order to “avoid a return to restrictions” this Christmas. In an effort to speed the roll out vulnerable and elderly people will now be able to book their jabs a month early – five rather than six months after their second dose. [...]
Senior KPMG partner responds to Sadiq Khan’s COP26 call for London to get more powers October 22, 2021 Anna Purchas, a senior Partner at KPMG in London, wrote to City A.M. today as she responded to our article ‘Sadiq Khan will use the upcoming COP26 to vouch for cities like London to have greater powers and funding.’ Dear City A.M., I read with interest that our London mayor Sadiq Khan will use the upcoming [...]
The Only Way Is Essex star Lewis Bloor accused of conning 200 people in £3m diamond scam September 21, 2021 A cast member of the popular TV show The Only Way Is Essex allegedly used a fake name to con hundreds of people in a £3m diamond scam, a London court was told today. Lewis Bloor 31, who joined the cast of the ITV2 reality show for three years from 2013, allegedly posed as “Thomas [...]
Exclusive: International tourism bounces back with Europe leading the pack September 2, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic forced international tourism to grind to a halt. Borders were closed, airlines shut down and, for a while, many were worried that the industry would never recover, such was the financial damage of global lockdown. But after a difficult pandemic year, tourism is once again on the rise with Europe and the [...]
Order! Order! Labour MP Dawn Butler asked to leave House of Commons over Boris claims July 22, 2021 Labour MP Dawn Butler has been asked to leave the House of Commons for the remainder of the day after refusing to withdraw claims that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has “lied to the House and the country over and over again”. Butler (Brent Central) was told to withdraw from the chamber by temporary deputy speaker [...]
US producer inflation surges to decade high July 14, 2021 US producer prices rose at their fastest pace in over a decade, fuelling concerns that inflation in the American economy could prove to be much stickier than first thought. The producer price index jumped 7.3 per cent annually in June, the biggest annual increase since November 2010, according to figures published by the US Labour [...]
Ferrari poaches chipmaker executive as its new CEO to fuel electric transition June 9, 2021 Ferrari has poached a chipmaker tech executive for its new CEO, in hopes to push the pedal on its electric transition amid global chip shortages. Tech veteran Benedetto Vigna joins the luxury car firm from TMicroelectronics, where he began his career 26 years ago. The somewhat low-profile hire has highlighted the revolving doors between the tech [...]
Exclusive: IPO frenzy gives investors confidence to back emerging markets, says venture capital boss May 25, 2021 2020 saw many businesses and the flow of consumer cash into the economy put on hold. In early 2021, after months of volatility, Covid-19 vaccines started to offer hope, with business sentiment slowly recovering, and growing ever more optimistic as forecasts remain strong, and new variants seem to be covered by the inoculations. IPOs and mergers and acquisitions continue [...]