Use development orders to tackle housing crisis, ministers told Politics The UK government should use development orders to circumvent the planning regime, build homes and address the housing crisis, a new report has argued. Ministers should deploy existing powers – known as local development orders, which allow specific development in certain areas without a planning application – to turbocharge housebuilding, the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) [...]
Remaining 116 Body Shop stores rescued by acquisition deal Business The Body Shop has been rescued from administration by a consortium led by British tycoon Mike Jatania, with remaining stores to continue trading. Jatania’s investment firm Aurea announced the completion of the acquisition on Saturday, with Jatania and Charles Denton, former chief executive of beauty brand Molton Brown, to head the new leadership team. In [...]
Alfa Financial raises guidance as shift to subscription model delivers Tech Asset finance software company Alfa Financial Software has said it expects full-year revenue to be £1m ahead of previous expectations, as the shift to a subscription model has started to pay off. In the first half of 2024, the company posted record total contract value (TCV) of £193m, a 40 per cent year on year jump, driven by [...]
Dentons: Dublin and Saudi drive revenue of world’s largest law firm to over £280m July 30, 2024 Dentons' UK, Ireland, and Middle East has reported single digit increase in revenue with the region generating £280.5m for the fiscal year ending 30 April 2024
Dentons: World’s largest law firm hires new global chief executive from EY July 24, 2024 World's largest law firm (by size) Dentons has elected Kate Barton from Big Four EY to serve as the firm's next global CEO.
Alfa Financial keeps full year forecast amid lower software revenue July 24, 2024 Asset finance software company Alfa Financial Software has maintained its full year revenue forecast in a preliminary trading update for the first half of the year. The FTSE 250 firm said it continues to expect mid to high single digit revenue growth for the full year. Its total contract value (TCV) in the second quarter of 2024 [...]
The Hot Wing King at the National Theatre is a spicy play July 23, 2024 Memphis-born Katori Hall is a cultural juggernaut. Audiences may be familiar with her previous work, such as the magnificent, Olivier-winning play The Mountaintop, which imagines the final night of Martin Luther King, her collaboration on the book for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, or her foray into television with the enjoyably sleazy premium soap opera [...]
British tycoon close to striking rescue deal to save The Body Shop July 17, 2024 A consortium led by British business tycoon Mike Jatania has agreed to buy The Body Shop out of insolvency.
Legal regulator seeks to appeal Dentons anti-money laundering dismissal July 12, 2024 The Solicitors Regulation Authority is seeking to appeal the decision in its anti-money laundering claim against law firm Dentons
The Body Shop: What next for high street icon as tycoon eyes rescue deal? July 11, 2024 The future of collapsed high street icon The Body Shop could be decided in the next two weeks as it emerged that British tycoon Mike Jatania was in exclusive talks to rescue the brand.