Getir’s 2022 losses finally revealed ahead of UK exit and 1,500 job cuts June 4, 2024 Getir has only just published its UK accounts for 2022 - and they make for absolutely grim reading.
Bank of England outage hits key payments systems processing billions August 14, 2023 The Bank of England says it has resolved a technical issue which shut down a vital system that processes around £1 trillion in transactions every day. The central bank said the “issue has been resolved and settlement will resume shortly”. The issue hit its real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service, used to settle transactions between banks [...]
Champions League: When is the draw and what is the new format? August 28, 2024 The Champions League draw has always been a much-anticipated event for fans of the qualified sides, and even more so this time with the advent of a new “league phase”. Football devotees are eager to discover which European giants they will be facing and which historic cities they can look forward to visiting, meaning that [...]
Heating pools with cat videos? How data centres can carve a brave new world February 5, 2024 Companies are already using wasted heat from data centres in innovative ways, but we need government to get on board, writes Mark Bjornsgaard.
Blacklock founder Gordon Ker on the rise of Canary Wharf May 31, 2023 I’ve wanted to open a restaurant in Canary Wharf for a while. I love the rich history of the nearby Docklands and Billingsgate Market, the diverse demographic of office goers and local residents that live and work there. But going from an old basement brothel in Soho or a furniture factory in Shoreditch to a [...]
Braverman accused of ’emboldening’ far right after clashes with police November 11, 2023 Suella Braverman has been accused of emboldening far-right protesters after some clashed with police in London on Armistice Day, with calls growing for Rishi Sunak to sack her.
Swift shift to remote working may have had ‘major security trade-offs’ June 8, 2021 US-based AvePoint, which manages data for Microsoft 365, has said today that although the shift to remote working was swift, it ‘may have come with major security trade-offs’. In a workplace Covid impact survey released today, the software firm revealed how despite UK organisations having a quick pivot to the digital sphere, most companies did [...]
Government task force to examine hybrid working post-pandemic April 27, 2021 Ministers have formed a task force to draw up advice on flexible working, as Covid-19 restrictions ease and attention turns to the role of the office post-pandemic. Twenty business groups and trade unions will meet today to begin a review of hybrid working, the Times first reported. The group will be asked to consider how [...]
Election 2024: Angela Rayner slaps down claim Labour would ‘flatten the whole green belt’ June 20, 2024 Angela Rayner has slapped down the suggestion Labour could “flatten the whole green belt” to build homes.
Freshfields tries to distance itself from ‘Magic Circle’ label April 22, 2021 Top brass at elite London law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer would prefer it not to be labelled a ‘Magic Circle’ firm, after it aggressively expanded into the US in recent years. “I don’t think the Magic Circle is a correct reference, and, at the same time, we do more than our US competitors as well,” [...]