The top three threats facing companies in 2024 – and how to prepare January 19, 2024 With businesses facing a unique convergence of risks in 2024, Axa deputy chief executive officer Frédéric de Courtois looks at how to prepare.
The Online Safety Bill’s noble objectives won’t save it from disastrous outcomes February 1, 2022 For months, technology experts and digital rights advocates have voiced concerns about the Online Safety Bill — namely, that the bill in its current form will not be able to curtail harmful content, as the Royal Society recently claimed. The conversation is finally starting to shift in their favour. Last month, the House of Commons [...]
Kwarteng stung: Mini budget chancellor offered to set up meeting between fake firm and Boris Johnson for ‘£10k’ March 27, 2023 Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng offered to facilitate setting up a meeting between a fake foreign firm and former prime minister Boris Johnson during a sting interview. Mr Kwarteng was caught up in a hoax organised by campaign group Led By Donkeys in which he was approached about providing political advice to a bogus company it [...]
New innovation department could be a ‘gear change’ for tech growth, industry chiefs say February 7, 2023 The creation of a new government department for technology and innovation could be a “gear change” for the growth in the UK’s tech sector and represents a “significant” boost for UK innovation, tech chiefs said today.
Ofcom appoints new Channel 4 board amid privatisation discussions December 6, 2021 Ofcom has today announced the appointment of four new non-executive directors to the Board of Channel 4 as the broadcaster continues discussions around privatisation.
Former Labour MP Jared O’Mara ‘tried to claim up to £30,000 to fund extensive cocaine habit’ January 23, 2023 A former MP tried to fraudulently claim up to £30,000 in taxpayers’ money to fund an “extensive cocaine habit”, prosecutors have said. Jared O’Mara, 41, who represented the constituency of Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to 2019, is on trial for submitting “dishonest” invoices to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa). Jurors at Leeds Crown Court [...]
Meta will be forced to sell Giphy as the CMA falls for the dangerous myth of ‘big is bad’ October 25, 2022 . Regulators around the world are intent on breaking up the largest tech companies, and now they have a model that works — even if it's dangerously detached from reality.
Convicted: Ex Labour MP Jared O’Mara guilty of fraud to fund cocaine habit – while in office February 8, 2023 A former Labour MP has been found guilty of making fraudulent expenses claims to fund a cocaine habit while in office. Jared O’Mara was convicted of six counts of fraud after trying to claim around £24,000 of taxpayers’ money for his “extravagant lifestyle”. The 41-year-old, who represented the constituency of Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to [...]
Phillip Schofield: I have ‘lost everything’ after the affair June 2, 2023 Phillip Schofield said he has “lost everything” in the wake of his affair with a younger male colleague and told of a “catastrophic effect” on his mind. The former This Morning presenter, 61, said the fallout from the revelations had been “relentless” and urged the media to leave his former lover “alone now”. Speaking to [...]
Labour’s plan for growth doesn’t work, as Starmer’s stance on energy shows June 8, 2023 Keir Starmer wants to achieve growth, but he's not explaining where he'll get the money for the initial investment. Labour's plan for growth is flawed, especially the part about energy, writes Will Cooling