Betting scandal: Whatever happened to “integrity, professionalism and accountability”? June 21, 2024 News that four close associates of the Prime Minister are being investigated for betting on the election suggests the Conservative party is taking an increasingly casual approach to basic propriety, says Eliot Wilson It started with an embarrassing story. Craig Williams, a Welsh MP who has been the Prime Minister’s parliamentary aide since 2022, was [...]
Tesco slashes price of 500 essentials including fruit and veg, rice and tuna to help shoppers with cost of living June 30, 2023 Tesco has cut the price of more than 500 household essentials, in a boost to shoppers after the surge in the cost of living. The supermarket giant confirmed reductions in the price of key products such as fruit and vegetables, rice and tuna, as retailers have faced growing scrutiny over higher food costs. Latest official [...]
The Notebook: Businesses yet to schmooze Labour are set for a nasty shock June 18, 2024 Labour has come a long way, but its manifesto should raise eyebrows in the business community, writes Michael Martins.
More than 1,000 City workers evacuated after ruptured gas main December 20, 2022 Firefighters evacuated around 1,300 office workers and shoppers in the City of London after a ruptured gas main on Tuesday afternoon. The London Fire Brigade said that its firefighters were attending a rupture on Seething Lane, in the heart of the Square Mile. The service said around 1,300 people had been evacuated from surrounding shops [...]
Avatar’s success gives boost to struggling cinemas but future is still uncertain January 23, 2023 The highly anticipated Avatar sequel has ranked as the sixth-highest grossing movie ever, giving cinemas a much needed boost, although some analysts warn they are not yet in the clear. After six weeks on the big screens, “Avatar: The Way of Water” surpassed a staggering £1.6bn ($2bn) in box office sales on Sunday, Disney estimates. [...]
Sue Gray: Partygate investigator broke Whitehall rules with Starmer talks July 3, 2023 Partygate investigator Sue Gray broke civil service rules “as a result of the undeclared contact” between her and the Labour Party, according to a Whitehall investigation. The former senior civil servant is due to take up the role as opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff after being cleared to start the job in [...]
Israel-Gaza latest: Mark Rowley calls for ‘sharper’ clarity on extremism laws October 29, 2023 Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has called for greater clarity from the government on laws policing extremism amid pro-Palestinian demonstrations in London during the Israel-Hamas crisis.
Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis indicted for ‘orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme’ July 26, 2023 British billionaire and Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis has been indicted in New York for “orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme”, a US attorney said. Damian Williams, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a video released by his office: “Today I’m announcing that my office, the Southern District of New York, has [...]
Tory plans to axe rip-off degrees don’t go far enough May 30, 2024 Too many university courses waste students’ time and energy leaving them loaded with debt and costing the taxpayer billions. Cutting low-value courses is a good start, but the system needs much more radical reform, says Daniel Herring The Conservative Party’s pledge to cut low quality university courses should be welcomed by anyone concerned with the [...]
The Notebook: Jeffrey Bronheim on what the UK could learn from the US’s attitude to ‘revolving doors’ June 19, 2023 Today, Jeffrey Bronheim, managing partner of law firm Cohen & Gresser‘s London office, takes the notebook pen. As an American who has built up a legal practice in London, I have seen differing views on what is dubbed the ‘revolving door’ between business and government on either side of the Atlantic. In the UK, politicians [...]