Government suffers setback as judge rules net zero plans are ‘unlawful’ July 19, 2022 Ministers will have to rewrite their plan for net zero carbon emissions, after the High Court determined the current strategy was 'unlawful'
Johnson says sky-high inflation is ‘big chance’ to fix cost pressures and ‘do things differently’ as PM denies being complacent June 30, 2022 The Prime Minister said today there is a “big chance” to fix unnecessary cost pressures for people and businesses across the UK as Boris Johnson denied that his Government is being “complacent” about spiralling inflation. Speaking at a press conference at the close of the Nato summit in Madrid, Johnson said the “very, very tight [...]
Travel disruption looms over as Avanti West Coast workers vote to strike June 29, 2022 Travel disruption continues to loom over the UK as hundreds of members of the TSSA union working for Avanti West Coast have voted in favour of walking out. The union announced today the results of the ballot– which was called on 10 June over pay, conditions and job security as the cost-of-living crisis continues to [...]
MoD accused of ‘blowing millions’ on car hires while cutting Army size January 2, 2023 The Ministry of Defence has been accused of “blowing millions” of pounds on hire cars and taxis last year while cutting the size of the Army. A freedom of information (FoI) request by the PA news agency revealed the MoD spent £16.6m on hire cars for staff in the year to November, up from £12.9m [...]
Why buy-now pay-later firms are still waiting for regulation three years on May 27, 2024 As officials from the Treasury and Financial Conduct Authority sat down with a buy-now pay-later (BNPL) boss to chat through their impending regulatory clampdown last year, frustration boiled over.
5 ways to keep Gen Z employees happy in the office February 27, 2024 These five tips may keep your Gen Z employees in post longer, says one HR expert
Londoners rent out homes by the hour to offset rising costs, says Peerspace boss August 2, 2022 There has been a “huge uptick” in Londoners renting out their homes by the hour, as a cost of living crisis and an explosion in content producing for the likes of TikTok and YouTube collide, according to one property venture’s boss. After launching in the UK last year, Peerspace, a marketplace for “off the beaten track” [...]
Back to the ’80s? Rishi should borrow from the playbook May 18, 2022 An embattled Tory Prime Minister hunkered down in Westminster. A cost of living crisis becoming the defining issue of the political age. Unions plotting strike action. The similarities between 1982 and 2022 are eerie, and they don’t even stop there: it was that year that a promising England team headed off to a World Cup [...]
Londoners face more disruption as new tube strike is confirmed for 21 June June 8, 2022 Londoners will need to brace themselves for more disruption as the RMT union has announced that 10,000 of its tube workers will walk out on 21 June. RMT members working for London Underground cited a dispute over pensions and job losses as the main reason behind the walkout. The strike is the latest disruption to [...]
Exclusive: Poor connectivity costs UK firms £18bn a year June 28, 2022 British SMEs are losing £18.77bn a year because of poor connectivity, costing the UK economy, an estimated loss of £7.7bn every year. The research, conducted by Three UK, YouGov and Development Economics, found that micro-businesses and small to medium sized firms, who provide their employees with work phones, are losing out on an average of one hour of [...]