Bombshell film review: Kidman, Theron and Robbie shine in this timely #metoo drama January 17, 2020 The co-writer of excoriating financial drama The Big Short serves up another examination of the state of the United States, this time taking aim at the media. Bombshell centres on the Fox News sexual harassment scandal that erupted just four short years ago – so recently that it seems a little early for an autopsy [...]
Regulator ramps up Lloyd’s of London whistleblowing monitoring December 23, 2019 The Bank of England has ramped up its monitoring of Lloyd’s on London’s whistleblowing processes, it said today. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) announced the insurance market had agreed to extra checks. Read more: FCA head Andrew Bailey confirmed as next Bank of England governor In February, Lloyd’s told the PRA its only anonymous whistleblowing [...]
Prime Minister refuses to back public inquiry into Sarah Everard murder October 3, 2021 The Prime Minister has refused to commit to a public inquiry into the Met police’s failings on the Sarah Everard murder. Johnson told BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show the “first thing that needs to happen” was for the Independent Office of Police Complaints to look into what happened. He dodged calls from women’s campaigners [...]
Ted Baker hires headhunters to replace chairman December 8, 2019 Embattled retailer Ted Baker has appointed headhunters to find a replacement for chairman David Bernstein, as it seeks to reshuffle its senior management team following a challenging year for the upmarket brand. The retailer has hired consulting firm Korn Ferry to appoint a successor for Bernstein, who became chairman in 2013 and took on executive [...]
Tech is an alluring bandaid for workplace misconduct but it will leave glaring holes February 17, 2022 Like many other graduates fresh out of university, Ashleigh Barnes was excited to start her first job, joining a design construction company. Her male-dominated workplace, however, soon proved to be a toxic environment, where she became the object of sexual innuendos and offensive comments. “Lots of really misogynistic things were said to me. They made [...]
Elon Musk wants free speech on Twitter? Time to meet Nadine Dorries April 27, 2022 If Musk thought finding financing would be the most complicated part of the Twitter deal, he hasn’t met Nadine Dorries.
City Pages Review: Understanding sex, feminism and porn in the 2020s August 24, 2021 Since the curtains came down on 2019, many of us have spent more time inside our homes than we had ever imagined. The pandemic has thrown up political and social change rarely seen in peacetime, but living through and talking about Covid has consumed incredible amounts of oxygen, often to the exclusion of other worthy [...]
Kim Leadbeater wins Batley and Spen for Labour in by-election nail-biter July 2, 2021 Kim Leadbeater wins Batley and Spen for Labour in by-election nail-biter
Exclusive: City of London mulls over historic Lord Mayor selection reform December 9, 2019 The City of London Corporation’s highest body is considering changes to the way it selects the Lord Mayor as part of its efforts to attract a more diverse range of candidates. Guildhall’s ancient Court of Aldermen is comprised of 25 elected members – one from each of the Square Mile’s different wards. It sits alongside the City [...]
Ted Baker reveals £25m accounting error actually cost it £58m January 22, 2020 Ted Baker’s torrid time continued this morning after the designer brand said that it had overstated the value of its inventory by £58m. Last month the luxury clothing firm said that it had appointed magic circle law firm Freshfields to investigate the issue, which it expected to cost £25m. Big four auditor Deloitte has now [...]