Chelsea sale: Todd Boehly bid wins backing from influential former player Paul Canoville April 26, 2022 Influential former Chelsea player Paul Canoville has thrown his weight behind Todd Boehly’s bid to buy the club. Canoville, who has a suite named after him at Stamford Bridge, has come out in support of the Boehly consortium after holding talks with all three remaining bidders. “This is by far the best fit for Chelsea [...]
Two-thirds of Brits say rising cost of living has hampered savings January 17, 2022 The rising cost of living is having a detrimental impact on UK savings, with 66 per cent of people saying that the rising cost of living has had an impact on their ability to save money.
Pearson hikes dividend as it swings back to profit July 30, 2021 Education giant Pearson has hiked its dividend for the first half of the year as it swung back to a profit following a torrid pandemic year. The FTSE 100 firm today reported an adjusted operating profit of £127m for the six months to the end of June, compared to a loss of £23m in the [...]
Brexit spat explodes: Angry French fishermen fire ‘warning shot’ and block Calais and Channel Tunnel November 26, 2021 Fishermen in northern France blocked the port of Calais earlier today, thereby preventing two ferries arriving from England to enter the harbour. Multiple trawlers forced the DFDS and P&O ferries to slow down and wait outside the port, the biggest entry point to the continent for British goods. The two vessels, carrying dozens of trucks [...]
Twitter falls short of user estimates as class action weighs on losses October 26, 2021 Twitter’s monetisable daily active users fell short, the company reported. In its third quarter results, the social media platform registered 211 daily active users, falling short when compared to analysts’ estimates of 212.6 million. “Average monetizable daily active users (mDAU) reached 211 million, up 13 per cent year over year in the third quarter, accelerating [...]
Citroen C5 X review: Vive la différence March 24, 2022 Tim Pitt drives the radical new Citroen C5 X, an upmarket plug-in hybrid with a uniquely French approach to luxury.
Liquid Diamond: The only wine celebrating National Emoji Day July 14, 2021 This Saturday 17 July is National Emoji Day – a holiday that celebrates and validates our obsession with the graphic icons invented by Japanese designer Shigetaka Kurita in 1999. This may seem entirely unrelated to the world of oenology, but at least one viticulturist is blending smiley faces, love hearts and thumbs ups with their [...]
Editorial: Facebook needs to change to win friends back October 26, 2021 Move fast and break things was once the defining force behind Facebook’s success, but perhaps Mark Zuckerberg may reflect that the mantra was supposed to be about technological innovation – not the social fabric that holds us together. Let’s be clear: Facebook is in a lot of trouble. Regulators are gearing up for a fight, [...]
Johnson accuses Putin of ‘indiscriminately killing children’ as Russia accused of war crimes March 1, 2022 Boris Johnson has accused Vladimir Putin of indiscriminately “sending missiles into tower blocks to kill children” as evidence of widespread Russian war crimes against Ukrainians begins to mount. The Prime Minister today said after a meeting with Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki that “I’m more convinced than ever as this hideous conflict progresses that Putin will [...]
Ofcom clamps down on fake number fraud February 23, 2022 UK phone companies will make it harder for scammers to use their networks, under a range of measures proposed by media regulator Ofcom today. Almost 45 million people were targeted by scam calls and texts last summer. Criminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and nearly a million of these consumers followed the scammers’ instructions, risking financial loss and [...]