British Airways is the first airline to take delivery of UK sustainable jet fuel March 28, 2022 British Airways has become the first airline to use sustainable aviation fuel produced in the UK on a commercial scale.
One Shot film review: Single take movie is a violent action curio February 8, 2022 Scott Adkins, undisputed king of the On Demand action movie, saves the free world once again in ‘single take’ action thriller One Shot. He plays Jake Harris, a Navy SEAL leading an elite team to a prison island where terrorists are being held. His mission is to escort government analyst Zoe Anderson (Ashley Greene) and [...]
LIV Golf Invitational Series venue guide: From Centurion Club to Jeddah and Doral June 7, 2022 The inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series is a globe-trotting circuit of eight big-money tournaments, culminating in three events in the space of four weeks in October. It takes in four countries, three continents and some of the most prestigious golf courses in the world, which have played host to majors and occasions such as the [...]
North Sea industry set to be dominated by major oil and gas players November 7, 2022 The North Sea will become dominated by oil and gas majors, revealed forecasting specialist Welligence Energy Analytics.
Frasers Group: Mike Ashley’s firm issues profit warning amid ‘significant disruption’ caused by coronavirus March 20, 2020 Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has issued a profit warning this morning citing the “significant disruption” to business. Formerly Sports Direct, the retailer will no longer give guidance in relation to the current financial year. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the firm has seen reduced customer footfall to its brands’ stores, which includes House of Fraser, [...]
SSE teases mega investment plans to fight off prospect of a windfall tax May 25, 2022 Energy giant SSE has reported a 15 per cent boost in profits and a 23 per cent rise in earnings per share, driven by record investment this year.
Number of FTSE 100 top positions held by black people drops to zero February 3, 2021 There is not a single black business leader at any FTSE 100 company in the UK despite businesses pledging to do more for racial inequality. Research by executive recruitment consultancy Green Park has found that the number of black people filling leadership positions of chairman, chief executive or finance chief at FTSE 100 firms is [...]
Australian navy top brass treated to ‘inappropriate’ twerking performance at ship naming ceremony April 14, 2021 Australia’s Royal Navy has taken the Queen’s absence to have some fun during a ceremony that left the country’s most esteemed defence force figures red faced. It may have been a sunny 25 degrees in Sydney yesterday, but it was a dance performance replete with synchronised twerking by a female dance troupe that left the [...]
In whose backyard, then? Lib Dem nimbyism in local areas comes at the expense of the country June 21, 2021 Last week the government suffered an unexpected setback in the loss of the Chesham and Amersham by-election to the Liberal Democrats. The received wisdom is that this is not a fatal wound, nor the beginning of a trend away from the Conservatives in their Home Counties heartlands, but rather a reversion to the old pattern [...]
Council tax rise needed just for town halls to keep services running, warn fiscal analysts October 7, 2021 Millions of Brits across the UK face steep rises in council taxes as they need to climb by up to 5 per cent a year for the next three years to keep services running and pay for social care reforms, an influential think tank warned this morning. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that [...]