Everton appeal against 10-point penalty for overspending to be heard this week January 30, 2024 Everton are also facing a second charge of overspending.
Truphone sale jeopardised, founder puts in last-minute bid to buy back company December 19, 2022 A last minute bid from Alexander Straub, has jeopardized the sale of Truphone. Straub is one of the founders of Truphone. The company is a GSMA accredited global mobile network headquartered in London that operates its service internationally. It has an annual revenue of £45.62 m. Shares in the company were put up for a [...]
Labour pushes government to clampdown on online extremism in the wake of Sir David Amess murder October 20, 2021 Boris Johnson has insisted new internet safety laws will impose “criminal sanctions with tough sentences” on social media giants for allowing “foul content” on their platforms.
John Yems: Football Association appeals its own ban for former Crawley Town manager’s ‘unconscious racism’ January 23, 2023 The Football Association has appealed against the ban imposed on former Crawley Town manager John Yems for racism. An independent regulatory panel banned Yems until June 2024 after he admitted one charge and was found guilty of 11 others relating to comments that referenced either ethnic origin, colour, race, nationality, religion, belief or gender between [...]
KPMG: Audit giant handed record fine over failures on Carillion collapse October 12, 2023 KPMG has been slapped with a record fine over its botched auditing of Carillion, the construction company which went spectacularly bust in 2018.
Oil be damned: Global demand for oil set to hit all-time high this year as China reopens January 18, 2023 Global oil demand will reach a record high this year, and rise by nearly 2m barrels per day this year, as China eases pandemic restrictions.
Spanish football chiefs SLAMMED for criticising racism victim Vinicius May 22, 2023 Spanish football chiefs have been rebuked for criticising Vinicius Jr after the Real Madrid star complained about serial racial abuse from opposition fans. The Brazil forward said LaLiga “belongs to racists” and that “Spain is known as a country of racists” after being heckled with monkey noises during Sunday night’s fixture at Valencia. LaLiga president [...]
Royal Bank of Canada’s £8bn bid for HSBC approved December 22, 2023 The Canadian government has green-lit a $10.2bn (£8bn) bid by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) for HSBC's domestic unit, HSBC Canada.
Scott Benton: Tories face another by-election as MP loses suspension appeal February 20, 2024 The Tories face the prospect of yet another by-election after a panel upheld a finding, that ex-Conservative MP Scott Benton should be suspended from the Commons. Benton will be suspended from Parliament for 35 days while Labour has called for him to “do the decent thing and resign”, so his constituents don’t have to trigger [...]
Taking the biscuit: Oreo maker Mondelez fined £287m by EU for cross-border trade curbs May 23, 2024 Oreo maker Mondelez has been fined £287m (337.5m euros) by EU antitrust regulators for impeding cross-border trade of chocolate, biscuits and coffee products between EU countries.