‘Department wrecking ball’: Chris Grayling refuses to resign over £33m Eurotunnel fiasco despite fresh pressure from MPs March 5, 2019 Embattled transport secretary Chris Grayling has been hit with fresh calls to resign in the wake of the no-deal ferry contract fiasco that resulted in a £33m payout to the Channel tunnel operator. Read more: Grayling accused of 'misleading' parliament over Brexit ferry contracts In an emergency debate in the Commons, shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald [...]
Critics slam ‘absurd’ TfL junk food ad ban as fast food delivery sites allowed to advertise on Tube and buses April 28, 2019 Junk food and takeaways are still being promoted by stealth across London's public transport network via the likes of Just Eat and Deliveroo adverts, despite a recent TfL crackdown. Read more: Mind the ban! How TfL's junk food ad ban may fail to tackle obesity Opponents of TfL’s ban, which prevents images of food items that [...]
P&O Ferries sues government for £33m over Eurotunnel settlement fallout May 28, 2019 P&O Ferries is suing the government for £33m over its decision to settle a challenge against its no-deal Brexit ferry contracts. P&O wants the government to cancel the £33m it paid out to rival operator Eurotunnel, which challenged the Department for Transport's (DfT) decision to award a contract for ferries in a no-deal Brexit to [...]
Rishi Sunak Summer Statement: All the Chancellor’s spending pledges July 8, 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak today announced a raft of measures in his Summer Statement in a bid to help the UK economy recover from the worst effects of coronavirus. The Treasury boss revealed massive public spending to bolster the UK economy in what people are calling his mini-Budget. While he did not extend the government’s furlough [...]
Doritos joins the ranks of the name-dropping brands September 9, 2019 The anti-marketing revolution continues. The latest move is from Doritos, which has dropped the name from its advertising. With “no logos, no jingles, no gimmicks”, we’re told that this is a product “so iconic, we don’t need to name it”. In its place, a new ad campaign called Another Level gives us lots of different [...]
Alphabet, Twitter and Starbucks send Wall Street to record highs July 27, 2019 Two of the main indexes in the US, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, ended Friday on record highs after significant gains from the likes of Alphabet and Starbucks. It came on the back of data that showed US economic growth had slowed less than expected in the second quarter. Read more: US economic growth falls [...]
UK tech firm Unily secures $68m investment June 17, 2019 Digital workplace platform Unily has secured $68m (£53.9m) growth investment from Silversmith Capital Partners and Farview Equity Partners. Unily, which counts McDonald’s, British Airways and Mars among its clients, intends to use the investment to “capture market share from more established providers”. Read more: Tech jobs in London rise by almost two thirds The British [...]
This Father’s Day, give the dads in your office a real gift June 13, 2019 A shirt with the word “legend” plastered across the front? A trio of “bad boy” chili sauces? A customisable BBQ branding iron? Father’s Day really is an object exercise in gifting tat. Such tokens are inconsequential and ephemeral – destined for a cluttered kitchen drawer. Better to get dads something they actually want. Simply, more [...]
HS2 faces the scrap as Boris Johnson kicks off review August 21, 2019 The controversial HS2 high speed rail line could be scrapped after the government launched a review into the scheme following mounting concerns over its cost and deliverability. Transport secretary Grant Shapps officially kicked off the review into the high speed line, which will connect London to Birmingham from December 2026, and Birmingham to Manchester and [...]
Police handed new powers to tackle illegal drones after Gatwick chaos January 8, 2019 Police are to get additional powers to help combat the illegal use of drones following the mass disruption at Gatwick airport last month. Thousands of flights were grounded at Gatwick between 19 December and 21 December after drones were repeatedly sighted close to the runway. Read more: Gatwick and Heathrow spend millions to avoid more [...]