Top City investors unite in plan to unlock funding for British start-ups following Hunt’s Mansion House reforms February 13, 2024 A group of top pension and venture capital chiefs are drawing up plans to unlock a wave of cash from the pension industry into Britain’s start-ups, as the industry looks to implement a government-led commitment signed last year.
Size matters: Womble Bond Dickinson merger with BDB Pitmans canned as it ‘would be more like a takeover acquisition’ February 1, 2023 Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans have scrapped plans for a merger, the firms confirmed today, as analysts suggested the relative size of the former would mean a merger would, in reality, be more like a takeover. The law firms, who first entered talks in Autumn 2022, said in a joint statement they had “decided [...]
England finally have their axis, but Ireland and France the ones to watch November 4, 2022 Here it is – the day has finally arrived: England are set to field a 10,12,13 axis against Argentina on Sunday of Marcus Smith, Owen Farrell and Manu Tuilagi. This is the kind of backline team sheet we thought we’d see early on in Jones’ tenure – albeit a different No10 would have been in [...]
The politics of surprise: Macron’s election gamble June 11, 2024 Why has Emmanuel Macron called a snap election, three years early, when his party is being thrashed in the polls?
Thousands of UK businesses could face ‘significant delays’ in customs system shift August 1, 2022 Thousands of UK businesses risk “significant delays” to importing goods if they fail to move to the country’s new customs system before autumn, the government has warned. More than 3,500 businesses yet to transition to the Customs Declaration Service will be impacted when using the old system known as the Customs Handling Import and Export [...]
Sunak in Ukraine to unveil fresh £2.5bn package for Putin fight January 12, 2024 The prime minister was pictured on a train travelling through the war-torn country, as he went to meet its embattled leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
UK public services struggling despite near 70-year tax high, report warns February 23, 2023 UK public services can no longer match people’s expectations despite the tax burden being on course to hit a 70-year high, a think tank report has warned. Government decisions to date have done “little to shift the dial,” the Institute for Government (IfG) and CIPFA warned today in their latest performance tracker on the state-run [...]
Simpson’s Tavern raises £100k in crowd-fund amid ‘fight to preserve history’ November 23, 2022 The Simpson’s Tavern has raised £100,000 from public donations, amid a battle to save the City chophouse. Simpson’s, known as a City institution, was served with a winding up petition as a result of rent arrears accrued during the pandemic. Its general manager Benjamin Duggan launched a fund-raising campaign in a bid to save the [...]
Jeremy Hunt extends alcohol duty freeze until August December 19, 2022 Planned hikes in alcohol duty have been put off until August, afterJeremy Hunt decided to extend the current freeze a further six months. The chancellor was due to increase duty on beer, wine, cider and spirits by the annual increase in RPI on 1 February. This would have meant an average increase of 7p for [...]
PwC set to hand 25,000 junior staff a real-terms pay cut – despite FRC plea to give them more June 28, 2023 Big four firm PwC has reportedly told its junior auditors their pay is going to be frozen, amid concerns it will make the industry less attractive. According to reports in the FT, around 25,000 staff members are set to get lower pay rises, with the accountancy giant citing the challenging market conditions and pay rises’ [...]