‘We cannot afford another lockdown’: Italy’s cautious return to work May 11, 2020 Italy was the first European country to be hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and it is now one of the first beginning to ease its draconian lockdown measures to lessen the economic damage of the crisis. Last Monday the country began cautiously moving out of its tough lockdown with factories, building sites and offices [...]
Coronavirus: Leading hotel chains in talks to provide rooms to NHS March 19, 2020 Some of the world’s largest hotel chains are in talks with the government about providing space for NHS workers as the UK battles the coronavirus outbreak. One group, Best Western Great Britain, is offering 15,000 hotel bedrooms and over 1,000 meeting rooms to help the NHS and local authorities. Intercontinental Hotel Group also said it [...]
Law firms face ‘bloodbath’ in upcoming coronavirus recession April 23, 2020 Advisers who worked on some of the largest UK law firm collapses predict a “bloodbath” for the legal industry as a result of the coronavirus economic crisis. Andy Hosking of Quantuma, who acted as administrator to King & Wood Mallesons Europe (KWM) and Ince & Co, said: “You are going to see a bloodbath in [...]
Hammerson sells seven retail parks to Orion for £400m February 21, 2020 Hammerson has sold seven retail parks to Orion’s European real estate fund for £400m, the largest sale of its kind in the UK for a decade. The parks are dotted around the country in places such as Didcot, Falkirk, Rugby and Telford. The deal, which is expected to raise proceeds of £395m, takes the total [...]
London Waterloo named as UK’s busiest rail station January 14, 2020 London Waterloo has been named as the country’s busiest train station, with nine of the top 10 all located in the capital. The Office of Rail and Road released its annual passenger figures today, revealing there was 94.2m entries and exits at Waterloo in 2018-19. The figure was the lowest number of passenger journeys for [...]
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Walmart sues Elon Musk’s Tesla after fires blamed on its solar panels August 20, 2019 Retail giant Walmart is suing Elon Musk’s electric car and clean energy business Tesla alleging that solar panels it supplied were responsible for fires at seven of its stores, according to a lawsuit filed in New York today. The fires destroyed significant amounts of store merchandise and required substantial repairs, totalling hundreds of thousands of [...]
Coronavirus: How is business in Italy coping with the crisis? March 15, 2020 Milan. City of the Sforzas, La Scala, Internazionale, Giorgio Armani and Dario Fo. The Lombard capital is also the beating heart of the Italian economy; home to the stock exchange; Italian business success stories such as Unicredit, Versace and Pirelli; and outposts of overseas financial institutions, multinationals, law firms and consultancy giants. Sadly, Milan is [...]
One in three female lawyers sexually harassed at work, comprehensive survey shows May 15, 2019 A comprehensive report launched today by the International Bar Association has unveiled the scale of sexual harassment and bullying within the legal sector. The survey of nearly 7,000 lawyers worldwide, found one third of female lawyers had been sexually harassed and one-in-two had been bullied. Read more: Lloyd's of London will ban drunk staff from [...]
City Moves for 20 March – who’s switching jobs at Crowell & Moring, Delta Capita and DWF? March 20, 2019 Who’s switching jobs today? Crowell & Moring Andrew Knight is joining Crowell & Moring’s London office as a partner in its corporate and financial services practices to strengthen the firm’s ability to advise clients on debt finance and asset-based lending.His practice focuses on international financial law in the context of asset-based lending, syndications, restructurings, loan [...]