Public ‘expect’ council staff to work full five-day week, Michael Gove says July 4, 2023 Michael Gove has said people “expect” council staff to be working a full five-day week, amid a row over the government telling a local authority to cease a four-day week trial. The levelling up secretary has said he is a “strong believer” in the rule that council employees should be working Monday to Friday. It [...]
End ‘damaging speculation’ over graduate visas, business groups warn May 14, 2024 Government must end the “damaging speculation” over the graduate visa route, business lobby groups have warned.
Letters: Scale-up our scale-up visas August 26, 2022 [Re: From crypto to talent, smarter rules for the City will help an economic recovery, yesterday] There has been a lot of discussion about scale-ups laying off staff due to market turbulence and over-hype over the last couple of years. Whilst this is the case for some, for many of us, we have significant growth [...]
BBVA refuses to raise offer for Spanish bank merger with TSB owner Sabadell May 8, 2024 Spanish banking giant Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has written to smaller domestic rival Banco Sabadell saying that it would not raise its offer for a merger, which Sabadell rejected earlier this week.
TSB owner Sabadell rejects BBVA’s £10.3bn takeover bid which ‘undervalues’ bank May 7, 2024 Banco Sabadell, the Spanish owner of British high street bank TSB, has rejected a €12bn (£10.3bn) all-share merger proposal from its bigger domestic rival Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA).
Is Nvidia’s share price rally finally coming to an end? November 22, 2023 Despite posting strong results, Nvidia's share price has not surged in the same it has done previously. Is this the end of the rally?
BBC expects 10m viewers to watch London fireworks for New Year’s Eve December 31, 2022 BBC is set to broadcast London’s New Year’s Eve firework display this evening. The capital’s firework show will welcome crowds after a two year gap because of the pandemic. Over a 100,000 tickets for the Central London event have been sold, but Londoners and tourists have been advised not to come to the display unless [...]
The massive cost of decommissioning the UK’s oil and gas fields November 22, 2023 Decommissioning costs for the North Sea oil and gas fields could overtake UK capital expenditure within the next 16 years, according to a new report from the sector’s largest trade group. Offshore Energies UK’s (OEUK) 2023 Decommissioning Insight Report, published today, estimates that the process will account for one quarter of the UK’s total oil [...]
Boost EV battery production to prevent decline of UK car industry, MPs warn November 21, 2023 Electric vehicle (EV) battery production must be incentivised to prevent the decline of the UK car industry, MPs warned.
Letters: Fertile ground for change November 11, 2022 [Re: Metro Bank, NatWest and Hospitality UK among top employers to back fertility pledge, Nov 2] I was delighted to read your news that companies are signing up to the Fertility Workplace Pledge as part of Nickie Aiken’s campaign. By committing to providing better support to women undergoing IVF, these organisations are helping to close [...]