People’s Vote staff reject new director as attempt to break strike flops November 11, 2019 It was another day of dysfunction for the People’s Vote campaign as striking staff members rejected Saturday’s appointment of Tory figure Stuart Hand as acting director. The 40 members of staff had planned to have showdown talks today with de-facto People’s Vote chairman – and PR tycoon – Roland Rudd in a bid to get [...]
Facebook Messenger down: users complain as tech issues hit platform September 12, 2019 Facebook’s Messenger appears to be experiencing significant problems in the UK, with users complaining of being unable to send or load messages. Read more: Shares in Angry Birds maker Rovio crash as it lowers outlook Outage website Downdetector has recieved at least 900 reports of the messaging app not working. The site shows a spike [...]
Labour leadership race: Rebecca Long-Bailey rejects Corbyn comments that Labour ‘won the argument’ at election January 12, 2020 Labour leadership hopeful Rebecca Long-Bailey has rejected Jeremy Corbyn’s claims that the party won the argument at the election and criticised its campaigning efforts. Corbyn defended Labour’s efforts at the election last month – which delivered the party its worst electoral defeat since 1935 – saying that it “won the argument”. Read more: Long-Bailey gives [...]
Coronavirus: Heathrow airport to separate arrivals as concern grows January 22, 2020 Heathrow has set up a separate arrivals area for people travelling from the Chinese city hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said Heathrow was putting “additional measures” in place this morning to protect against the virus. “Initially this is to ensure that when flights come in directly into Heathrow there is a [...]
Digital Innovators: what3words and digi.me crowned as the most life changing and market transforming companies May 11, 2018 Two London-based digital companies have been recognised as the best examples of innovative companies which are changing people’s lives and transforming the markets. What3words and digi.me were last night selected as the winners of international law firm Bird & Bird’s Digital Innovators 2018, in association with City A.M. Digi.me, which helps users control who has [...]
Finance boss of outsourcer Mitie joins CPA Global September 11, 2019 Outsourcer Mitie said today that its chief financial officer Paul Woolf has resigned to join intellectual property management and technology company CPA Global. Woolf has been appointed as finance chief of CPA Global which was acquired for £2.4bn in 2017 by Leonard Green Partners. Read more: Mitie shares soar as outsourcer swings back to profit [...]
Wayne Rooney has given Derby reason for optimism after sluggish start to the season January 14, 2020 It has been a difficult season so far for Derby County. They have been off the pace required to earn promotion to the Premier League, while the drink-driving incident that saw Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett charged by police and former captain Richard Keogh sacked has also cast a shadow. But the New Year has [...]
An open letter to the PM: Britain must build Sizewell C — nuclear sits at the heart of a green recovery July 12, 2020 An open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, business secretary Alok Sharma, and chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak We are writing as engineers, nuclear experts, scientists and concerned citizens to applaud your commitment to fighting climate change through energy policy, in particular the commitment to proceed with new nuclear construction at the same time [...]
Memory tricks and tips to help you win at business May 23, 2019 Even in the age of Google, remembering certain things can give you a huge advantage in business. In fact, your ability to remember can become one of your most valuable assets. The bottom line is this: people want to do business with smart people, and we view people who have a razor-sharp memory as being [...]
Drones, cybercrime, AR, and robots – the tech trends to watch out for in 2019 January 3, 2019 It is finally 2019, and I can’t wait to see what surprises the technology industry has in store for us. What should we keep our eyes peeled for over the next 12 months? To whet your appetite about the future, I asked the experts for their predictions for the top tech trends of this year. Devious [...]