Britannia Hotels: UK’s worst chain continues to rake in profits April 8, 2024 Britannia Hotels has continued to increase its turnover and profits despite the chain being ranked the UK's worst for the last 11 years.
UK will have highest growth in G7 under Labour, Keir Starmer pledges February 23, 2023 The UK should become the highest growth economy in the G7, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he unveiled a package of national missions. Speaking in Manchester this morning, Sir Keir revealed a set of five ambitions for the country, with a general election expected to take place in the next 18 months. [...]
Empowering Social Mobility: New college creating opportunities in Tech May 15, 2023 Watching and mentoring a struggling schoolboy through his A-levels gave Mark Smith, founder of Ada, the National College of Digital Skills, the idea of starting up his own college. From opening the Tottenham-based college in 2016 with around 30 students, in 2023 Ada – named after Ada Lovelace, a computing pioneer, will provide education for [...]
Wiegman slams player-coach relationships amid Leicester City investigation March 26, 2024 England manager Sarina Wiegman has weighed in on the player-coach relationship debate in women’s football, describing such associations as “very inappropriate”. The Lionesses’ boss was asked to comment on the situation after Leicester City boss Willie Kirk was placed under investigation by his club after he was accused of indulging in a player-coach relationship. “I [...]
Huel and Zoe adverts featuring Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett banned August 14, 2024 Adverts featuring Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett for nutrition brands Zoe and Huel have been banned after it was ruled they failed to disclose their commercial relationship with the celebrity entrepreneur. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said the adverts, which were seen on Facebook in February, “omitted material information” about their links to Bartlett. [...]
Is Premier League loan ban really aimed at Newcastle United and Ruben Neves? November 9, 2023 Premier League clubs are set to vote on the ban later this month.
‘What Brexit was about’: How Tories in the conference hall saw Sunak’s speech October 4, 2023 Rishi Sunak was praised by Tory delegates for an “amazing” conference speech which saw him cancel the Manchester leg of HS2, scrap A-Levels and announce a long-term smoking ban. Attendees leaving the packed Manchester conference hall were effusive in their reactions to the Prime Minister – and vowed they were “confident” he could win the [...]
Numa launches first UK site in Bloomsbury as London’s hotel market picks up steam March 13, 2024 The group operates as a “fully digitalised hospitality platform” according to its website. It provides hotels, serviced apartments and hostels.
PwC cleared by watchdog after probe into audit of collapsed property firm Intu December 19, 2023 The accounting watchdog has dropped an investigation into PwC’s audit of property group Intu today and cleared the partners in charge after a year long probe into the Big Four firm's work on the firm.
Northern joins Avanti and TransPennine and reduces services September 19, 2022 State-owned rail operator Northern has followed the likes of Avanti West Coast and TransPennine and reduced services, after it admitted it was struggling to operate a full schedule. The rail operator runs services in Northern England, connecting major cities such as Liverpool and Manchester. It has been under the Department for Transport’s ownership since 1 [...]