1 Lombard Street hires Mark Hix as director of food and drink July 1, 2020 City restaurant 1 Lombard Street has hired chef and restauranteur Mark Hix as director of food and drink ahead of the restaurant’s reopening, as the hospitality sector begins to emerge from months of lockdown. Hix, who owns the Hix group of London restaurants, will work alongside executive chef Robin Freeman to reimagine the menu at [...]
Ex-TSB chief Richard Meddings frontrunner: City banker emerges as preferred candidate for NHS England chairman role December 24, 2021 In a bid to make NHS England more “accountable” for its funding, a City banker is set to become the body’s new chairman. The Department of Health and Social Care confirmed former TSB chairman Richard Meddings is the Government’s preferred candidate for the role on Thursday. The Telegraph reported that ministers wanted Mr Meddings to [...]
More than 300 data breach whistleblower reports received by regulatory body March 21, 2022 The regulatory body dealing with data breaches has received more than 300 whistleblower reports in the last year, a leading law firm has claimed. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was told of 309 instances of breaches from employees, over alleged failure to protect information. RPC, the law firm which aired concerns, says some of the reports [...]
SFO under fire for ‘huge mistakes’ and wasting millions of taxpayers’ cash in 10-year probe of G4S March 10, 2023 The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has come under fire for wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money and making “huge mistakes” in its 10-year investigation into G4S’s electronic tagging arm as charges against three former executives were dropped. In September 2020, former managing director Richard Morris, former commercial director Mark Preston and former finance manager [...]
Stricter ESG rules needed to stamp out greenwashing, City minister warns July 18, 2022 Sustainable investing needs stricter standards in place or greenwashing will continue to rise, the newly appointed City minister warned today.
Iceland food boss ‘working day and night’ to keep pint of milk under £1 but price rises ‘will get worse’ November 2, 2022 The boss of Iceland has said he “doesn’t know” whether the price of a pint of milk can be kept under a pound, but is “working day and night” to stop it. Richard Walker made his comments on Amol Rajan’s podcast this morning, after joining a campaign to expand free school meals to children whose [...]
UK unemployment ticks up but wage growth hits two-decade-high August 15, 2023 The rate of UK unemployment rose to 4.2 per cent in the three months to June from 3.9 per cent in the previous three months, the Office for National Statistics said. However, this was tempered by annual growth in pay – excluding bonuses – up to 7.8 per cent in June. This is the highest [...]
Dyslexia and ADHD diagnoses should not just be reserved for the wealthy April 23, 2024 One in seven people are neurodivergent but far too few get the help they need early. Universal screening will ensure no child with dyslexia or ADHD is left behind, says Matt Hancock Battered, bruised, and blistered. Just a few words that describe how I’m feeling following Sunday’s London Marathon. This year I was running (hobbling [...]
Truss confirms £394m paid to Iran to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe March 16, 2022 Liz Truss has confirmed in the House of Commons that the UK has paid its £393.8m debt to Iran to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, after six years in a Tehran prison. Fellow British-Iranian dual national Anousheh Ashouri was also freed after almost five years imprisonment, while Morad Tahbaz has been released “on furlough” and remains in [...]
Bye Boris: NI Secretary Brandon Lewis, Treasury minister Helen Whately and Security minister Damian Hinds flee No 10 July 7, 2022 Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has resigned around 7am from the Cabinet, telling the Prime Minister that Government requires “honesty, integrity and mutual respect”. Minutes later, Treasury minister Helen Whately has resigned, telling Boris Johnson there “are only so many times you can apologise and move on”. And only moments ago, Security minister Damian Hinds [...]