Could a chatbot groom your child? November 26, 2024 Generation Alpha are already growing up in a very different digital landscape to their predecessors and their lives will be fundamentally shaped by AI, says Eliza Filby In all the surveys, books and discussions about modern parenting, there’s one thing on which we are all in agreement. Parenting today is harder than it was for [...]
Vaping crack down will do more harm than good November 26, 2024 The government rightly U-turned on banning smoking in pub gardens, it should do the same for plans to restrict products that help smokers quit, says Richard Holden MP The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will have its second reading in the House of Commons today. It’s a bill with laudable intentions. Very few people would argue [...]
McVitie’s biscuits boss dunks on UK as investment destination November 25, 2024 The boss of the company behind biscuit giants McVitie’s, Jacobs and Carr’s has warned that the UK has become a less attractive place to invest. Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)’s annual conference on Monday, Salman Amin, the chief executive of Pladis, the firm behind the iconic brands, warned that Britain has become [...]
RFU boss Bill Sweeney paid £1.1m despite heavy losses November 25, 2024 England Rugby chief executive Bill Sweeney was paid £1.1m in the last financial year despite the game struggling to stay on its feet. It comes as the governing body for rugby in England announced record losses nearing £40m and confirmed there would be redundancies within the organisation. The Rugby Football Union insists that their year, [...]
‘We’ve made our decisions’- Don’t expect Budget rethink, Reeves implies November 25, 2024 Rachel Reeves has implied she won’t rethink her Budget measures in the wake of backlash from business, saying: “We’ve made our decisions.” The Chancellor appeared at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)’s annual conference on Monday in a fireside chat with Keith Anderson, the chief executive of Scottish Power. She was asked by ITV about [...]
Conservatives ‘lost the confidence’ of business, Badenoch admits November 25, 2024 The Conservatives “lost the confidence of business” at the July general election and firms “knew we were going to lose”, Kemi Badenoch has admitted. Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)’s annual conference on Monday, the Tory leader told attendees Labour’s Budget had got the diagnosis wrong, leading to an “unprecedented raid on businesses”. [...]
South West Water customers given £450m in subsidies while firm dished out £1.5bn in dividends November 25, 2024 South West Water customers were given nearly half a billion pounds in government subsidies to keep their bills down, despite the water firm shelling out three times that amount in dividends to shareholders over the same period. The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been giving people in South West Water’s catchment [...]
FCA is ‘incompetent’ and transformation plan a ‘failure’, MPs say November 25, 2024 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is “incompetent” and “defective” and attempts to transform itself over the past four years have been a “failure”, according to a damning report by a group of MPs, set to be revealed tomorrow. In a more than 350-page report compiled over three years, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Investment Fraud [...]
Emma Hayes: I felt unwell at the end of my time at Chelsea November 25, 2024 Former Chelsea women’s boss Emma Hayes has said she felt “unwell” towards the end of her tenure with the WSL champions. Hayes left Chelsea after 12 years to take charge of the USA women’s team and led them to a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Lionesses of England face the USA [...]
Constitution Hill ‘miles better’ with Christmas Hurdle return ‘realistic’ November 25, 2024 Constitution Hill could return to action at the Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle after being pulled from the Fighting Fifth Hurdle this Saturday. Nicky Henderson has insisted a return to racing for the seven-year-old at the Christmas Hurdle “is still realistic” despite lameness causing his withdrawal from the Newcastle race this weekend. Thoroughbred hurdler Constitution Hill is [...]