Square Mile and Me: Hemlata Narasimhan on what makes the City tick August 8, 2024 Each week we ask a Square Mile exec to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Hemlata Narasimhan, president of Elavon Europe, talks about cultural vibrancy and inspiring girls to dream big What was your first job? My very first job was a college job when I worked as a maths tutor to high school children [...]
EY UK sanctioned for breaching fee cap with Abramovich-owned Russian miner Evraz August 7, 2024 EY has been issued a financial sanction by the accountancy regulator for failing to comply with fee cap with Russian mining group Evraz.
The Tories can come back stronger, but only if they stop chasing Reform August 7, 2024 Reform’s surge was a consequence of Tory failure, not its cause, writes William Atkinson
Chelsea manager: Premier League PSR rules must change to ‘protect’ academy players August 6, 2024 The Blues have been criticised for selling off homegrown talent in order to balance the books.
‘Too late for rent caps’: East London rents jump 50 per cent since 2019 August 5, 2024 Rental costs in London have skyrocketed over the past five years, and new data has shown that rental growth in the city’s historically-affordable east has risen the fastest. Prices have risen by around 50 per cent in Shoreditch, Bethnal Green and Haggerston to pass an average of £1,000 per month, according to data from Spareroom. [...]
UK riots: Extra criminal lawyers deployed to tackle fallout of violence August 5, 2024 The head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has deployed extra criminal lawyers to deal with the fallout of the violence across the UK.
English cricket mourns ‘beloved’ batter and coach Thorpe after he dies aged 55 August 5, 2024 Thorpe scored more than 9,000 runs for England in 100 Tests and 82 one-day internationals.
Blast of the summer wine: English producers benefit from warmer climate August 5, 2024 The renaissance of English wine shows no sign of stopping in 2024 as increasing temperatures create better growing conditions in the south of the country. Turnover at the biggest producers of English wine has risen by 15 per cent in the last year and nearly three-fold in the past five years, according to accountancy group [...]
The Queen of Shops: Helen Dickinson on Brexit, Labour and the changing face of retail August 5, 2024 Ali Lyon sits down with the head of the British Retail Consortium to discuss Brexit, Labour and the changing face of retail
Lyles wins Paris 2024 Olympic gold by just 0.005 seconds at Stade de France August 4, 2024 American Noah Lyles beat Kishane Thompson to the Paris 2024 100m gold medal by just 0.005 seconds to win the most iconic race at the Olympic Games. Lyles crossed the line first in a final that saw the eight men covered by just 0.12 seconds – the times clocked for fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and [...]