London is fully embracing Greek wines, with their power to transport us to islands of rocky white stone, lapping blue waters, ancient olive groves and leafy fruit trees bearing lemons, …
May 2024
Former FCA chair: Labour can rebuild ties with regulator after ‘depressing’ Tory turmoil
The Labour party can rebuild ties with the City regulators if elected to government after a fractious breakdown in relations marked by “political point-scoring”, the former chair of the Financial …
General Election 2024: Richard Tice and Nigel Farage’s Reform call for ‘employer immigration tax’
Reform UK leader Richard Tice has announced plans for an “employer immigration tax” in a bid to reduce what he called the country’s “addiction to cheap overseas labour”. Tice said …
Dalston shooting: Nine-year-old left ‘fighting for her life’ and three others injured
A manhunt is underway to find the perpetrator of a shooting in Dalston last night, as three adults and a child were injured, with the nine-year-old girl now fighting for …
Tory plans to axe rip-off degrees don’t go far enough
Too many university courses waste students’ time and energy leaving them loaded with debt and costing the taxpayer billions. Cutting low-value courses is a good start, but the system needs …
General Election 2024: Hunt accuses Starmer of ‘flip-flopping’ on VAT hike
The Tories and Labour have become embroiled in a row over VAT after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt accused Keir Starmer’s party of “flip-flopping” over tax policy. Both parties – as well …
Roman Abramovich and Ukraine: where is the Chelsea sale money two years on?
£2.5bn is sitting in a UK Barclays bank account, frozen. They are the proceeds from Roman Abramovich’s sale of Chelsea FC, nearly two years to the day. Those funds still …
London fintech Curve to launch Apple Pay rival that could save banks ‘millions’
London fintech Curve is on the verge of launching its own version of Apple pay, a move it claims could save banks “millions” currently funnelled to the big tech firm. …
Yakult: ‘Hostile geopolitical picture’ hurts healthy drink maker
The UK arm of healthy drink maker Yakult said a “weakening economy influenced by inflation and the general hostile geopolitical picture” impacted its finances during 2023. The company, which is …
Red Bull Leeds? Energy drink giant buys stake in Championship club
Energy drinks giant Red Bull have this morning completed the purchase of a minority ownership stake in Championship club Leeds United. The club confirmed the partial acquisition when Red Bull …