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Waiting game: Benchmark Holdings’ revenue dips as London escape bid continues
Genetics specialist Benchmark Holdings has suffered a 17 per cent dip in group revenue over the last nine months, as the company attempts to escape from the London Stock Exchange …
Ed Warner: The Paralympics is heading for a transgender row in Paris
A row over the eligibility of Italian transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo looms over the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, showing why para sports must be independent from organisers the IPC. It …
Will Wizz Air’s flight subscription take the brand to new heights?
Wizz Air recently announced an “all you can fly” offer for £534 per year. It’s a splashy move, and it’s provoked some scepticism among industry analysts. But will it prove …
AI can jump-start UK productivity – we just need to get over our trust issues
Artificial intelligence can be the productivity cure it promises to be – but we need a little trust, writes Daniel Pell The UK has a productivity problem. The latest productivity …
Enough with the hysteria, NHS pay rises make us all richer
NHS pay rises have sparked apocalyptic headlines, but a better public sector makes us all richer, writes Sam Fowles If one were to list the most socially valuable jobs, one …
The Hagen Project on hygge and the future of coffee
The Hagen Project wants to do coffee differently: it has no menus on the walls, no customer facing fridges or retail products, and often no seating. Sometimes it is “the …
Mark Kleinman: Britain’s fibre infrastructure proves hard to digest
Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City A.M. column. Today, he looks at the UK’s altnet sector, a …
Treasury and FCA worried by payments regulator’s fraud refund scheme
The government and City watchdog have raised concerns over a fraud refund scheme from the UK payments regulator that firms have warned could do long-lasting damage to the industry, City …
Why Tottenham Hotspur have been named the best-run football club in England
Tottenham Hotspur’s trophy cabinet may continue to gather dust but they can finally claim a title after being named England’s best-run football club in the Fair Game Index. Spurs saw …