Tributes paid to murdered student Sabita Thanwani at London university halls March 21, 2022 The family of the young woman murdered at City University student flats in Clerkenwell have paid tribute to their daughter.
1 Minute Market Rundown – 21st March 2022 March 21, 2022 | City Talk Russia – UkraineRisk bouncesCrypto finds support We find it rather telling that on Friday, a day you would have expected risk to be sold as the market headed into the weekend, saw stocks and crypto push higher. Now there could be a number of reasons for this. 1) the market is becoming accustomed to the [...]
Morning Wire Awards 2022: Entrepreneur of the Year March 21, 2022 The City is back, and so are the Morning Wire Awards, recognising the best of the Square Mile, Canary Wharf and London’s business community – which has shown shown resilience, innovation and adaptability like never before over the past year. We’re delighted to host what will be a wonderful celebration of the capital’s rebound, but [...]
Foreign Office launches crack unit to counter Kremlin misinformation on social media March 20, 2022 The UK government is taking out adverts on Russian social media to counter the Kremlin’s narratives about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A newly launched information warfare unit, set up by the Foreign Office at the end of February, is using local agencies to put out adverts on Russian social media platforms including VK, after the [...]
Boots bidders set to meet with bosses as takeover race continues March 20, 2022 Bidders for the high street chemist Boots are preparing to meet with the chain’s bosses this week as the race to takeover the firm intensifies.
Swedish car seller thwarted in plan for £400m takeover of Pendragon March 20, 2022 One of Europe’s biggest car sellers has been thwarted in its £400m bid to takeover the UK’s second largest car dealership, Pendragon. The board of Pendragon rejected Hedin Group’s £400m takeover bid, after the Swedish conglomerate put forward a secret offer of 28p a share, according to Sky News. As Pendragon’s largest shareholder, Hedin Group, [...]
Exclusive: Aspire chairman Paul Farrer warns Brits ‘not to walk blindly into four day week’ March 20, 2022 From a healthier work/life balance and greater job flexibility to giving employees the freedom to spend more time with their family or even focus on a side hustle, the potential advantages of the four day working week are huge. Businesses could stand to benefit too, with happier, more productive and focused staff. Amid record level [...]
Shell hopes to woo regulator with fresh plans for major North Sea gas field March 19, 2022 Shell has revived its efforts to develop a major North Sea gas field after previous attempts were shut down by regulators over environmental concerns. The fossil fuel firm has published an amended plan for the development of the Jackdaw field, at the Shearwater hub in the central North Sea. It is hoping to launch production [...]
US court dismisses antitrust lawsuit against Amazon March 19, 2022 US court has thrown out a lawsuit against Amazon.com after the tech giant was accused of antitrust violations. The court dismissed claims relating to the website banning third-party sellers from offering better deals for their products elsewhere. Amazon’s motion to dismiss the complaint was granted by Judge Hiram Puig-Lugo of the Superior Court of the [...]
Lawyers say P&O broke the law by firing 800 staff over pre-recorded video call March 18, 2022 Dubai owned ferry operator P&O could be subject to a series of successful lawsuits over its decision to fire all 800 of its UK staff via a pre-recorded video call, lawyers have said. Speaking to Morning Wire Helen Crossland, employment partner at West End law firm Seddons said P&O’s decision will expose the firm to [...]