What cost of living crisis? MPs give themselves a pay rise of nearly 3 per cent to £84,144 April 1, 2022 MPs’ salaries rise to £84,144 from today, up by 2.7 per cent, after the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) announced last month that their pay would go up for the first time in two years. But it comes on the same day that the biggest jump in domestic energy bills in living memory has come [...]
Bloody Friday as cost of living onslaught starts for millions: Steepest rise in household bills in living memory begins today April 1, 2022 Today has been dubbed National Price Hike Day, when government bodies and private firms traditionally announce the increases in the cost of goods and services. This year, energy costs are set to skyrocket, with the cheapest energy tariff for a medium user surging to £1,971 – a staggering 118 per cent increase year on year. The [...]
Morning Wire Awards 2022: Environmental, Social & Governance Award April 1, 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 [...]
Thousands of Brits receive mysterious WhatsApp messages offering them free Easter Cadbury chocolate April 1, 2022 Thousands of Brits have received a WhatsApp message that offers a free Easter chocolate basket. The message has also been circulating on messaging platforms and social media. However, Cadbury has now warned people not to interact it as it is a scam. Images have been posted online by recipients that show a WhatsApp message containing [...]
Roman ‘hole in the wall’: World’s oldest cash machine found in UK April 1, 2022 A team of archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the world’s first cash machine dating back to the Roman empire, buried for centuries in an unassuming field in Hatfield, England. The ‘noteworthy’ discovery suggests Juno Moneta, the Roman Goddess of Money and Funds, was smiling on the British Isles as early as AD 265. The discovery, [...]
Morning Wire Awards 2022: Investor of the Year March 31, 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 [...]
Morning Wire Awards 2022: Analyst of the Year March 30, 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 [...]
Students to ‘shoulder burden’ of public finances under loan reforms March 29, 2022 Students will be left shouldering the burden of Covid and Brexit under reforms to the loans repayment scheme, economic analysts have warned.
Three Really Exciting Jobs in London To Apply For This Week March 29, 2022 Are you interested in a new job? People tend to seek new opportunities for many different reasons. Your professional goals may have changed or your values have evolved and no longer fit with your current employer. Maybe you want greater compensation or are simply looking for new challenges. Whatever the reason to start searching, the [...]
Young, female, living in London: Who are the millions of people in the capital struggling to make ends meet? March 29, 2022 Five million working people now face the prospect of being unable to meet their financial commitments, according to new research shared with Morning Wire this morning. from Baringa, the business consultancy. In the wake of the pandemic and with inflation at a 30 year high, specific groups of workers, such as women and young people, [...]
