Pictures today showed a deserted Whitehall amid increasing calls for civil servants to get back to the office amid fears the working from home culture could wreck the economies of town and city centres. Critics believe private businesses are waiting for the Government to ‘take the lead’ before they ask their own workers to return to … Read more
Two and a half years ago I wrote about a game you could play in London if you were so inclined: take a walk down a suburban residential street and count the cars that would be hit by the £12.50 per day ULEZ charge. We are now less than three months from the date that … Read more
Two and a half years ago I wrote about a game you could play in London if you were so inclined: take a walk down a suburban residential street and count the cars that would be hit by the £12.50 per day ULEZ charge. We are now less than three months from the date that … Read more
Shell hikes dividend payout for shareholders by 50% and returns £1.4bn in share buyback as oil prices an profits soar Oil group Royal Dutch Shell will pay 11p a share dividend to shareholders Group also announced bumper share buyback scheme this morning Firm’s share price up 4% as oil prices and group’s profits rise By … Read more
Successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia could cost up to £250million as the new national flagship’s price tag ‘balloons by £100million’ Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said national flagship will cost up to £250million Reports last week claimed the price tag for vessel had been set at £150million Labour blasted cost of yacht and vowed to … Read more
Tesco Bank to close ALL current accounts: Supermarket giant has 213,000 customers – here’s four banks they could switch to Tesco Bank to close its current account business Very few of its customers use it as their primary account Where can you switch? We reveal the four best accounts currently available By Lee Boyce for … Read more
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson threatens to stop all goods checks in Northern Ireland if Boris Johnson does not hold firm in protocol row with EU DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson threatening to stop all checks on goods into NI The UK wants the EU to agree to rewrite parts of Brexit protocol agreed in 2019 But … Read more
Boris Johnson warns EU’s Von Der Leyen to ‘look seriously’ at UK demands for changes to post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol to ease social and economic strife – as Cabinet minister claims agreement was always meant to be temporary and ‘flexible’ The Prime Minister spoke with European Commission president today UK wants the EU to agree … Read more
It was an iconic art deco cinema that could seat up to 2,200 people in its heyday after opening 83 years ago. But the State Cinema in the Essex town of Grays has sat unused and unloved for decades, suffering from water damage and thieves raiding pipes from the prized Compton organ which could rise … Read more
British consumer goods giant Unilever is set to add ‘carbon footprint labels’ to its products by the end of this year, it has announced. Carbon footprint labels show the carbon footprint of particular products – the total greenhouse gas emissions for which they are responsible, from ‘farm to fork’. Unilever’s 75,000 products include Pot Noodle, Marmite, Cornetto, Magnum and Hellmann’s … Read more