Prime Minister Boris Johnson hails ” the dawn of the new era” for Britain as it ends its EU membership as the clock ticks towards 11 pm and urges the country to come together after bitter division. In Brussels, the British flag will be lowered at EU Institutions for the last time after 47 years.…
The Coronavirus had been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China. “ The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries”, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO chief. The concern is that it could spread…
Bristol-based private energy provider, Ovo is fined £8.9m after the energy regulator Ofgem reprimanded it for giving customers “inaccurate” or “incomplete” information over the last five years. Ofgem also listed a series of failings by Britain’s second-largest supplier, which has caught the attention over the past decade by attacking the business models of the former…
Review by Penny Nair Price World Wars One and two are acknowledged regularly in books, films, television dramas and of course on Remembrance Sunday each year. Stories abound in the daily press regarding different characters who have featured in these momentous wars and pubs are named after them, or ceremonies performed. Museums harbor collections…
Royal Philips, the Dutch conglomerate announced the disposal of one of the best-known consumer electronic domestic appliances arm or spin it off into a separately listed company, so that they can focus on the health care sector. Frans van Houten, CEO said the domestic appliances unit was no longer a “strategic fit” for the company…
Global equity markets and oil prices fell sharply yesterday as the fast-spreading coronavirus hit sectors from travel to manufacturing amid warnings that the disease would hit China’s economic growth. In the US the S&P 500 index was down 1.4 per cent in the afternoon trading and UK’s FTSE 100 and European composite Stoxx 600 both…
Arconic and Celotex suppliers of key components of implicated in the Grenfell disaster were accused of knowingly allowing the installation of dangerous products during the tower’s refurbishment of the west London Block of flats, as they supplied materials not fit for purpose. The US metals group, Arconic, and Celotex, a UK-based materials company, were criticised…
There is a scandal in the Wealth Management division of Deutsche Bank which paid £1.1m to secure the wealth management business of a senior Saudi Royal financial adviser, whose wife was paid according to an internal probe that led to two former employees being reported to criminal prosecutors. The money transfers were arranged in 2011…
Cow & Gate and Tesco are recalling 15 types of baby food jar as a precautionary measure amid concerns some may have been tampered with. Customers who bought food for babies aged over seven months in Tesco stores in the UK are advised not to use them because they may pose a safety risk. The…
Boeing’s 252 foot-long passenger plane 777X has successfully completed the first test flight of the world’s largest twin-engined plane near Seattle at 2:00pm local time (22:00 GMT) and lasted four hours. Earlier two attempts were called off this week due to high winds. Further tests are needed before the 777X aircraft which features include folding…