In 1719 London, the year began well enough for London’s stock traders, working from their corner of the city, a narrow passage called Exchange Alley, buying and selling shares-dealing not in things but in numbers – was still new to the city. There was no fixed marketplace for traders in the paper. So those who…
Four Arconic, former employees three French nationals and one German were urged to do the right thing after they refused to give evidence to Grenfell public enquiry into the fatal fire. The French cladding employees have said they will not engage with the judge-led investigation, claiming they fear breaking a French Law against evidence being…
While Covid-19 lockdown is going on there is a boom in London’s takeovers as a £7bn bid for insurance giant RSA was followed by deals in property, food and tech sectors, which drove up shares in Aviva and Hiscox. Wellcome Trust’s investment arm snapped up property group Urban and Civic for £506m and Mr Kipling…
Volkswagen-owned Bentley plans to go fully electric by 2030 and would offer a range of plug-in hybrid or battery electric cars by 2026, as the company aims to be completely carbon neutral across its manufacturing within a decade. Adrian Hallmark, Bentley’s CEO said “ Within a decade, Bentley will transform from a 100-year-old luxury car…
As everyone has stress, some good for us as it helps us to respond to changes in life. Stress is mechanism by which our body’s natrual way of protecting itself from harm, but our health can also be affected by external stresses such as physical abuse, stressful work environments, financial stress and other family health…
Review of “Our Own” (Les Notres) Raindance 28th Film Festival 2020 (Slykid and Skykid) 86 minutes. This film premiered at The Rendez Vous Quebec Cinema on February 26, 2020. It is French Canadian with subtitles. https://cinema.raindance.org “How to help young people by spelling out the facts of unprotected encounters with the opposite sex”? I feel…
An elephant Vallabhan purchased from Palakkad in2002 by local residents and gifted to Malayinkeezhy Sreekrishnaswamy temple in Kerala, south India, neither able to take food nor hold his head high literally after the tusks grew heavier and 1.5m extra-long. He is awaiting tusk trimming. The 26-year-old elephant while lying down, the tusks rub against the…
The Furlough scheme will be extended until the end of March 2021, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced. The scheme in which employees receive four-fifths of their current salary up to maximum of £2, 500 of hours not worked was originally scheduled to end last month, but was extended when Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a…
Andrew Bailey the Governor of Bank of England has vowed to do “everything we can” to support the economy amid a resurgence of Covid-19 and said It was important that policymakers acted “quickly and strongly”, as the Bank announced a further £150bn of support, as lockdown could lead to a slower and bumpier recovery. The…
Sainsbury has announced 3, 500 job losses mainly from the Argos chain it bought in 2016 and close 420 Argos stores by March 2024, but open new 150 outlets in Sainsbury’s stores. Job losses are also in the supermarkets with the closure of its delicatessens and fresh fish and meat counters. Sainsbury’s said that the120…