Goldman Sachs has bowed to demands for a less stressful workplace by offering a “flexible vacation” scheme that allows senior bankers to take a holiday whenever they feel like a break. Generosity further down the investment bank’s global chain of command is more limited: it has told traders and admin …
Read More »Derby taxi driver loses licence and livelihood after hitting 36mph in a 30mph limit
A former Derby taxi-turned-delivery driver has failed in his appeal to get his driving ban lifted after he reached 15 penalty points on his licence. Jabber Choudhry lost his licence and his livelihood after going just 6mph above the 30mph speed limit in London Road, Derby. He told Derby Crown …
Read More »Darktrace turns a corner after top executives buy more shares | Business
This hasn’t been a great week for Darktrace, which is hardly a surprise considering that one of its senior executives was referenced in a High Court judgement about the Autonomy scandal. The former stock market darling’s shares slumped to a three-month low on Wednesday after the ruling named Nicole Eagan, …
Read More »Will the $44 Billion Takeover Succeed?
The Twitter stock price is down by 8 per cent this week. The drop is a continuation of the bearish trend we have seen in the past few weeks. For the past month, the price of Twitter has dropped by 20 per cent after it was revealed that Elon Musk, …
Read More »Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Sproutl team up to launch new exotic plant collection
The ‘hard-to-find’ plants range from 45cm to over 165cm with leaves that can span up to three meters. And even better they can be delivered straight to your front door, meaning you can have Kew-inspired plants come directly to you. The Palm House Collection. (Sproutl) Prices range from £80 for …
Read More »EDITORIAL How The Works and the Co-op are getting closer to customers at a time of squeezed spending – Editorial
In today’s InternetRetailing newsletter we’re reporting on how retailers from the Co-op to The Works continue to find new ways to get close to shoppers at a time when spending is becoming more squeezed by rising inflation. The latest ONS retail sales figures suggest that in April shoppers spent …
Read More »Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Platinum Jubilee ‘sideshow’ could ‘overshadow’ Queen, expert warns
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Platinum Jubilee ‘sideshow’ could ‘overshadow’ Queen and cause resentment among royals like Sophie Wessex who ‘do the daily grind’ of duties, royal expert claims Duke and Duchess of Sussex could ‘destabilise’ the Platinum Jubilee celebrations Princess Anne and Sophie Wessex will be resentful of the …
Read More »Emerson Royal’s Tottenham transformation mirrors his side’s upturn under Antonio Conte
Emerson Aparecido Leite de Souza Junior had already anticipated the angle of attack and predicted where this interview was likely to start as he settled into his chair. ‘Why do you call yourself Royal?’ was the question and the Tottenham and Brazil defender laughed loudly. ‘What did I tell you,’ …
Read More »Kenilworth folk in stitches as town gets royally ‘yarn bombed’
The seed has been sown, or rather sewn, for a right royal knees up in Kenilworth. The town is taking its celebration of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee not all that seriously with a procession of embroidered Beefeaters along the town’s main thoroughfare. Crocheted guards have taken pride of place on …
Read More »Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder steps down at Rosneft
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder steps down as director at Russia’s top crude oil producer Rosneft By Milo Pope For The Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EDT, 20 May 2022 | Updated: 03:44 EDT, 21 May 2022 Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder has stepped down as director at Russia’s top crude …
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