Expectations were running at fever pitch for the Royal Opera’s new Fidelio on March 1, 2020. Who could wait for the Norwegian phenomenon Lise Davidsen’s first crack at Beethoven’s cross-dressing Leonore, a daring seraph of compassion guaranteed to suit her to a T? Plus, the trending German director Tobias Kratzer, …
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The British ocean liner-turned-troopship Arcadian, torpedoed by a German submarine during WW1 with the loss of 279 lives, has been discovered 163m deep in Greece’s Cyclades Islands. The wreck of the 152m ship was found south-east of Sifnos by wreck-researcher Kostas Thoctarides, often associated with submarine discoveries but in this …
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By John Abiona Updated: 16:50 EDT, 2 August 2024 Ploughing savers’ money into British infrastructure and private equity risks undermining the primary role of pensions, a major mutual insurer has warned. Barry O’Dwyer, chief executive of Royal London, said he is ‘nervous’ about Labour’s proposal to shake-up the pensions industry. …
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Bricks Group has secured funding of £84.5m from London Wall Lending to support the delivery of 752-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme on a former Royal Mail site in Nottingham. The 13-storey scheme will be delivered on the former Bendigo Building site, which was vacant for nearly two decades before …
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Sales of the iPhone have fallen to the lowest level for three years after Apple’s popularity dropped in China and as shoppers wait for new models. Apple recorded an 1pc drop in quarterly iPhone revenues on Thursday night to $39.3bn (£30.9bn), the lowest figure since 2021. While a small drop, …
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PayPoint is aiming to grow from handling 100m parcels to 250m per year as a ‘medium term target’, equivalent to an extra 11,463 parcels per store, based on its current estate size. In its results for the quarter ending 31 July, the company revealed dramatic parcel network growth, with the …
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Royal Mail suitor to take on rivals with Amazon-style parcel lockers. 14/07/2024 x 8:43 AM. The funding deal comes after Paypoint, which has a … Source link
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By Leah Montebello Published: 19:04 EDT, 2 August 2024 | Updated: 19:39 EDT, 2 August 2024 The takeover of Royal Mail has been suspended as its Czech buyer faces scrutiny over potential links with Russia. Daniel Kretinsky’s £3.4 billion deal to snap up the postal service’s parent company has been …
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A CAR dealer has revealed that he stands to make thousands at festivals after buying a bizarre bar on wheels for just £5,000. The tiny vehicle doesn’t even require a car licence to drive it and features some unusual, but patriotic, branding. 6 Matthew Goodwin bought a bright red tuk-tuk …
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