Studies out this week suggest that retail will grow slowly over peak trading 2019, while also offering insights as to where, when and how shoppers like to buy Slow growth forecast Total retail sales are set to grow by just 1% in the golden quarter of 2019, but online …
Read More »Romford Crow Lane: First photos of cordon after crash leaves woman in critical condition
Pictures from a critical crash scene show a police cordon as well as debris on the road. A woman has been left fighting for her life following a crash along Crow Lane in Romford. Emergency services rushed to the incident at around 6.15am today, (Tuesday, November 19), and closed the …
Read More »BlackBerry to Power Arrival’s Generation 2.0 Intelligent Electric Vehicles
WATERLOO, Ontario and LONDON, Nov. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) and electric vehicle company Arrival Ltd. announced today that Arrival’s intelligent, autonomous-ready commercial vehicles will be powered by BlackBerry QNX technology. As part of the agreement, BlackBerry will license its BlackBerry QNX technology to Arrival, including its …
Read More »General election: Why it’s a mistake to think the result is a foregone conclusion – Ian Swanson
Ahead of the general election, politicians from different parties are offering radically different policies, which means that there is a real choice to make on 12 December, says Ian Swanson. IT may be cold outside, but the election campaign is hotting up with the first head-to-head TV debate tonight and …
Read More »Only 15 FTSE 250 firms publicise parental leave policies
Metro Bank is among the organisations who have published their parental leave policies. Image: Shutterstock Only 15 of the organisations in the FTSE 250 are telling job candidates how much paid leave they could expect if they have a baby, according to new analysis. Parents’ network Mumsnet, which looked at …
Read More »US dividends grow by record high in third quarter of 2019
The latest Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index report, a long-term study of global dividend trends, shows underlying growth in payouts from publicly listed companies of 5.3% for the third quarter, coming in at $355 billion (£273 billion). Janus Henderson says growth is in line with the long-term trend identified by …
Read More »Labour government under Corbyn would be worse for Britain than crashing out of EU without deal
Business leaders warn Labour government under Jeremy Corbyn would be worse for Britain than crashing out of EU without a deal By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:06, 18 November 2019 | Updated: 22:27, 18 November 2019 A Labour government under Jeremy Corbyn would be worse for Britain …
Read More »‘The Crown’ peddles subversive republican message, says royal historian | Showbiz
‘The Crown’ creator Peter Morgan has said the series, whose first two seasons cost about US$130 million to make, is based on known facts and imagined private conversations. — AFP pic LONDON, Nov 19 — Television series The Crown might have won millions of fans across the globe with its …
Read More »Extreme E: British driver Billy Monger to race in new series
Extreme E aims to highlight climate change in five remote locations British driver Billy Monger has been named as one of the latest entrants to the Extreme E championship. Monger is a double leg amputee after suffering serious injuries in a high-speed Formula 4 crash at Donington Park in 2017. …
Read More »Lord Blunkett attacks Labour leadership for facing ‘two ways’ on immigration
Labour’s immigration civil war deepens as ex-home secretary Lord Blunkett demands that Jeremy Corbyn ignore ‘CRAZY’ activist vote to extend freedom of movement Lord Blunkett said the Labour Party is currently facing ‘two ways’ on immigration He said party must be ‘absolutely clear’ on issue when it publishes its manifesto …
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