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23.06.2022 - 14:28
Business
Sky News
Adam Boulton on why fresh strikes are not like the Winter of Discontent
The British public is well-used to confrontations between workers in the public sector and the government of the day.Over the decades there have been strikes and work-to-rules involving miners, teachers, the railways, the civil service and health workers among others. In the last century, “the Winter of Discontent” in 1978-79 and the miners’ strikes of …
23.06.2022 - 14:08
Business
Evening Standard
Britain has the talent and innovation to be digital leaders, says ITV boss Carolyn McCall
Looking back over London Tech Week it is very clear that almost all businesses across the UK economy are deeply affected by technology which throws up significant opportunities as well as challenges.The media and entertainment industry has seen a huge amount of change with technology disrupting how programmes are distributed and decades of entrenched ways …
23.06.2022 - 11:51
Business
Sky News
British Airways workers at Heathrow vote to strike during school summer holidays
British Airways (BA) workers at Heathrow have voted to strike during the school summer holidays, in a move set to cause more travel chaos as the industry struggles to recover from the COVID pandemic.Members of the GMB and Unite unions overwhelmingly supported the prospect of industrial action over pay with 95% of those voting, at …
23.06.2022 - 10:56
Business
Sky News
Govt forced to hand over £7.6bn last month in record interest payment on public debt
The UK government made one of its largest interest payments on public debt ever last month, after inflation pushed borrowing costs to some of their highest levels on record. Despite a cut in public sector borrowing, interest costs soared to £7.6bn in May, far above the £5.1bn predicted by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The …
23.06.2022 - 10:42
Business
Sky News
Northern Gritstone lands first deal with ‘brain biomimicry’ start-up Opteran
The university spin-out venture chaired by Lord O’Neill, the former Treasury minister, has struck its inaugural deal with a £3.3m investment into Opteran, a start-up which has re-engineered insect brain patterns to forge advances for autonomous machines.Sky News can reveal that Northern Gritstone will announce this week that it is backing Opteran, a pin-out from …
23.06.2022 - 10:17
Business
Business Live
Business confidence in freefall, warns Chamber of Commerce
Confidence among East Midlands businesses is in freefall, according to new research, as the cost of doing business continues to head upwards. With inflation at a 40 year high of 9.1 per cent and the economy running on empty towards likely recession, the latest East Midlands Chamber business leader survey suggests no signs of let-up. …
23.06.2022 - 10:16
Business
Business Live
Cranswick chief operating officer appointed to group board after sales smash £2b
Leading food producer Cranswick has appointed two new directors to the board. Group chief operating officer Chris Aldersley is joined by the independent non-executive appointment of Yetunde Hofmann. Mr Aldersley joined the Hull-headquartered firm in 1998, working in a variety of senior management roles before taking the COO position in 2015. Read more: City praise …
23.06.2022 - 10:15
Business
Sky News
UK’s economy grows, Zoom’s future and Sussex wine
In the episode, Ian King catches up on the latest negotiations with RMT members on the second day of rail strikes.Chris Williamson from S&P Global Market Intelligence joins Ian to discuss figures which show the UK’s economy continues to grow, while Zoom’s CIO advisor Magnus Falk discusses the company’s future – which is being used …
23.06.2022 - 10:08
Business
Business Live
Cardiff to get its first exclusively gluten-free coffee shop
A completely gluten-free coffee shop is opening its doors in Cardiff this Saturday after securing a £15,000 micro-loan from the Development Bank of Wales. The coffee shop, named Against the Grain, is due to open on Merthyr Road in Whitchurch this Saturday after securing the micro-loan to furnish and equip the new business venture. It …
23.06.2022 - 09:26
Business
Business Live
Gloucestershire broadband firm set for £3.3m Tewkesbury rollout
A broadband operator in Gloucestershire is set to invest up to £3.3m to roll out its full fibre network in Tewkesbury. Netomnia, which is headquartered in the town, said firms and residents in more than 11,000 premises could benefit from “ultrafast” multi-gigabit connectivity. It added the move would enable the area to sustain and attract …
23.06.2022 - 09:09
Business
Business Live
Grimsby shopping centre purchase plan approved by leading councillors as bid submitted to receivers
A plan for Grimsby’s Freshney Place Shopping Centre to be bought by the local council has moved a step closer. The enclosed mall in the town centre, the largest in the county and the retail heart of the borough, was plunged into receivership earlier this year. North East Lincolnshire Council has submitted a bid ahead …
23.06.2022 - 08:44
Business
Sky News
Online sales tax ‘would punish British SMEs’, Amazon warns Treasury
An online sales tax (OST) would cause significant harm to Britain’s army of small businesses, the world’s biggest internet retailer has warned the government.Sky News has learnt that John Boumphrey, Amazon’s UK country manager, told a Treasury minister during a meeting on Wednesday that a 1pc levy would hurt the hundreds of thousands of SMEs …
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