On a buying spree: Asda brothers snap up fast food chain Leon in £100m deal Mohsin and Zuber Issa are understood to have agreed to buy Leon yesterday Leon has 70 restaurants across the UK and mainland Europe The brothers have also been in a battle to buy the Caffè Nero coffee shop chain By Harriet … Read more
Few companies make promises to get people employed after they sign up to their courses, particularly during a pandemic. But that’s exactly what Amy Golding, chief executive of Opus Talent Solutions and founder of _nology says she’ll do. The straight-talking businesswoman, who became CEO of tech recruitment company Opus Talent Solutions at just 31, says she’s … Read more
Boris Johnson plans chewing gum tax to raise more than £100m to clean Britain’s streets of ‘monstrous acne of sticky grey blotches’ Boris Johnson is set to propose new tax targeting chewing gum manufacturers Aims to raise more than £100million to pay cost of clearing away discarded gum Manufacturers to be hit by the tax unless … Read more
Boris Johnson plans chewing gum tax to raise more than £100m to clean Britain’s streets of ‘monstrous acne of sticky grey blotches’ Boris Johnson is set to propose new tax targeting chewing gum manufacturers Aims to raise more than £100million to pay cost of clearing away discarded gum Manufacturers to be hit by the tax unless … Read more
The firm that makes Marlboro cigarettes has boldly asked US health regulators to help it convince Americans that nicotine is not that bad for them – and spend $100 million toward the effort, according to a Bloomberg report. Marlboro’s maker, Altria, wants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to back its advertising campaign to inform … Read more
A Monte Carlo socialite and princess has lost an appeal against a £2m fine and warned she faces prison in the latest twist in a decade-long battle over a £100m family trust fund. Princess Camilla Crociani de Bourbon des Deux Siciles was ordered to pay the fine after being found guilty of contempt for refusing … Read more
The BBC has axed editorial director Kamal Ahmed and four other posts from its news board in a ‘modernisation’ plan – despite pledging to increase diversity last year. An £80 million savings plan saw the job cuts announced by the broadcaster this afternoon. It said it was ‘restructuring’ the board as part of ‘plans to modernise … Read more
The BBC has axed editorial director Kamal Ahmed and four other posts from its news board in a ‘modernisation’ plan – despite pledging to increase diversity last year. An £80 million savings plan saw the job cuts announced by the broadcaster this afternoon. It said it was ‘restructuring’ the board as part of ‘plans to modernise … Read more
The UK Government has ordered an extra 40million doses of Valneva’s coronavirus vaccine, taking its total to 100million doses. Still in clinical trials, the two-dose jab isn’t expected to be delivered until the second half of 2021 but it is already being manufactured in Livingston, Scotland. It’s likely that most or all adults in Britain … Read more
Len McCluskey admits the bill for a hotel and conference centre for Unite has TREBLED to nearly £100m and tells union chiefs it’s because they wouldn’t stand for ‘shabby practices’ or low pay The cost of Unite’s controversial luxury hotel and conference centre has trebled General Secretary Len McCluskey blamed increase on paying workers top … Read more