PensionBee losses soar amid booming customer numbers and assets

PensionBee losses widen in debut stock market year but boss hails booming customer numbers as assets reach £2bn PensionBee pre-tax losses grow by 145% on the same time last year to £12.8m The firm did see revenues, customer numbers and assets grow significantly Boss Romi Savova expects PensionBee to reach breakeven by  the end of … Read more

Recording Academy bans Billboard chart numbers and sales figures in Grammy ads

The Recording Academy recently released their ‘rules and guidelines’ for the upcoming 64th Grammy Awards, making a big change in For Your Consideration ads. The new 64-page document was released by Academy earlier in July, with Billboard reporting that the FYC ads may no longer reveal Billboard chart numbers or sales figures in the ads.   This … Read more

Nurse numbers hit an all-time high as staff delay retiring to help out during Covid pandemic

Nurse numbers hit an all-time high as staff delay retiring to help out during Covid pandemic, report says 15,000 more nurses, midwives and associates registered to work than last year  Experts warned there could be an exodus of older staff once pandemic is over  There are more than 154,000 nurses and midwives aged over 56 … Read more

Furlough numbers fall to 3.3million after lockdown eases

Furlough numbers fall to 3.3million after lockdown eases as six in 10 workers venture back to offices Furlough numbers have dipped sharply after the loosening of Covid lockdown Numbers whose wages being footed by huge scheme fell to 13 per cent in April Equivalent to around 3.3million people and was down from 17 per cent … Read more

Caller ID should not be trusted because phone numbers are easy for criminals to fake, Ofcom warns 

Caller ID should not be trusted because phone numbers are too easy for criminals to fake, Ofcom warns Ofcom says caller ID is easy for fraudsters to manipulate to their advantage and so it cannot be trusted as a sole means to detect when you are being scammed  Criminals are able to change phone number … Read more

Religious leaders ‘put pressure on organisers NOT to limit numbers at Israeli festival’

Religious leaders allegedly asked that numbers were not limited at an Israeli festival that tragically left 45 people dead in a stampede after thousands crammed into the site, local reports have claimed.  A total of 45 people were killed during Lag B’Omer festivities at Mount Meron, Israel, on Thursday as worshippers tripped and fell on a packed staircase … Read more

Religious leaders ‘put pressure on organisers NOT to limit numbers at Israeli festival’

Religious leaders allegedly asked that numbers were not limited at an Israeli festival that tragically left 45 people dead in a stampede after thousands crammed into the site, local reports have claimed.  A total of 45 people were killed during Lag B’Omer festivities at Mount Meron, Israel, on Thursday as worshippers tripped and fell on a packed staircase … Read more

Phone numbers of at least two senior members of the Government were online too

Thought Boris Johnson is the only senior government member whose mobile has been freely available on the web? Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ numbers were on the internet too Boris Johnson’s personal mobile number has been available online for years  Mr Johnson’s number was contained at end of a 2006 think-tank … Read more

Phone numbers of at least two senior members of the Government were online too

Thought Boris Johnson is the only senior government member whose mobile has been freely available on the web? Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ numbers were on the internet too Boris Johnson’s personal mobile number has been available online for years  Mr Johnson’s number was contained at end of a 2006 think-tank … Read more