West End Faces Saturday Blackout as Pay Talks Collapse London’s West End theatre scene faces a significant disruption this summer, with Saturday performances potentially cancelled by midsummer after pay negotiations between the arts union Equity and the Society of London…
Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow Eliminates HR Function, Citing Culture of Entitlement and Manufactured Dysfunction Ryan Breslow, the 31-year-old chief executive of US fintech firm Bolt, has dissolved the company’s entire human resources department and cut roughly 30% of its workforce,…
Berkeley Group Warns London Investment at Risk After Peckham Planning Rejection Berkeley Group, London’s largest housebuilder, has warned that developers “can no longer invest in new London sites” after a planning inspector rejected its proposal to replace a derelict Peckham…
M&S Chief Warns Labour’s Supermarket Price Cap Would Be ‘Completely Preposterous’ Stuart Machin, chief executive of Marks & Spencer, has delivered a blunt rebuke to Chancellor Rachel Reeves over her rumoured plan to freeze prices on essential food items, warning…
Government Explores Voluntary Price Caps on Staple Foods Amid Middle East Conflict Fallout The British government is in talks with major supermarkets over a voluntary scheme to cap prices on everyday staples — including eggs, bread and milk — as…
Sky Locks Up F1 Rights in UK and Italy, Blocking Apple’s Path to Europe Comcast-owned Sky has extended its Formula One broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom and Italy through 2034 and 2032 respectively, closing off two of the sport’s…
EU Legislators Agree to Ban AI “Nudifier” Apps Under Digital Omnibus Package European co-legislators reached a provisional agreement on 7 May to ban so-called “nudifier applications” under the Digital Omnibus on AI, targeting tools that use artificial intelligence to generate…
Israeli Air Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon Within Hours of Ceasefire Extension Israeli air strikes have caused destruction and casualties across southern Lebanon, less than 24 hours after both countries agreed to extend an existing ceasefire by a further 45 days,…
AI-powered tool offers on-device content filtering for children’s smartphones, with no data leaving the device A new AI-driven child safety application, developed in partnership with parenting platform Mumsnet, is offering parents real-time monitoring and content filtering across popular apps including…
SNP Eyes North Sea Oil Revival as Political Weapon Ahead of Aberdeen South By-Election The Scottish National Party is being urged to resurrect its iconic “It’s Scotland’s Oil” slogan from the 1970s as a campaign rallying cry, targeting Energy Secretary…