The veteran newsreader Alastair Stewart has become the latest presenter to sign for the forthcoming GB News channel, as the new rightwing station prepares to launch later this year. He will host a weekend news and current affairs programme, joining a growing number of well-known older male presenters who have …
Read More »Liberty Steel feels the heat after government rejects loan plea
Concerns for the future of Liberty Steel and its 3,000 UK workers have grown after the government rejected its parent company’s plea for a £170m rescue loan. The rejection has added to the pressure on Liberty Steel, part of the business empire built up by the industrialist Sanjeev Gupta. Gupta …
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Wondering where you can convert your itunes gift card to perfect money in Nigeria?. It’s now easier than before to sell and buy your gift cards, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron and other digital assets in Nigeria. Trading is as old as the human race; as a matter of fact, trading is …
Read More »Why the UK government really abolished its own Industrial Strategy Council
The government’s old industry strategy – the one inherited from Theresa May’s administration – was “a pudding without a theme”, Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, said the other day as he sang the praises of the chancellor’s new “build back better” plan to rewire the economy. Up to a point, …
Read More »BT’s ‘fair bet’ deal for fast-fibre broadband looks like a winner | Nils Pratley
The duo at the top of BT, chief executive Philip Jansen and chairman Jan du Plessis, should be able to put aside their quarrels and agree on this point: the company has secured decent terms from Ofcom for the rollout of full-fibre broadband. The “fair bet” for BT, meaning the …
Read More »Debt levels are not an issue, and Bailey should tell the Tories why
Tearing at the Tory party’s fabric is the thought of spiralling government debt. The subject triggers a cold sweat in some of the most emotionally resilient Conservative backbench MPs, such is the distress it generates. Much as the German centre-right parties have spent the past 90 years fearing a return …
Read More »BT’s woolly response to boardroom rift claim misses the point | Nils Pratley
The rift, or alleged rift, at BT can’t rival the one on the front pages. We would probably have forgotten about it if somebody at the telecoms company had not insisted on issuing a half-baked statement on Monday in response to a three-day-old story. As is often the case, the …
Read More »UK economic growth next year will be fastest since 1948, says OBR
Britain’s growth rate will accelerate next year at the fastest rate since official records began as the economy rebounds by 7.3%, according to the government’s independent economic forecaster. With Covid restrictions set to remain until the summer, delaying the stat of the recovery, the Office for Budget Responsibility said the …
Read More »‘Super deduction’ may not be the most effective use of a £25bn tax break
One can usually take a mental break when the budget speech turns to capital allowances. It’s the tinkering bit. This time was different. Rishi Sunak’s “super deduction” regime will allow businesses to offset 130% of investment spending on plant and machinery against profits for the next two years. So spend …
Read More »Dishi Rishi the influencer falls flat in his big budget moment
Not so much a chancellor, more a lifestyle coach. When Rishi Sunak gave his first budget just a year ago, he was the ingenue stand-in for Sajid Javid who had had a major strop. Now he is a brand, – complete with his own range of merchandise. The ath-leisure hoody. …
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