An outbreak of cockroaches has caused a motorway service area on the M40 to be closed Four units at Junction Eight’s Welcome Break have been forced to cease trading Environmental health officials had an investigation following a complaint last month An outbreak of cockroaches has led to a motorway service area on the M40 being … Read more
A dad made a small fortune hawking dodgy firecrackers online to fund his gambling addiction. Kevin O’Donnell, of Altcross Road, Croxteth, sold modified firesticks for the illegal transmission of subscription-based content between September 2020 and March 2023. He was caught after FACT, the anti-copyright theft federation, received information for the sale of equipment providing unauthorized … Read more
Are you affected by the delay? Email arthur.parashar@mailonline.co.uk Furious parents say they are unable to put food on the table after a glitch at HMRC meant some child benefit payments did not arrive as scheduled on Monday. HMRC has apologized after around 30 per cent of child benefit payments scheduled for June 3 have not … Read more
Unlock Editor’s Roundup for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Here’s one for the corporate governance experts out there. Kelso is a UK-listed activist investor whose biggest holding is THG, the protein bar maker and online cosmetics retailer. It says it owns about 0.5 percent of … Read more
Oil prices are under pressure as bearish sentiment grows as OPEC+ has subdued the market with its commitment to extend its voluntary cuts until the third quarter of 2024 and baseline cuts until the end of 2025. – Combining an in-person meeting in Riyadh with a hybrid online option for smaller producers, OPEC+ has agreed … Read more
Climate research provider and environmental disclosure system CDP today announced the launch of a new platform, which aims to simplify and facilitate sustainability reporting for companies and align with emerging global standards. As part of the new launch, CDP unveiled a new questionnaire aligned to the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) IFRS Foundation’s new climate … Read more
He’s not exactly Bill Ackman, who yesterday hit a net worth of $8.5 billion after selling a stake in his hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, but after two years of not doing much, Keith Gill AKA Roaring Kitty isn’t either it goes badly. Have a coffee in the morning ☕ in your inbox. Register … Read more
Tesco has launched an online marketplace, giving customers the chance to buy thousands of third-party products alongside their groceries. When it reaches full scale, the marketplace will make Tesco.com “a one-stop shop for everything customers need”, the supermarket said. Initial market launch today [Tuesday 4 June] sees nearly 9,000 products listed, across all categories, including … Read more
image source, Victoria Arthur Image title, Victoria Arthur and two of her children Item information the author, Daniel Thomas role, Business reporter 1 hour ago When Victoria Arthur’s child benefit wasn’t paid on Monday, her immediate worry was that she wouldn’t be able to afford nappies and milk for her four-month-old daughter. Like many others, … Read more
To the outside world, Kat Brown was a professional success. What her colleagues didn’t know, however, was how much effort it was putting her through. “I had this kind of nagging voice in my head: ‘You’re not good enough, you’re not normal, you have to try five times harder than everyone else,’” says Brown, author … Read more