Bluebell Capital takes stake in pharma giant and puts pressure on Emma WalmsleyGSK’s chief executive, Emma Walmsley, has come under pressure from a second activist hedge fund, Bluebell Capital Partners, which has taken a stake in the drugmaker to push …
Can Boris Johnson expect UK-US trade deal to go ahead?
His closeness to Trump has not helped and if agreement were struck by 2024 it would be considered rapid progressThree reasons. First, Britain exports more to the US than to any other country. When added together, the countries of the European Union cou…
‘40% of my salary goes on house costs’: how soaring energy bills hit one Briton
West Yorkshire worker says rises have cut his savings and he might need to leave the UK to start a family1.9m UK homes lose supplier after two more gas firms go bustJoshua Wheeler-Gaunt, 33, is one of a growing number of people worried about rising ene…
Embattled property firm Evergrande rattles financial markets
Investors worried about Chinese developer draw parallels with 2008 collapse of Lehman BrothersChina’s embattled property developer Evergrande Group has caused concern among investors worldwide. With $300bn (£220bn) owed to its creditors and key debt in…
1.9m UK homes lose supplier after two more gas firms go bust
The collapse of Avro Energy and Green means nine suppliers have been lost this yearThe UK gas crisis has claimed another two energy companies, bringing the total number of households that have lost their supplier this year to almost 2m.The regulator, O…
Rayner targets Raab over holiday fiasco as deputies take PMQs
Deputy Labour leader accuses government of failing Britons over the looming energy crisisUK politics – live updatesAngela Rayner has accused the government of failing the British people over the looming energy crisis in a prime minister’s questions not…
Fraud victim scammed for almost £25,000: ‘They had detailed information’
Merrick Anderson was called by someone posing as a member of Lloyds Bank’s fraud departmentFraud in UK at level where it ‘poses national security threat’Merrick Anderson lost almost £25,000 through an authorised push payment fraud in March.The universi…
Bonfire Night fireworks ‘70% down’ due to Brexit and supply chain crisis
Suppliers said to be unwilling to stock up because of confusion over safety labelling and extra paperworkBrexit and the supply chain crisis are threatening to put a dampener on this year’s Bonfire Night firework displays as distributors warn that impor…
Big pharma fuelling human rights crisis over Covid vaccine inequity – Amnesty
Six companies warned not to put profit before lives as report shows less than 1% of almost 6bn doses have gone to low-income countriesAmnesty International has accused six pharmaceutical companies that have developed Covid-19 vaccines of fuelling a glo…
East Midlands Railway breached ad rules by axing competition, finds ASA
Train company said winning entry would receive £5,000 but cancelled prize due to ‘poor quality entries’A train company breached advertising rules by cancelling a competition because of “poor quality entries”, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) h…