Meal delivery company Just Eat Takeaway will cut 1,700 jobs in the United Kingdom, writes the British newspaper The Telegraph. Meal delivery services at the British Just Eat service are particularly affected, but some 170 office jobs will also disappear. The move is part of a cost-cutting measure by the […]
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The collapse of US Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) poses a serious risk to the UK tech sector, Treasury Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. Many biotech companies also did business with the bank or its British subsidiary, Hunt said during an interview on the TV channel Sky News. “Most people won’t […]
The British grid operator National Grid, comparable to Elia in Belgium, has used its reserve of coal-fired power stations for the first time. The combination of relatively cold temperatures, little wind and also little import from France due to strike actions there necessitates using extra power stations, it sounds. West […]
Aviation group IAG, the parent group of British Airways, also notices that the aviation sector is recovering well from the corona crisis. The group, which also owns the Irish Aer Lingus and the Spanish companies Iberia and Vueling, made a profit again last year after losing billions in 2021. Last […]
Another police officer has been charged with sex crimes in the United Kingdom. The man is charged with two rapes and other sex offences. In total, it concerns eight sex crimes, the police in the southern English county of Dorset announced on Monday. The 46-year-old would have committed the facts […]
The British regional airline Flybe, which restarted in April last year, has ceased operations again. The British Aviation Authority (CAA) announced all flights had been cancelled. “We are sorry to report that Flybe has been placed in judicial liquidation,” Flybe wrote on Twitter. The activities have been discontinued, and receivers […]
The budget deficit in the United Kingdom reached a record high last month. Public finances came under further pressure from the cost of measures to protect households and businesses against high energy bills. The government also spends much more on paying interest on its debts. The budget deficit is now […]
Tech group Microsoft will announce within a few days that it will cut thousands of jobs. British news channel Sky News claims this without clarifying the message’s source. It would be about five percent of the total workforce of more than 220,000 people. So that would mean that more than […]
Two British police inspectors have made a remarkable find in the archives of the College of Policing. They (re)discovered the only known image of the face of the famous serial killer Jack the Ripper. They are engraved on a walking stick. Let’s start with a disclaimer: Jack, the Ripper’s identity, […]
In the UK, the number of patients with little or no sequelae after a stroke has tripled thanks to artificial intelligence. The British Department of Health announces this. The Brainomix e-Stroke system, developed by an Oxford company, enables faster diagnosis and faster selection of the most appropriate treatment. In 111,000 […]
