Golden days: Tommy with late comedy partner Bobby Ball, right Tommy Cannon the comic, actor and singer is best known as one half of the double act Cannon and Ball, writes York Membery. He first found fame on TV talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1968 with fellow Lancastrian Bobby Ball (catchphrase ‘Rock on, Tommy’, who…
By MARK SHAPLAND Updated: 21:52 GMT, 23 November 2024 A mother-of-three who founded the UK’s most glamorous sex party brand is looking to raise funds to expand her business around the globe. Emma Sayle, 46, who attended the same Downe House School in Berkshire as Kate Middleton and was spotted with the future Princess of…
By PATRICK TOOHER Updated: 21:51 GMT, 23 November 2024 Scrutiny: Chancellor Rachel Reeves Rachel Reeves has received £175,000 in donations from City grandee Sir Victor Blank, a former chairman of TSB. Sir Victor was at the helm when Lloyds was strong-armed by the last Labour government into rescuing Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial…
By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 12:08 GMT, 23 November 2024 The Government’s stake in NatWest has fallen below 11 per cent for the first time since the bank was bailed out by taxpayers during the financial crisis. It comes after Labour abandoned the Tory plan to offload its remaining stake in NatWest in a…
By JON HOPKINS Updated: 21:58 GMT, 22 November 2024 The High Street may have suffered an uncomfortable start to the Christmas quarter but DFS revealed it was sitting pretty. The furniture retailer bucked the trend by signalling that recent better trading has continued into its latest financial year. In a brief update, the sofa firm…
By SAMUEL NORMAN Updated: 21:50 GMT, 22 November 2024 A chronic shortage of charging points is denting demand for electric vehicles (EVs) – plunging Britain’s car industry into crisis. There are now more than 71,000 public chargers in the UK, with an average of 57 being added every day. The Department for Transport described it…
Ilika secured another key milestone in the development of its Goliath solid-state electric vehicle battery technology this week. The AIM-listed company successfully tested Goliath’s 10Ah cells to industry standards, marking the next stage in its development roadmap. As well as EVs, Ilika’s tech is designed to meet the specific demands of applications in medtech, industrial…
Clothing and footwear sales lead declines as shoppers tighten purse strings By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 09:44 GMT, 22 November 2024 British retailers suffered a disappointing start to the sector’s all-important ‘golden quarter’, as pre-Autumn Budget jitters saw shoppers hold off on spending. Retail sales volumes followed a 0.1 per cent rise in September with a…
By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:01 GMT, 21 November 2024 Royal Mail has warned of more price hikes as a result of the Chancellor’s National Insurance raid. Martin Seidenberg, head of parent company International Distribution Services (IDS), said it would need to raise prices to offset a £120million hit from measures unveiled in the Budget last…
The Liberal government announced a suite of affordability measures Thursday that Ottawa says aims to put more money in Canadian bank accounts, a move experts say is likely to boost Canada’s economy and could register with voters who are still feeling the pinch of a higher cost of living. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in…
