Breadcrumb Trail Links Oil & Gas News Energy Commodities Similar to policy that ended most of Canada’s public financing for international projects Author of the article: The Canadian Press Mia Rabson Published Jul 14, 2023 • 3 minute read Join the conversation Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault speaks at a press conference, in Ottawa, Monday, June […]
Almost 1,000 workers at Gatwick Airport, including baggage handlers and check-in staff, will stage eight days of strikes from later this month. Staff will strike in a dispute over pay, the union Unite announced, at the start of the school summer holidays. Significant disruption, delays and cancellations are “inevitable”, the union said. The workers will […]
Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, one of Britain’s most prominent businesswomen, is in advanced talks to sell her money-saving app to Vanquis Banking Group, the consumer lender. It is understood that Dame Jayne-Anne is nearing a deal with Vanquis – formerly known as Provident Financial – with an announcement possible in the coming weeks. The former Virgin […]
Barclays is set to close 14 more banks over the coming months it has been revealed today. The major high street bank will close 11 of its sites in England a further two in Wales and one in Scotland. The majority of the closures will happen in October – with the rest shutting their doors […]
Legal changes brought by the government to let agency staff fill in for striking workers have been quashed by the high court, with ministers’ approach to the policy being labelled “irrational”. A number of unions, including Aslef, the RMT and Unite, joined in legal challenge to “strike-breaking” regulations announced last summer by the government as […]
More than a quarter of UK adults have used generative artificial intelligence such as chatbots, according to survey showing that 4 million people have also used it for work. Generative AI, which refers to AI tools that produce convincing text or images in response to human prompts, has gripped the public imagination since the launch […]
Millions of public sector workers will be given a pay rise of at least 6%, but government departments have been told to fund the rise from within existing budgets. Police officers, junior doctors and teachers in England are among those who would benefit after Rishi Sunak accepted all the recommendations of the independent pay review […]
A former human resources boss at Twitter has accused the company of failing to pay roughly $500m (£385m) in severance pay owed to former staff of the company. Courtney McMillian, who was the social media site’s former “head of total rewards”, made the claim in a class-action lawsuit. The complaint says Twitter owner Elon Musk […]
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) established by the European Union is a formidable legal framework designed to regulate the processing and transfer of personal data across member states. According to the data analyzed by the Atlas VPN team, companies had to pay over €1.5 billion in GDPR fines through the first half of 2023. On […]
The head of the Financial Conduct Authority has said that artificial intelligence could disrupt the financial services sector in “ways and at a scale not seen before”, warning that the regulator would be forced to take action against AI-based fraud. Nikhil Rathi, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), said that there are risks of “cyber fraud, […]