This week, we discuss: A race to the bottom on the high street All hail the long weekend Macron strokes the Bear A race to the bottom on the high street What Happened? Associated British Foods (ABF), the owner of high street fashion chain Primark, is reportedly planning to cut 400 of its staff due…
In this week’s digital digest we look at the UK government announcing a crackdown on crypto advertising and measures to strengthen UK businesses’ resilience from cyber attacks. We then take a look at big tech as Microsoft is set to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn, and Amazon u-turns on its decision to ban UK customers…
This week, we discuss: Has France Left it too late? Private equity seeks medical help Channel 5’s alive Has France Left it too late? What Happened? It is increasingly likely that no Leftist candidate will qualify for the second stage of the French election, as far right favourite, Eric Zemmour, may also fall foul with…
As the dust settles on Boris Johnson’s high-stakes performance at PMQ’s, we took a closer look at how the conversations surrounding the apology landed on Twitter. Over a 12-hour period, we found over 26k tweets commenting on PMQs. Unsurprisingly, the Twitterarti weren’t impressed with Boris’s attempt to distance himself from ‘partygate’. Even worse for the…
What to do with a problem like Andy? It’s the question now being mulled over in the minds of courtiers in the corridors of Buckingham Palace. With Ghislaine Maxwell now heading for the slammer, the world’s attention is shifting back to (the allegedly) randy Prince Andrew and his years-long affiliation with noted sex offender Jeffrey…
This week, we discuss: Tesla expands…. to Xinjiang UK Government in a bid to make foreign takeovers harder NY Attorney investigates Trump Organization Tesla expands to … to Xinjiang What Happened? Tesla has opened a showroom in the contentious province of Xinjiang, China. The move has been criticised with the Chinese government accused of carrying…
Gabriel Boric recently made headlines as he surged to victory in the Chilean elections with more votes than any president in the country’s history. The “millennial former student protest leader” defeated his far-right opponent in a resounding triumph not only for his left wing, reformist agenda, but for a younger generation looking to make waves at…
In what appears to be a reboot of the ‘Colin v Cuthbert’ saga which dominated headlines earlier this year, M&S has returned for round two against Aldi, suing the discount supermarket chain over their ‘copycat’ Christmas gin. M&S has filed papers with the High Court seeking an injunction restraining Aldi from further infringing on its designs, for…
Thousands across the Northeast woke from a long nightmare on the 7th of October 2021. The hell endured by the Toon faithful since 2007 under Mike Ashley’s reign had finally come to an end. And what’s more, their beloved club now had access to riches, the scale of which had never been seen before in…
TikTok has quickly become the fastest-growing social media network in history. Having been downloaded more than two billion times, it is rivalling long-standing social media giants like Facebook. The short video sharing platform is rapidly changing the social media landscape in ways that Facebook and Twitter did a decade ago. But more than being simply a social…
