Is WeWork really worth nearly $50bn?
WeWork Inside a WeWork office The We Company is a business that defies description, at least according to its co-founder and chief executive Adam Neumann. But for many it’s the firm’s valuation that is really defying explanation. As it prepares for a stockmarket listing, the parent company of WeWork, provider of trendy shared office space, […]
179 jobs at risk in Poole
Google Walstead is holding a 45-day consultation with Southernprint’s 179 staff A printing plant that produces magazines for some of the UK’s best known publishers has been earmarked for closure. Walstead Southernprint, based in Poole, Dorset, has begun a 45-day consultation with its 179 staff. Owner Walstead said the proposal was the result of falling […]
Seven celebrities who are (or were) also inventors
BBC Sir Roger Moore died on 23 May at the age of 89 According to journalist Chrissy Iley, the James Bond star once said in the 1960s his one wish would be for ice cream company Wall’s to produce a choc ice on a stick. The company apparently sent him a version of his wish, […]
Aldi plans to open a new supermarket each week
BBC Aldi’s profits fell 18% last year Aldi plans to open a new store in the UK every week on average for the next two years, its boss has told the BBC. Giles Hurley said the discount retailer would invest £1bn to achieve its aim. “The reality is that almost 50% of the population of […]
Taking an invention from idea to the marketplace
Riut Limited Products like this backpack emerged due to Covid and the lockdown When Dr Fransisco Velasco started work on a Covid ward, he found himself commuting to work with his laptop and notes in a bin bag. His brand new rucksack was made of canvas and could not be sterilised at the end of […]
The blistering drama showing the US’s racist past from a new, first-person perspective
L Kasimu Harris (Credit: L Kasimu Harris) The Oscar-tipped film by RaMell Ross adapts Colson Whitehead’s novel about two boys at an abusive “reform” school and shoots it from their point of view. The effect is profound. There’s no film this year, perhaps no film this decade, that looks and feels like Nickel Boys. The […]
Greater Manchester nurseries struggling amid rising costs
PA Media The cost of living crisis is heaping pressure on parents’ budgets for childcare Twenty one nurseries in Greater Manchester have closed amid staff shortages and rising costs, figures show. Ofsted data shows the nurseries closed in the city region in 2021, with many shutting in deprived areas. Nurseries in those areas mostly received […]
Danny Boyle dance version opens Manchester’s Aviva Studios
Moviestore/Shutterstock Carrie-Anne Moss and Keanu Reeves played Trinity and Neo Almost 25 years after its release, The Matrix has been reimagined as a live show directed by Danny Boyle to officially open the UK’s biggest new cultural venue for years – and parts of the blockbuster film seem more relevant than ever. When he watched […]
Asda and Lidl limit egg sales after supply issues
Getty Images Some shops including Asda and Lidl have started to ration the number of boxes of eggs customers can buy due to supply issues. Asda said customers would be limited to buying two boxes of eggs until further notice, while Lidl is limiting customers to three. UK poultry farmers are facing rising costs and […]
Gaming boss quits after furious pricing backlash
Niantic Pokemon Go is one of the biggest games powered by the Unity engine John Riccitiello has resigned as chief executive of game development tool Unity following a controversial pricing change which angered gamers and developers alike. The firm wanted to charge studios every time a person installed a game using Unity’s code which powers […]