How fire-safe is British furniture?
BBC There are few places as frightening to Guillermo Rein as a furniture shop. “I feel very uncomfortable when I go shopping for furniture. Especially if they have a showroom when you can see people moving around sofas”. Professor Rein is an expert in fire science. He told us at his facility, the Hazelab at […]
How UK football expertise could help China win World Cup
Google Carlos Tevez playing for Shanghai Shenhua Football and China have rarely been out of the headlines in recent years, whether it is big name stars such as Carlos Tevez moving to play there, or Chinese billionaires investing in European clubs. Tevez’s salary is reportedly a whopping £600,000 a week, which highlights the growing financial […]
Wedding businesses ‘need more help to survive’
Ceri Haf Roberts Ceri Haf Roberts and her fiance Rhys were due to get married in September 2020 Wedding businesses are calling on the Welsh Government to do more to help the sector suffering because of Covid regulations. The industry warned Wales was in danger of losing a number of creative businesses without improved guidance. […]
Danone’s UK boss calls for higher taxes on unhealthy food
Getty Images The boss of one of the UK’s biggest food firms is calling for higher taxes on salty, fatty and sugary foods. Food producers had not “shown enough appetite to change”, said James Mayer, who runs Danone in the UK and Irish Republic. The French firm is best known for its yoghurt brands, but […]
Royal Mail wants fleet of 500 drones to carry mail to remote UK communities
Royal Mail The Royal Mail wants a fleet of 500 drones to help deliver the mail to remote communities across the UK. In the next three years it hopes up to 200 drones will help carry the mail on 50 new routes with the Isles of Scilly, Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and the Hebrides the […]
Cheap food post-Brexit would hit Welsh farmers, says Carwyn Jones
BBC Opening the Welsh market to cheap food from abroad after Brexit would have a “detrimental effect” on Welsh farmers, the first minister has said. Carwyn Jones said the agricultural sector would struggle to compete if post-Brexit trade deals led to “unrestricted flows of food”. Mr Jones wants the UK to remain in a permanent […]
Are freight exports to the EU back to normal?
Getty Images The government says the volume of freight exports from Great Britain to the European Union has returned to normal, in spite of the new post-Brexit barriers to trade with the EU, and restrictions related to the pandemic. “The latest available data shows that overall freight volumes are back to their normal levels,” a […]
Banksy art burned, destroyed and sold as token in ‘money-making stunt’
BurntBanksy/YouTube The artwork was burnt in a video livestreamed from a park in New York An original Banksy, which was burnt and destroyed in a livestreamed video, has been sold via a digital token representing the work for $380,000 (£274,000). The print Morons is itself a critique of the art market, depicting an auctioneer at […]
French PM faces no confidence vote after forcing through budget
Reuters Michel Barnier was appointed France’s prime minister in September French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces a vote of no confidence in his minority government after using special powers to push through a social security budget bill without a vote by MPs. The government is unlikely to survive the vote, which was triggered this afternoon […]
The military’s deep affinity with gaming
Getty Images Foreign nationals thinking about travelling to fight in Ukraine were given a clear warning earlier this year: “This is not Call of Duty.” The horrors of a real-world battlefield are a long way from their virtual versions, no matter how much games have evolved in recent years. However, the gaming industry’s relationship with […]