An ex-Tory minister is setting up a private investment bank to support scale-up firms focused on impact, future technologies and net zero. In a speech at the Alternative Investment Management Association on Tuesday, former net-zero tsar Chris Skidmore said he was helping to establish Desmos Capital Partners – a boutiqueContinue Reading
London’s top stocks edged lower again on Tuesday on the back of concerns over Chinese economic growth and further weakness in the luxury sector. Burberry shares were once again among the FTSE’s notable fallers after analyst downgrades during the session, following their chief executive’s departure and a financial loss onContinue Reading
Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Dusan Lajovic have all issued a call for the grass court season to be extended, with attention already turning to the Olympic clay in Paris. Wimbledon is the highlight of the grass calendar but only a few events surround the Major, prompting the trio toContinue Reading
Donald Trump’s choice for vice president described the UK as an “Islamist country” with nuclear weapons during a speech at a right-wing conference last week. JD Vance, the Ohio senator, was announced as Mr Trump’s running mate on Monday after the former president was shot in the ear during aContinue Reading
The fight against inflation in the UK could see it fall below the Bank of England’s target level for the first time in more than three years, economists have predicted. New data released from the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday will reveal how fast prices were rising across theContinue Reading
Kwasi Kwarteng refuses to rule out Tory comeback from himself or Liz Truss Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The race to replace Rishi Sunak as Tory leader in the wake of the ConservativeContinue Reading
Opponents of Brexit have warned that the latest figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirm that leaving the EU “has drained the life out of the British economy”. The claims come as Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government begins a reset of the UK’s relationship with the EU following theirContinue Reading
A digital test that could speed up the diagnosis of children and young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been recommended for use on the NHS. It commonly takes many months to get diagnosis for ADHD, with the delay seriously impacting a young person’s learning, according to experts.Continue Reading
Jack Black has hinted at the split of his rock band Tenacious D following criticism over a joke made about Donald Trump’s attempted assassination at a show in Australia. In a statement released Tuesday (16 July) on is official Instagram, Black said he was “blindsided by what was said atContinue Reading
Special muscle metabolism plays a key role in the incredibly long lifespan of the Greenland shark that lives to about 500 years, according to a new study that may lead to better anti-ageing therapies. The Greenland shark, which grows to nearly six metres long and weighs around a tonne, prowlsContinue Reading
