Police dumb down entry standards to meet Boris Johnson’s pledge to recruit 20,000 more officers Police recruitment schemes aimed at fast-tracking graduates have been shelved Just ten of the 43 forces have introduced the Degree Holder Entry Programme Forces ‘need to find 28,000 to compensate for officers signing off or retiring’ By Mark Nicol for … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Investors cheer equipment rental giant Ashtead’s pledge to pay out its £151m final dividend By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 23:17 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:17 BST, 16 June 2020 Investors breathed a sigh of relief after equipment rental giant Ashtead pledged to pay out its £151million final dividend. … Read more
Every young person will be given a shot at an apprenticeship, Boris Johnson revealed yesterday. The Prime Minister announced he intends to keep making major interventions to support the economy as the recession starts to bite. He is targeting the younger generation for fear they could spend years out of work. ‘I am afraid tragically … Read more
Telecoms firms pledge to improve customer service and offer fairer deals after signing up to new guidelines By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:54 BST, 4 June 2019 | Updated: 09:21 BST, 5 June 2019 The UK’s biggest telecoms firms have promised to improve customer service and offer fairer deals after signing up … Read more
On a strong day for the stock market, forex group Finablr stood out for all the wrong reasons. It lost more than a quarter of its value after it emerged billionaire majority owner BR Shetty had pledged 392m shares, or 56 per cent of the company, to refinance debts related to the acquisition of Travelex in … Read more
European leaders have pledged to raise billions of pounds to help find a vaccine and treatments for Covid-19 as part of an ‘international alliance’ fighting the disease. An online pledging conference due to be held on Monday will aim to pull in 7.5billion euro (£6.6billion) in funding to support the global response to the coronavirus … Read more
Matt Hancock‘s target of testing 100,000 people a day for coronavirus ‘could come back and bite him’, Downing Street sources have reportedly warned. The health secretary made the pledge on April 2 at a daily coronavirus press briefing, saying by May 1, Britain should be testing people at the rate of 100,000-a-day. Currently the British Government … Read more