We have never seen anything like this. The UK has been through all sorts of ups and downs (sadly more of the latter than the former) in recent years. There was the financial crisis of 2008 and the recession that followed, a lost decade of stagnating real wages and productivity, Brexit and of course the
Business
EXCLUSIVE: The Points North Institute today announced recipients of three of its prestigious fellowship programs, ahead of next month’s Camden International Film Festival in Maine. The trio of programs – the Points North Fellowship, North Star Fellowship, and LEF/CIFF Fellowship – will support a total of 16 documentary projects now in development in the U.S.
Millions of households will see their energy bills rocket as the price cap is hiked to £3,549 a year, plunging many into financial hardship. The record 80% October increase, announced by the regulator Ofgem, will see a typical default tariff customer paying an extra £1,578, laying bare the deepening cost of living crisis. The rise
EXCLUSIVE: Mary Elizabeth Winstead has signed with Entertainment 360. The actress and singer will next be seen in the Star Wars series Ahsoka, a live action spin-off from The Mandalorian, for Disney Plus. Her prior work in television includes starring in the third season of FX’s Emmy winning anthology series Fargo, opposite Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon and Scoot McNairy.
The business secretary has warned Royal Mail that a Czech billionaire’s bid to raise his stake in the company faces a national security investigation. The news was revealed by Royal Mail in a notification to the London Stock Exchange, saying that Kwasi Kwarteng “reasonably suspects” that Vesa Equity Investment might increase its stake from 22%
EXCLUSIVE: Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance have renewed the overall deal with MTV Entertainment Studios for their Bassett Vance Productions, and have set Heist 88, starring Vance, as the first feature under the new pact. Directed by Menhaj Huda (Kidulthood),the film, which is currently shooting in Chicago, reunites two-time Emmy winner Vance with his
Shell Energy is to pay out more than half a million pounds for overcharging thousands of households above the permitted price cap. Industry regulator Ofgem said the supplier would refund and compensate 11,275 prepayment customers as well as pay into a fund to support vulnerable people. Shell Energy had reported the problem itself after discovering
Former President Donald Trump, the de-facto leader of the Republican Party, today called for the ouster of his party’s most powerful elected official: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky). “Mitch McConnell is not an Opposition Leader, he is a pawn for the Democrats to get whatever they want,” Trump wrote in a statement. “He is
App-based lender Atom bank says its four-day working week trial has been a resounding success. The bank, which is based in the northeast of England, said the trial had been “overwhelmingly positive” for employees, improving productivity and job satisfaction. Recruiting and retaining staff was easier, and there was no negative impact on customer service ratings,
A revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford could land on Broadway this Spring, with the team behind Hamilton – producer Jeffrey Seller and director Thomas Kail – attached, according to a published report. The production – reported exclusively today by Philip Boroff’s Broadway Journal site – would
Britain imported no fuels from Russia in June for the first time on record following the imposition of sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine, official data shows. The figure published by the Office for National Statistics comes after the UK moved to sever all reliance on Moscow for its energy needs in the face of
The Producers Guild said Tuesday that it has elected Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line its new presidents, after the pair ran unopposed to replace outgoing toppers Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher, who had served in the role since 2018. The vote was held during the PGA’s annual membership meeting. “As proud members of the
UK private sector growth has moved closer to stagnation as it slowed to a new 18-month low, dragged down by a slump in factory output, latest data indicates. The closely watched S&P Global/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) composite flash estimate dropped to 50.9 in August from 52.1 in July, its lowest since February 2021 and
Amazon and DirecTV have come up with an answer to the question many NFL fans have had since the tech giant locked up exclusive rights to NFL : Will the game be on at the corner bar? The companies have struck a multi-year deal to put Amazon’s TNF broadcasts in more than 300,000 sports bars,
Staff sickness has led 26 EasyJet flights to and from Gatwick to be cancelled at the last minute, the airport has said. Apologising for the latest inconvenience to passengers, the London hub blamed the disruption on late-notice absence in its air traffic control tower. The scratching of the flights coincided with Gatwick posting its half-year
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking a federal court to appoint a “special master” to “preserve the sanctity of executive communication and other privileged material” seized when the FBI conducted a search of his Mar-a-Lago property earlier this month. The filing — read it here — appears to be a way for Trump
UK inflation is set to top 18% in January – the highest point in more than 40 years and nine times the Bank of England’s target – due to rocketing wholesale gas prices, a global investment bank has forecast. Citi has predicted the retail energy price cap would surge to £4,567 in January and then
In response to recent speculation, Cineworld has provided an update to its August 17 announcement regarding an evaluation of strategic options to both obtain additional liquidity and potentially restructure its balance sheet through a comprehensive deleveraging transaction. Reiterating that Cineworld’s theaters, including the Regal chain in the U.S., are “open for business as usual and
Cineworld has confirmed it may file for bankruptcy in the US, days after its shares nose-dived over reports the world’s second largest cinema chain was in difficulties. The UK-based company, which globally employs around 28,000 people across 751 sites in 10 countries, said it was considering options for how to restructure the business as it
Joanne Koch, the executive director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, has died. She was 92. Koch was an influential figure in the culture of cinema in New York and ran Film at Lincoln Center, as it is known now, for 32 years. Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery Koch died on