Italdesign and Airbus showcase future of urban mobility with self-driving, self-piloting car-drone
In a bid to relieve traffic congestion - a growing, intractable problem for megacities - Italdesign and Airbus have joined forces to propose a...
Isle of Man-based virtual airline Citywing has gone into liquidation
Citywing, an Isle of Man-based virtual airline, has ceased trading and gone into liquidation.
Being a virtual airline, Citywing had no aircraft. Instead, the company...
Tesco chairman who said white men in UK boardrooms are “an endangered species” says...
John Allan, who became Tesco chairman in 2015, recently told an audience of aspiring non-executive directors (NEDs) that white men in UK boardrooms are...
Reform UK taxes to make system more efficient, says think tank
The government needs to reform UK taxes to make the system more streamlined and economically efficient, says a think tank.
In their latest briefing, the...
Average UK wages will be no higher by 2022 than they were in 2007,...
According to the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, earnings in the UK will be no higher in 2022 than they were in 2007...
Spring Budget: Hammond to deliver an “upbeat” speech about UK economy post-Brexit
Chancellor Philip Hammond will reportedly use his Spring Budget on Wednesday to deliver an upbeat speech about the UK’s economic prospects after Brexit.
According to...
China launches world’s biggest offshore oil exploration platform
China has launched what it claims is the world's biggest and deepest offshore oil exploration platform.
Called Bluewhale 1 - the drilling rig is specifically...
China’s banking system is now the world’s largest by assets
The Chinese banking system is now the world’s largest by assets.
Chinese bank assets rose to $33 trillion at the end of 2016, surpassing $31...
British Airways reducing average legroom by 1 inch on some of its short-haul flights
British Airways is reducing average legroom by 1 inch per seat on some of the planes used for short-haul flights.
The airline is reportedly adding...
Amazon installing rooftop solar power on its warehouses
Amazon has begun installing rooftop solar power atop its warehouses with the intention of completing at least 50 such installations by 2020.
The online retail...