The formal launch of the NFG Step Forward Foundation in 2026 does not represent a sudden philanthropic turn by NFG Group. The record suggests something more gradual, and arguably more deliberate. Since at least 2017, the company has funded educational…
South West Water Fined Record £1.85m After Parasite Contaminates Drinking Supply in Devon South West Water has been handed a record £1.85 million fine for a drinking water offence after admitting it supplied water contaminated with a parasite to thousands…
Cruise Giant Discloses Major Data Breach Affecting Close to Six Million U.S. Customers Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise operator, has confirmed that a data breach occurring in April compromised the personal information of 5,995,277 U.S. customers, after a hacker…
Samsung Averts Strike With Last-Minute Pay Deal, Sending Shares Surging 6% Samsung Electronics reached a provisional wage agreement with its largest labour union just hours before a major strike was set to begin on Thursday, sending the company’s shares up…
Former Defence Secretary Found to Have ‘Allowed Perception of Impropriety to Develop’ Former Conservative Defence Secretary Sir Grant Shapps resigned on April 30 from his role as chair of Cambridge Aerospace after an official review found he had breached post-ministerial…
Cooking Gas Crisis Across Asia Forces Millions Back to Toxic Fuels, Threatening Public Health In a south Delhi slum, 35-year-old Afshana Khatoon spends six hours each day trudging through urban forests in temperatures exceeding 40°C, collecting firewood to cook for…
Billionaire Larry Goodman Pushes to Reopen Cork Oilfield Amid Ireland’s Fossil Fuel Dependency Larry Goodman, the Irish billionaire, is intensifying efforts to revive oil exploration off the Cork coast through his company Barryroe Transition Energy, reigniting a long-running dispute over…
UK Think Tank Urges Fuel Duty Cut and Speed Limit Reduction to Shield Economy from Iran War Fallout A prominent left-leaning think tank is calling on the UK government to cut fuel duty by 10 pence per litre and reduce…
Thousands of UK benefit recipients face early payments and rate changes in May Hundreds of thousands of UK benefit and state pension recipients will see their payment dates shift in May due to two bank holidays, with some claimants also…
UK Financial Regulator Questions Whether APRs Give Borrowers a True Picture of Credit Costs Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a review of annual percentage rates (APRs), the standard metric used in credit advertising, after its own research found…