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UK pay settlements hit highest since 2008 – XpertHR
Date: February 16, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British employers have offered the biggest increases in annual pay settlements since 2008 as inflation mounts but the raises are still lagging behind overall price growth, industry data showed on Wednesday. The median pay award in the three months to the end of January rose to 3%, a strong increase from 2%...
April-loading Russian Sokol oil premium rises to over 2-year high-sources
Date: February 16, 2022
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Spot premiums for Russian Sokol crude loading in April jumped to their highest in more than two years after India’s ONGC Videsh sold a cargo via a tender, trade sources said on Wednesday. The cargo for April 19-25 loading was sold to Glencore at a premium of $7.80-$7.90 a barrel to Dubai...
Airbus finalises deal to sell seven A350 freighters to Singapore Airlines
Date: February 16, 2022
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Airbus SE said on Wednesday it has finalised a deal to sell seven A350 freighters to Singapore Airlines. It made the announcement at the Singapore Airshow. Singapore Airlines had in December said it had signed a provisional agreement to buy the freighters in a deal that would make it the first airline...
Superficial versus beneficial: the pitfalls and opportunities of widespread smart home technology
Date: February 15, 2022
By Roy Ledgister, Founder & CEO of the Convivia Group We only need to glance at tech conference CES 2022 to get a sense of how smart technology has now firmly taken root in our homes, with umpteen organisations announcing their commitment to adopting Matter – a mixture of Wi-Fi, Thread, and Bluetooth – that...
Is Valentine’s Day the boost our hospitality industry needs?
Date: February 15, 2022
By Faye Jones, services portfolio underwriter at Atradius on the state of the industry, and whether Valentine’s Day can rekindle our relationship with the hospitality sector. If you were asked which industry has been the most affected by the pandemic and Brexit, there’s a good chance you’d think of hospitality. And although the economy as...
How much will a Royal Will reveal?
Date: February 15, 2022
By Dhana Sabanathan, Private Wealth, Trusts & Tax Partner at Winckworth Sherwood For most of us, our Wills become publicly available documents on our death. This principle is enshrined in law, in order to help prevent fraud and track down beneficiaries. However, members of the British royal family have enjoyed protection from this rule. Most...