John Edwards begins his new role as UK Information Commissioner today on a five year term, having spent the past eight years as New Zealand Privacy Commissioner, and before that worked as a barrister. He succeeds Elizabeth Denham CBE, whose term as UK Information Commissioner ended last

The Unite union is demanding the government sets clear targets for the use of UK-produced steel in the HS2 rail project, after it emerged that the Department for Transport currently has none in place. Responding to two written questions in parliament posted by Labour MPs in

Inflation could exceed 7 per cent this year to reach levels last seen in the 1990s, according to an annual survey of economists. More than half of the 32 economists polled, who include former Bank of England policymakers, said they expect consumer prices to rise by

The owner of Gieves & Hawkes has been put into liquidation after initial attempts to find a buyer for the 250-year-old Savile Row brand failed. The British tailor, along with its sister brands Kent & Curwen and Cerutti, faces being consigned to history after its Chinese

Many people will have banged a battery-powered TV remote on the brink of dying against a table hoping to revive it. But there may now be a more elegant approach. Samsung, the South Korean electronics company, has decided to do away with replaceable batteries altogether and

Twenty years ago David Bowie watched what the internet was doing to his industry and predicted that music would become a commodity like “running water or electricity”. “The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within ten years and nothing

Drivers are being given an average of more than 22,000 tickets every day by private parking companies, according to analysis of government data. Companies issued four million tickets to motorists between April and September despite car use being more than a quarter below pre-pandemic levels in

Apple has become the world’s first $3 trillion company after an extraordinary rally in its shares during the pandemic. The iPhone maker’s valuation cleared the unprecedented marker little over a year after it first surpassed $2 trillion. Shares in the technology group, the world’s largest publicly traded

Boris Johnson has warned hospitals in England to brace themselves for “considerable” pressure in the next few weeks but ruled out new curbs to tackle an Omicron surge. The prime minister said yesterday that he would instead rely on existing “plan B” measures — such as

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, has been found guilty on four of 11 charges of fraud, concluding a high profile trial that captivated Silicon Valley and chronicled the missteps of the now-defunct blood testing startup. The jury found Holmes guilty of several charges – including conspiracy