<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Airlines including Wizz Air and Ryanair owe millions of pounds to passengers from unpaid refunds and expenses, according to an investigation by the consumer group Which?. It called on the government and regulators to take urgent action over the £4.5m it calculates carriers owe
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Rolls-Royce has received funding from the UK Space Agency to develop a nuclear reactor for a moon base. The project will look into how nuclear power could be used to support a future base on the moon for astronauts.Scientists and engineers at the British
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Visitor numbers at the UK’s leading attractions are still almost a quarter lower than before the pandemic, thanks to a perfect storm of Covid, Brexit, energy prices and the wider financial crisis, according to the sector’s trade body. Figures published on Friday by the
PHILSTARTourism industry stakeholders on Friday expressed confidence that the Philippines would become a tourism powerhouse in Asia by 2028 through the government’s national tourism development plan (NTDP).“Traditional initiatives will no longer be the way to go, but innovative programs can attract new markets that we
Dark clouds hover over Manila before dawn, Sept 3. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMANBy Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, ReporterThe National Government’s (NG) budget balance swung to a surplus in January as revenue growth outpaced state spending.The Philippines’ budget recorded a surplus of P45.75
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>The chief executive of Royal Mail has been accused of “incompetence or cluelessness” by MPs calling on the regulator Ofcom to investigate whether the company broke legal service requirements. Parliament’s cross-party business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) committee has asked the watchdog to investigate
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Mike Ashely’s Frasers Group has snapped up The Mall in Luton in a £58m deal as the retail giant expresses its “confidence in the future of the UK high street”. The Mall in Luton spans 900,000 sq. ft of space and is home to
The Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) is proud to present the very first Philippine Electric Power Industry Forum (PEPIF), in coordination with the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), with the theme, “Partnering to Achieve a Secure and
BW FILE PHOTO The Philippine central bank said on Friday that the local banking system remains safe and sound, amid concerns over the potential for contagion stemming from banking turmoil affecting some overseas lenders.“We have shown our resilience through the pandemic, and we continue to be
SOLEN FEYISSA-UNSPLASHSYDNEY – New Zealand will ban TikTok on devices with access to the parliamentary network because of cybersecurity concerns, a government official said on Friday.TikTok will be banned on all devices with access to New Zealand‘s parliamentary network by the end of March, said Parliamentary Service Chief Executive Rafael Gonzalez-Montero.TikTok has come under increasing scrutiny due to fears that user data from the
The biggest construction show series in the Philippines, PHILCONSTRUCT, is kicking off in 2023, with the first leg of the series happening in Clark, Pampanga.PHILCONSTRUCT Luzon 2023 is set to happen on March 30 to April 1, 2023, at the SMX Convention Center in Clark,
Large US banks injected $30 billion in deposits into First Republic Bank on Thursday, swooping in to rescue the lender caught up in a widening crisis triggered by the collapse of two other mid-size US lenders over the past week.Banking stocks globally have been battered since Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last week due to bond-related losses