The FTSE 100 is down 0.6 per cent in early trading. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Marks & Spencer, SSE, Mitchells & Butlers, BT and Severn Trent. Read the Wednesday 22 May Business Live blog below.
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Drivers in London and Cardiff are being unfairly stung with fines of up to £160 for yellow box junction infringements because the road markings are unnecessarily large.
A new study from the RAC shows almost every yellow box junction is bigger than it needs to be, leading to unjust fines handed out to motorists and in turn has become a lucrative cash cow for local authorities.
Staggeringly, almost 98 per cent of the 100 yellow box junctions in London and
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“For a decade, Apple abused its dominant position in the market for the distribution of music streaming apps through the App Store. They did so by restricting developers from informing consumers about alternative, cheaper music services outside the Apple ecosystem.”
– said Margrethe Vestager, the Commission’s executive vice president in charge of competition policy, on Monday
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Russia fined Apple and Wikipedia on Thursday for not deleting what it says is fake news about Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
A Russian court fined Apple 400,000 rubles — around €4,000 — for failing to remove material on Apple Podcasts it considered to be false, reported Russian state-run news agency TASS.
Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor had reportedly notified the company that it needed to remove information that was “aimed at destabilizing the political situation” in the country.
The same
Shoppers parking at a retail park in Gloucestershire claim to have been targeted by an official who “hides behind a bush” and hands out £100 fines.
Several patrons of the Peel Centre in Gloucester said they were issued the fines after being caught crossing the road to Quays, a popular nearby shopping mall.
Locals claim to have been blindsided by an undisclosed change to terms and conditions that have led to “indiscriminate” fining.
Disgruntled people have started raising the issue
A tiny fishing village in Italy has launched new anti-tourist measures with €275 fines for loitering in selfie hotspots in an attempt to put an end to ‘anarchic chaos’.
The mayor of Portofino has introduced a no-loitering rule in two ‘red zones’ where visitors often take photographs and tourism groups crowd together, The Times reported.
The no-waiting zones were put into effect amid the Easter break tourism boom that saw around 1.7million holidaymakers visiting Italian city centres, a 12 per
Almost 5.7 million people are still to file their tax return with less than a month to go until the self assessment deadline, HMRC has revealed.
More than 12 million people are expected to file a tax return for the 2021 to 2022 tax year by 31 January – and experts are warning that HMRC will not be as quick to waive late payment fines as it was in 2021 and 2022.
HMRC also revealed that some people managed to
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“The rules in place for twenty years are running out of steam and operators no longer have the right return on their investments. It is necessary to reorganize the fair remuneration of the networks,”
-Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton in an interview with Les Echos
Story of the week: The European Commission will launch a legislative initiative
Drivers caught handling mobile phones behind the wheel will be fined £200 and receive six penalty points on their licence from today under new stricter laws ushered in by the Government.
Handling a phone in any way, from touching the screen to scroll a music playlist, browse the internet, take a photograph or play a mobile game is now strictly prohibited, and these rules apply when stopped at a red light or stuck in traffic.
The only exceptions are for
