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Two former executives of WANdisco, the info software program group whose worth has collapsed after the publicity of an obvious fraud, are going through calls for from the corporate to repay nearly £650,000 in bonuses awarded final yr.Sky News has learnt that WANdisco's board has written to David Richards, the corporate's co-founder and former CEO, and the ex-finance chief Erik Miller to request that they hand again a complete of $832,000 (£647,000). The annual bonuses, which have been disclosed in WANdisco's just lately printed annual report, took the respective pay packages of Mr Richards and Mr Miller to $1.14m (£886,100) and $551,000 (£428,300) respectively.City sources mentioned the bonus awards had sparked anger amongst shareholders who've seen the worth of their holding...

Today is your final likelihood to make use of stamps with out a barcode - with any lacking final put up this night set to incur a charge for the recipient.From 1 August, any merchandise with an "old-style" stamp can be handled as having inadequate postage and responsible for a £1.10 cost. The modifications have an effect on any non-barcoded stamps that includes the late Queen's profile on a plain background. Image: 'Regular' stamps will need to have a barcode from 1 August. Pic Royal Mail Any particular stamps with an image on, or Christmas-themed stamps, can nonetheless be used even when they do not have a barcode.For those that have a stash lurking within the kitchen drawer, there is a Royal Mail alternate s...

BT, the FTSE 100 telecoms supplier, has introduced its new chief government, the primary girl to carry the publish. It comes after Sky News reported earlier this month {that a} formal search had begun to interchange present boss Philip Jansen as he weighed up plenty of job alternatives within the US. The firm mentioned on Monday morning that Allison Kirkby, beforehand tipped as one of many frontrunners, will take the reins "around the end" of January 2024 "at the latest".Ms Kirkby is a former Procter & Gamble government.Since 2019 she has additionally been president and chief government of Swedish telecoms agency Telia Company, which has 25 million prospects throughout the Nordic and Baltic area. Ms Kirkby has additionally been a non-executive director of BT since 2019.Re...

A authorities imaginative and prescient to ramp up the UK's nuclear energy is extra of a "wish list" than an in depth technique, based on a report.MPs on parliament's science committee mentioned questions remained over the plan to hit 24 gigawatts by 2050 - the identical yr it is pledged to realize net-zero emissions. The report backed the goal however mentioned the federal government's power safety plan, revealed in March, gave little element of how it will likely be achieved.Plans do not "amount to the comprehensive, detailed and specific strategy that we believe is required if the government's aspirations are to be delivered", based on MPs.Committee chair Greg Clark mentioned the 24-gigawatt goal could be "nearly double the very best stage of nuclear technology that the UK...

Train drivers are staging a week-long extra time ban in a dispute over pay, threatening extra disruption to rail providers.Members of Aslef at 15 prepare firms in England will refuse to work extra time from Monday to Saturday and once more from 7-12 August. The providers affected embrace Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, Cross Country, East Midlands Railway, Greater Anglia, Great Western Railway, GTR Great Northern Thameslink, Island Line, LNER, Northern Trains, Southeastern, Southern/Gatwick Express, South Western Railway predominant line, TransPennine Express, and West Midlands Trains.It follows strikes final week by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union which crippled providers.Aslef common secretary Mick Whelan mentioned: "We don't want to take this action...

Britain's greatest mortgage lenders will this week launch a multimillion pound marketing campaign aimed toward illustrating the vary of assist they're offering to cash-strapped prospects because the business faces its most intense scrutiny in years.Sky News understands {that a} £5m promoting blitz paid for by collaborating banks will urge prospects to 'attain out' if they're combating their month-to-month repayments. The marketing campaign, orchestrated by the business lobbying group UK Finance, comes weeks after the signing of a mortgage constitution by main lenders following talks with the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.One financial institution government stated the advertising initiative was agreed on the roundtable final month.David Postings, chief government of UK Finance, sta...

One of the personal fairness backers of the AA breakdown restoration service has poached a veteran City banker to take a management function at its operations in Europe.Sky News has learnt that Warburg Pincus is lining up Andrew Sibbald, the chairman of Evercore Partners' London-based enterprise, to turn into the agency's co-head of Europe. Mr Sibbald is predicted to work alongside Rene Obermann, the Airbus chairman, who is predicated in Berlin as Warburg Pincus's different European boss. Image: Warburg Pincus has additionally invested in Reiss, the style retailer Adarsh Sarma, Warburg Pincus's present London-based co-head of Europe, is alleged to be leaving the agency and searching for a brand new alternative...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The oldest traditionally Black collegiate fraternity within the U.S. says it's relocating a deliberate conference in two years from Florida due to what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration’s “harmful, racist and insensitive” insurance policies in the direction of African Americans. ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron held discussions along with his Sri Lankan counterpart Saturday on an open and inclusive Indo-Pacific area within the first-ever go to by a French chief to the Indian Ocean island nation. ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi stated Saturday that Sri Lanka is a key companion in a Tokyo-led initiative geared toward constructing safety and financial cooperation across the Indo-Pacific but additionally at countering an more and more assertive China. ...