Shakespeare and the Spice Girls had been utilized by environmental protestors to repeatedly disrupt the Barclays annual common assembly (AGM) in central London on Wednesday morning.Activists from Extinction Rebellion, Fossil Free London and Climate Choir had been protesting the UK excessive road financial institution's funding in new fossil gas initiatives regardless of heavy safety on the AGM venue. The first interruption got here as dozens of protestors broke out in music with a variant of the Spice Girl's Stop with lyrics modified."Stop right now, no more oil and gas. Stop burning fossil fuels and end this madness."Hey you, burning up the earth... we have had sufficient." "You dirty, dirty bank" they sang. Image: Protestors exte...

A provider of precision engineering providers to the aerospace and defence industries is getting ready to collapse after its shareholder's plans to restructure the enterprise have been blocked amid objections from the tax authorities.Sky News has learnt that potential patrons of Nasmyth Group, a Coventry-based firm purchased by Rcapital final 12 months, have been requested to submit provides by the shut of enterprise on Wednesday. The emergency sale course of comes days after the High Court rejected a proposed restructuring plan that may have 'crammed down' collectors together with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).The taxman is owed practically £3m by Nasmyth, in line with courtroom filings, and HMRC is known to have determined to object after contemplating its place.Nasmyth g...