Discover the companies setting the gold standard for workplace excellence in 2024. These organizations have distinguished themselves by creating environments where employees thrive, innovation flourishes, and company culture is paramount. From exceptional benefits to a strong commitment to work-life balance, these companies are redefining what it means to be a great place to work. As … Read more
Tucked quietly behind the Lord’s museum is the far less interesting Lord’s car park. It’s a postage-stamp space that can accommodate more bikes than it can cars. It’s certainly not large enough for a team coach – you might get one in, but how would you get it back out? – so the players are … Read more
Clockwise: Nyrika Holkar, Executive director of Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co Ltd (G&B); Ananya Birla, Director of Hindalco, Grasim, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail and Aditya Birla Management Corporation; Bhavina Patel, Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist; Masaba Gupta, fashion designer, entrepreneur, and actor. 1) When visionary thinking blends with practical executionNyrika Holkar, Executive director of Godrej … Read more
Uber and other ride-hailing apps should be forced to publish data on drivers’ workloads so that regulators can tackle exploitation and cut carbon emissions, campaigners argue. Analysis by the pressure group Worker Info Exchange suggests drivers for Uber and its smaller rivals may have missed out on more than £1.2bn in wages and costs last … Read more
BBC Nadia said she paid £10,000 to an agent for invalid documents A global network has fleeced students out of tens of thousands of pounds for worthless visa documents they hoped would enable them to work in the UK. A BBC investigation has found middlemen working as recruitment agents preyed on international students who wanted … Read more
Late last year, Duan*, a university student in China, used a virtual private network to jump over China’s great firewall of internet censorship and download social media platform Discord. Overnight he entered a community in which thousands of members with diverse views debated political ideas and staged mock elections. People could join the chat to … Read more
Ofsted decision feels like vindication, says Ruth Perry’s sister One or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England’s schools are being scrapped immediately. Overall grade categories of Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement and Inadequate will no longer be issued. The government said the change, which follows the suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023, was needed to … Read more
RMS Titanic Inc The ship is now missing a large section of her railing It was the image that made Titanic’s wreck instantly recognisable – the ship’s bow looming out of the darkness of the Atlantic depths. But a new expedition has revealed the effects of slow decay, with a large section of railing now … Read more
Reuters The UAE, of which is Dubai is the largest city, has been accused of arming paramilitaries in Sudan suspected of genocide When fans saw rapper Macklemore had cancelled an upcoming gig, some of them assumed it was in solidarity with Gaza. But it wasn’t. The gig was in Dubai and he’d cancelled over the … Read more
Guy Hedgecoe Kike España says with so many tourists Málaga feels like a theme park Kike España gazes across Málaga’s Plaza de la Merced. It’s late morning and it’s still a peaceful spot at this time of day – jacaranda trees fill the square, an obelisk monument sits at its centre and on the far … Read more