Piece on Vashi from last year - in which tycoon John Caudwell told of how a spot of mystery shopping gave him the clue that his investment wasn’t safe www.theguardian.com/business/art...

Panorama’s programme on Vashi is a great watch, laying out how the diamond scandal unfolded. And there’s still no sign of the man himself - or a criminal investigation
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Guest appearance on Radio 4’s Profile programme discussing my interview with ice skating, Disney dog costume wearing, former Microsoft boss Cindy Rose, as she prepares to take over at WPP www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The chief executive of Royal Mail, Emma Gilthorpe, has left after just over a year, weeks after its owner was sold for £3.6bn to the Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský www.theguardian.com/business/202...

M&S website resumes online orders six weeks after cyber-attack
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MPs have warned about the speed and cost of cleaning up Sellafield and raised concerns over a “suboptimal” workplace culture at the site.
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Sellafield has told staff that projects will be slowed, paused or stopped after it was budgeted £2.8bn in funding for next financial year - falling short of what it had hoped for, and sparking concerns over safety. Story with @annaisaac.bsky.social here www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Get your royal English breakfast lattes while you can... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Sellafield has been taken out of special measures for physical security - but concerns remain over cybersecurity. Story with @annaisaac.bsky.social here - www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meet the music boss trying to stamp out bots gaming royalties with "recordings of a washing machine" and who wants fans to pay only for the artists they listen to - www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...

This is a new one - Virgin Money had to apologise after its AI-powered chatbot has reprimanded a customer who used the word “Virgin” in an online conversation... www.ft.com/content/670f...

Offering cheaper Tube fares on Fridays made "no noticeable difference" - so now Sadiq is pondering offering free coffees to frequent passengers ☕ (via @rosslydall.bsky.social) www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

Previous story here: amp.theguardian.com/business/art...

Earlier this year, Thames Water was accused of “financial chicanery” after we revealed it had approved a £150m dividend hours before its shareholders U-turned on providing emergency funding.

Today, it has been handed an £18.2m penalty for breaking dividend rules.

Tiny violins on standby: James Watt's love v tax conundrum is... unusual. Full story by @byrobdavies.bsky.social here - www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Couldn’t be at the British Journalism Awards last night due to the strike over the Observer sale. But had an excellent evening with fellow nominees and great to be recognised for hard work with @annaisaac.bsky.social on an important project (which was expertly edited by John Collingridge)

And the piece on the high profile cast of characters caught up in it here - www.theguardian.com/business/art...

Interesting to read here that Piers Dunhill was in Vashi Dominguez's orbit. He's the diamond dealer who vanished leaving angry investors behind. www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...

It's his second scandal-related pay cut after the bank was fined by Japan’s financial regulator for manipulation of government bond futures.

Extraordinary situation: the boss of Nomura has apologised and taken a pay cut after an employee allegedly drugged an elderly customer and their spouse in Hiroshima, before stealing their money and setting the house on fire.