Pubs in UK declining by thousands, new research

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1 month ago

July 4, 2022

Brittany Coles

It’s no secret Brit’s love their Pub Grub, but plating up Bangers and Mash is a tradition on the decline

The number of pubs in England and Wales is continuing to fall, hitting its lowest level on record this year

After struggling through Covid the industry now faced soaring prices and higher energy costs, it warned.

There were just under 40-thousand pubs in June, down by 7,000 in the past decade, according to new research.

In fact, thousands of pubs have closed as younger people drink less, supermarkets sell cheaper alcohol and the industry complains of being too heavily taxed.

Pubs which had “disappeared” from the communities they once served had either been demolished or converted for other purposes, meaning that they were “lost forever”.

This investor sold its equity stake in Twitter during Musk takeover saga

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20 hours ago

August 17, 2022

Rick D'Andrea, Brittany Coles

A Securities and Exchange filing has showed active investor Elliott Management has sold its equity stake, as well as cutting its exposure, to Twitter

The company previously held 10 million stocks in the social media giant, and was one of its major shareholders.

Twitter’s stock price dramatically rose in April, on the back of Elon Musk wanting to buy the company for approximately $44billion.

The after-effects of the takeover saga are still ongoing, with the billionaire and Twitter embroiled in a legal battle.

Business

Why a Bitcoin mining company is going against a major merger

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20 hours ago

August 17, 2022

Rick D'Andrea

Bitcoin mining company PrimeBlock has ended plans to go public via a specialpurpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with 10X Capital.

The firms terminated the agreement via mutual consent, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Plans for the merger were confirmed in April, with expectations that it would be completed in the second half of 2022, carrying an enterprise value of $1.25billion.

No official reason has been given for the decision, but it is believed the volatility of both the crypto and mainstream markets in recent months may be a factor.

Business

American Airlines is getting into supersonic travel with major Boom order

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1 day ago

August 17, 2022

Ahron Young

What was once a pipe dream – to fly as they did on the Concorde – American Airlines is bringing back supersonic travel.

The US airline has agreed to purchase 20 supersonic Overture planes from Boom Supersonic.

The deal is the second firm order in the last two years for Boom, which is still years from building its first commercial airplane.

“Passengers want flights that are faster, more convenient, more sustainable and that’s what Overture delivers,” Boom CEO Blake Scholl told CNBC.

“Flight times can be as little as half as what we have today, and that works great in networks like American where we can fly Miami to London in less than five hours.”

Last year United Airlines made a commitment to buy 15 Overture jets.

Boom says the Overture jet will dramatically cutting trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific flight times.

“Supersonic travel will be an important part of our ability to deliver for our customers,” American’s chief financial officer, Derek Kerr, said in a statement announcing the order.

American has the option to purchase another 40 Overtures in the future.