5 h. ago Backing Britain’s Entrepreneurs: Coutts on driving growth and connections

Franklin Asante of Coutts explains how sponsorships like the E2E Profit 100 and networking initiatives are helping UK entrepreneurs thrive.

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18 h. ago Andrew to close business behind platform which helps entrepreneurs

The former prince claimed it had seen 3,000 jobs created.

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4 d. ago Life on Prince Andrew Road: How families could be stuck living on roads named after scandal

Prince Andrew Road and neighbouring Prince Andrew Close in Maidenhead were named in 1960 when Queen Elizabeth II gave birth to her third child.

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6 d. ago Mamdani refused to compromise on his values – and was rewarded for it | Moustafa Bayoumi

His win is a huge victory for all New Yorkers, but it is also meaningful far beyond the five boroughs of this cityThe people of New York have spoken. Despite all the odds, a 34-year-old Muslim Democratic socialist has been elected to lead the largest city in the United States. Zohran Mamdani’s win is a huge victory for all New Yorkers, but it is also meaningful far beyond the five boroughs of this city.Just as amazing was that this election wasn’t even close. Mamdani’s main opponent, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, ran a campaign that was as devoid of imagination as it was of hope and even personality. Having dramatically lost the democratic primary this past summer, Cuomo was forced to run as an independent, an almost comical political affiliation for a man whose campaign was utterly dependent on donations from the billionaire class.Moustafa Bayoumi is Guardian US coolumnist Continue reading...

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1 week ago King Charles' 'real Prince Andrew fear over taking leaf out of Harry's book'

Emily Maitlis, who conducted the infamous BBC interview with Prince Andrew in 2019, said the King may want to keep a close eye on his brother by privately funding his accommodation

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1 week ago Now Andrew has been fired from the Firm, a nation wonders: who'll be next? | Marina Hyde

The king is reduced to a blustering CEO, Prince William to his head of HR. This de-princing could leave the entire House of Windsor facing redundancyIncredible news for residents of the likes of Prince Andrew Drive and Prince Andrew Way, who in recent years have sought name changes from their local councils to remove the unfortunate association with You Know Who. Thanks to last night’s historically dramatic action by the king, the dignity of those aforementioned small stretches of Britain has been restored. (If anyone happens to live in Andrew Mountbatten Windsor Close, my commiserations.) But has the dignity of the British monarchy – current custodians: the House of Windsor – been restored? No, I reckon. In fact, this has made it worse.By way of background, the royal family’s crises have not been external for some time. It is not beset by marauding forces, or rival claimants to its throne, or parliamentarian revolt. All its greatest crises in the past few decades have come from wit...

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3 w. ago Police looking into claims Prince Andrew asked officer to find information on Virginia Giuffre

Leaked emails suggest Andrew passed accuser’s details to Met bodyguard hours before bombshell photo came to lightThe Metropolitan police are looking into claims that Prince Andrew asked his taxpayer-funded close protection officer to uncover information about Virginia Giuffre hours before the emergence of a bombshell picture of them together.Leaked emails that suggest Andrew passed his Met bodyguard Giuffre’s date of birth and confidential US social security number were “deeply concerning”, said a government minister on Sunday. Continue reading...

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