Prime Minister David Cameron made a surprise visit to Leamington on Friday 6 February along with local MP Chris White. Perhaps keeping the importance of ethnic votes in his mind, for the upcoming general elections, he also visited the Gurdwara...
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29th Nov 2024 | Updated at 11:46am 29th Nov 2024
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Grant Thornton LLP kickstarts Diwali season in London
Grant Thornton LLP became the first to kickstart the Diwali season in London by organising a reception at the historic Long Room in the Lord’s Cricket Ground on 16 October, welcoming a brief spell of Indian summer as the backdrop of festivities....
“Labour party will reach out to the Hindu community in Leicester East to work with them”: Parliamentary candidate Rajesh Agrawal
The Indian diaspora and business communities in the UK are familiar with Rajesh Agrawal, the former Deputy Mayor of Business in London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s team. He transformed London into a leading investment hub for India, despite the Brexit...
CF India hosts fundraiser dinner in Brum
Conservative MP Dean Russell told attendees at a fundraising dinner in Birmingham, “When Labour see a problem, they exploit it. When we see a problem, we fix it”. The event was organised by Edgbaston Conservatives in partnership with Conservative...
Leading EdTech business launches franchise in the UK following recent global success
The British Youth International College (BYITC), the Glasgow-headquartered but globally operating educational technology (EdTech) business, has launched its successful franchise model in the UK.
University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of Covid-19
A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that Covid-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
770,000 people in England unable to speak English well
In an interview, the communities secretary, Sajid Javid revealed that 770,000 people living in England speak little or no English at all, and warned that up to 70% of them are women from the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.
Sigma sponsors transformation of Community Pharmacy 2025 vision
A donation from Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc is funding a three year PhD scholarship aimed at developing a coherent and transformative vision for English community pharmacy in 2025. The project has already begun in the Department of Pharmacy and...
A multimillionaire brother and sister team, Amit Patel, 40, and Meeta Patel, 42, are selling their the pharmaceutical firm Auden Mckenzie to Actavis, the Irish drugs group, which will pay £306 million for the business, on a debt-free basis,...
A multimillionaire brother and sister team, Amit Patel, 40, and Meeta Patel, 42, are selling their the pharmaceutical firm Auden Mckenzie to Actavis, the Irish drugs group, which will pay £306 million for the business, on a debt-free basis,...
Former Magistrate Zaher Somani, 58, from Loughborough has been jailed for money laundering and tax fraud. The estimated scale of fraud was £250,000. He had built up a big property portfolio and had also sent his children to private schools,...
Controversial British Bangladeshi Mayor of Tower Hamlets has been accused of 'corruption' and 'illegal practices' at a hearing in the High Court.
Controversial British Bangladeshi Mayor of Tower Hamlets has been accused of 'corruption' and 'illegal practices' at a hearing in the High Court.
Shrien Dewani, a care home businessman from Bristol, may finally have to give evidence about the murder of his wife Anni before a court, after a UK coroner said he was "working towards a hearing date" for an inquest. Mr Dewani has never spoken...
Results of new trustee election at the Harrow Central Mosque has led to a dispute, after a new group won by 25 votes.
A man from Kingsbury is among 11 men arrested on suspicion of laundering millions of pounds.
A 32 year old man, Taha Mohammad Aziz perverted the course of justice by adopting his friend's identity while caught red-handed, stealing at Debenhams at Highcross Shopping Centre, Leicester. This led to an innocent man made to having proceedings...
