Today's business and finance round up 4th May 2022
BP posts highest profit in over 10 years as calls for windfall tax grow
4th May 2022
Bite-sized business news from the UK and beyond
Good morning How long would work for one company? For millennials (those aged 25-40) the average figure is 2 years and 9 months. But Brazilian Walter Orthmann has taken company loyalty to a whole new level. The 100-year-old started working at a Brazilian textile company at age 15. Now, over 84 years later, he's earned the Guinness World Record for longest tenure at the same company.
Today's stories
- Heating up – BP posts highest profit in over 10 years as calls for windfall tax grow
- Arm twisting – Boris Johnson woos chipmaker to London listing
ENERGY
BP posts highest profit in over 10 years as calls for windfall tax grow
Other stories to keep you in the loop
- Pfizer accused of Covid profiteering as first-quarter sales hit $26bn
- Energy firms face deadline in review of direct debit hikes
- Missguided seeks suitors as the fast fashion house teeters on the brink of collapse
- Amazon ends Android shopping app digital downloads
- Elon Musk toys with idea of possible fees on Twitter
- Uber Eats couriers to make rapid Tesco deliveries
- Chelsea sale: Deal plunged into doubt after U-turn on loan repayment
- Operator of Piccadilly Lights to be sold in £463m deal
- Brewdog to give workers 50% of bar profits and shares worth £120,000
TECH
Boris Johnson woos chipmaker to London listing
Stat of the day
About 59% of adults in Europe are overweight or obese, according to a new World Health Organisation report
Interesting links from around the web
- The top 10 fully remote companies to work for in 2022
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- The most ridiculous questions people have faced in job interviews
