Frontier Developments, the developer of series like Elite, F1 Manager and RollerCoaster Tycoon, has announced that there will be an unknown number of redundancies to reduce annual operating costs.The news broke through the London Stock Exchange on October 17, stating that a period of “disappointing financial performance” had led to the decision.As a result of the layoffs and a new constrained spending strategy, Frontier Developments aims to cut annual operating costs by up to 20 per cent.“The organisational review and resulting actions are expected to conclude by early 2024, placing Frontier in a strong position to deliver efficiently on its strategic plan over the medium term, and capitalise on future opportunities,” read the statement.Redundancies will be subject to consultation and for that reason it has not been disclosed how many developers and other employees of Frontier will be affected. This reorganisation is expected to wrap up in early 2024.It has been a tricky year for Frontier, with a year-on-year drop in revenue from £114million to £104.6million for the financial year ending in May 2023.Furthermore, Frontier shuttered its third-party publishing label Frontier Foundry in June, which led to “£28.7 million of non-cash intangible asset impairment and accelerated amortisation charges” impacting the total operating profit.According to VideoGameLayoffs.com, a website managed by developer Farhan Noor, more than 6,000 jobs in the games industry have been lost over the course of 2023.Epic Games cut over 800 roles in order to cut costs, and Embracer Group closed Volition only two months after celebrating its 30th anniversary.
'My neighbour parks 9 cars in front of my house - my revenge has cost them £90k'
30.09.2023 - 12:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Rows over parking spaces are notorious, and can often lead to ongoing and petty disputes among locals that last years.
One frustrated homeowner has now left their neighbours £90,000 out of pocket, taking revenge over their inconsiderate parking.
The infuriated person said their neighbours would leave all nine of their cars out on the street, despite their driveway - which can accommodate five vehicles - being left empty.
Regulations in the street state that motorists can't leave their car parked in the same spot for more than 48 hours, however, two of the nightmare neighbours' cars are constantly parked outside of their house, reports the Mirror.
Taking to Reddit, the homeowner explained: "My neighbours have a pretty big driveway where they can fit four cars, but it's always empty. They have told me they don't like to leave their driveway with cars because it looks tacky. Over half the cars they have they don't even use them.
"They just use them to safe parking spots for themselves. In 2021 I noticed they were building a second unit in the back of their main house. I noticed that they completed the house in under a month. This raised some red flags because it takes anywhere from two to three months with city inspections taking the majority of time."
The fed-up family then took their revenge - alerting the council that there had been illegal residential building going on without permits.
They continued: "I didn't think of it much until a year later. I noticed my neighbors tearing down their second unit last week. Word got around our block that a city inspector was there making sure everything was being torn down. Based on the materials and labor they put into their second unit, it cost them over $100,000 (£90,000)."
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