UK newspapers are betting their digital advertising they can tackle Facebook and Google’s tech duopoly June 25, 2018 News publishers have had a hard time of it recently. While it didn’t herald a Y2K moment like some feared at the turn of the millennium, in the aftermath of GDPR’s immediate impact it seems the walled gardens of Google and Facebook are only casting longer shadows over the smaller players. The duopoly is hoovering [...]
What I’m reading: Getty Images co-founder and Like Wildfire Blazing author Mark Getty on his favourite books and the advice he’d give aspiring writers | City A.M. June 25, 2018 City A.M. spoke to Irish businessman, Getty Images co-founder and author Mark Getty about what he’s reading, the books that changed his life and the inspiration for his novel. What book are you currently reading? The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. What was the last book you read? Modernists and Mavericks by Martin Gayford. [...]
The Tories can’t afford to go to war with business June 25, 2018 For much of the past two years businesses have kept their heads down when it comes to Brexit. For some, Brexit isn’t really an issue, beyond the general economic uncertainty through which the country currently plods. For others, the agreed transitional arrangements (the UK will stay inside the single market and customs union until 31 [...]
Rental costs in London soar as young adults opt to live with their parents June 25, 2018 Over one million young adults are living at home with parents amid rising rental costs, according to a new housing report out today. Just under half of all men aged 22-26 now at their parents’ home, as renters in London are on average spending 40 per cent of their income on rent, having risen from [...]
Most valuable Lucian Freud painting ever offered in London could fetch up to £20m and outsell famous Kate Moss pregnant painting June 25, 2018 The most valuable Lucian Freud painting ever offered in London could be sold for up to £20m when it makes its auction debut at Sotheby’s tomorrow. One of the artist’s last reclining nude paintings, ‘Portrait on a White Cover’, will go under the hammer and is expected to fetch between £17m-£20m. Freud, who died in [...]
Saudi Arabia’s end to the ban on women drivers could generate more income than oil share June 24, 2018 Saudi Arabia’s lifting of its ban on women drivers, which went into effect today, could generate enormous sums for the Saudi economy, according to economic observers. As much as $90bn (£68bn) could be added to Saudi GDP by the move, almost the equivalent of a five per cent stake in the shares of the country’s [...]
World Cup 2018: England hit Panama for six and bulldoze Gareth Southgate’s pleas for modest expectations June 24, 2018 Gareth Southgate spent many months leading up to this World Cup calling for more realistic expectations of his England team in light of recent tournament failings. It was a sensible and measured stance in keeping with the coach’s level-headed tenure and won him much admiration. After today’s record-breaking 6-1 win over Panama, however, Southgate will [...]
Jeremy Hunt says Airbus warnings over Brexit are ‘completely inappropriate’ June 24, 2018 Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said “threats” made by Airbus over pulling investment in the UK because of Brexit are “completely inappropriate”. Last week, Airbus warned it could leave the UK in the event of a hard Brexit, putting around 14,000 jobs at risk. The pan-European firm said it would consider moving out of the [...]
Brexit: Two years on, are we any closer to actually leaving? June 24, 2018 Two years after the EU referendum, and for many little seems to have changed. By and large, voters still hold the same view they did on 23 June 2016 – although a YouGov study published over the weekend shows a slight tipping in favour of Remain, with thousands of people marching in London demanding for [...]
Anti-Brexit campaigners descend on Westminster to demand second referendum June 23, 2018 Thousands of anti-Brexit campaigners are expected to descend on central London today on the second anniversary of the referendum. The People’s Vote march is due to start at 12pm today, as tens of thousands of people will walk from Pall Mall to Parliament Square as remainer groups continue to demand a second referendum on the [...]