UK Snooker Championship prize money 2017: How much can Ronnie O’Sullivan win in the final? December 9, 2017 The largest prize in snooker outside of the World Championship and Masters is on offer to the winner of Sunday’s UK Championship final. This year’s champion at York’s Barbican Centre will pocket £170,000. There are only two larger prizes at ranked snooker events – the £180,000 and £425,000 paid to the World Snooker Championship runner-up [...]
Sadiq Khan has commissioned Brexit impact reports for London December 9, 2017 Sadiq Khan has commissioned studies to measure the impact of Brexit on London. The mayor said that the studies will be published next month, and had a dig at Brexit secretary David Davis who has been accused of misleading parliament over his own department’s Brexit impact studies. Khan said that the government’s approach to Brexit [...]
Apple closing in on London startup Shazam for a reported £300m December 9, 2017 London-based app company Shazam could be taken over by Apple as early as Monday, according to reports. The app, which was founded in 1999, allows users to identify songs, TV shows and films by inputting audio or images. The company’s apps have been downloaded more than 1bn times. Apple is said to be bolstering its [...]
Bitcoin price: Cryptocurrency falls below $15,000 again December 9, 2017 Bitcoin dropped back below $15,000 today after hitting a new high of $17,000 this week. The cryptocurrency fell more than seven per cent today, wiping more than $1,100 off its value, and hitting a low of $14,812 at 11.10am GMT. At the time of writing it had recovered to be above $15,000 again, following a [...]
Michael Gove: Voters could change Brexit deal at 2022 general election December 9, 2017 The electorate will get the final say on the Brexit deal, according to environment minister and prominent Brexiteer Michael Gove. Gove wrote in the Daily Telegraph that the British people will have a chance to reject the final deal during the next general election. The next election is currently expected in 2022, three years after [...]
Marc Vlessing, CEO of Pocket Living on his mission to provide affordable compact homes for young Londoners December 8, 2017 Marc Vlessing’s eyes were first opened to millennials’ struggle to get on to the housing ladder when he was working in theatre. As CEO of Crescent Entertainment, which went on to become the largest group of theatres and cinemas in the UK, he was surrounded by passionate, hard-working people in their 20s and 30s, “but [...]
Property of the week: Serena Rees Agent Provocateur CEO’s house in Cumberland Terrace, Regent’s Park, goes on sale for £14m December 8, 2017 If you’re running out space in your socks drawer, there’s sure to be plenty of space for your unmentionables in the home of Serena Rees, the co-founder of luxury lingerie brand Agent Provocateur. Cumberland Terrace, Regent’s Park, £13.95m (Click or tap on the images to see them in full screen) The self-contained basement studio The [...]
Hey, you! You with the hangover! Was your Christmas party a bit much? There is a place in the City you can rent to sleep for an hour December 8, 2017 We’ve all been there: the work Christmas party raged on until the early hours of the morning, but now it’s 8am and you’re back at your desk with a pounding headache. Well, don’t give up and go home just yet, because Pop & Rest has just launched a pod-style hotel at Monument in London offering [...]
New homes going on sale in London this weekend in Barnes, Aldgate, Woolwich, Kensington and Balham December 8, 2017 New developments on the market this week Goodman’s Fields, Aldgate From £1.04m Walk to work from these new homes on the edge of the City where the final collection of one and two bedroom apartments has gone on sale. Situated in Cassia House, a 22-storey tower, there’s a two bedroom show apartment designed by Scott [...]
US non-farm payrolls: The US added 228,000 new jobs in November ahead of crucial Fed meeting December 8, 2017 The US added 228,000 new jobs in November. The data comes ahead of an important Federal Reserve meeting, scheduled for next week, where it is expected to raise rates to their highest level in more than nine years. The consensus expectation was for November non-farm payrolls to increase by 198,000, which would represent a significant [...]