Christmas shopping: Sainsbury’s invests extra £50m into battling price inflation December 5, 2022 Sainsbury’s has announced it will pump an additional £50m into its cost of living value plan by March 2023. The supermarket said it has invested in a Christmas roast dinner at less than £4 a head, as part of a £15m investment plan to keep prices affordable on festive staples. Low prices and new special [...]
Cryptocurrencies riding the coattails of curious optimism in traditional markets December 5, 2022 Bitcoin is trading at $17,359 this morning, up 2% in the last day and 7% over a week, while Ethereum is up 10% in the last seven days.
England 3-0 Senegal: Clinical Three Lions set up World Cup quarter-final with France December 5, 2022 England produced a clinical performance to eliminate Senegal from the World Cup in Qatar last night and set up a blockbuster quarter-final against holders France. Gareth Southgate’s team overcame some early jitters with two first-half goals crafted by Jude Bellingham and finished by Jordan Henderson and captain Harry Kane. Bukayo Saka added a third after [...]
EP: 172 Sandown, Aintree & Hong Kong December 2, 2022 The Tingle Creek Chase is always a wonderful race to watch and this year Greaneteen returns to Sandown to defend his crown from 12 months ago for champion trainer Paul Nicholls. We hear from his handler in a Jockey Club press conference held earlier this week talking about the chances of a repeat victory. The [...]
December 3rd – Punter Podcast Summary December 2, 2022 You can now hear all of City AM racing editor Bill Esdaile’s weekend tips in a short, summary episode of the Punter Podcast alongside Chris Barnett. The full weekend preview is also available on the City AM website. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with [...]
Where is Gary Gensler in this FTX debacle, and how did SBF and Alameda end up controlling so much money? December 2, 2022 How was it possible that Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison ended up controlling such vast sums, and where is Gary Gensler in all this?
Drag Race’s Miz Cracker on her new London show Who’s Holiday December 2, 2022 Forget the London Palladium: if you want a camp Christmas show with drag in it you’d better head to the Southwark Playhouse this season. One-woman show Who’s Holiday is an adults-only comedy kicking off on 16 December and starring RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni Miz Cracker. She placed fifth in the tenth season of Drag Race in [...]
Labour inflicts first defeat on Rishi Sunak holding Chester in by-election December 2, 2022 Labour has inflicted the first defeat on Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak, winning the Chester by-election. Samantha Dixon took the seat with a majority of 10,974, a swing of 14 per cent on the Tory vote. Turnout was disappointingly low however at just 41 per cent. The by-election was triggered after former Labour MP Christian Matheson [...]
Utilita boss fears Big Six advantage as he slams Ofgem reforms December 2, 2022 Ofgem risks stifling innovation and preventing energy firms from finding a pathway to profit, warned the boss of Utilita Energy.
Q&A: what is COP15 and why should investors care? December 1, 2022 | City Talk The UN biodiversity summit COP15 is taking place in Montreal, Canada, next month. We explain why it matters. COP27, the UN climate summit, is well-known as the world’s biggest conference on climate change. But many people may be unaware of what COP15 is and why it’s important. In this quick Q&A, we look at why [...]