Car crashes into front of Boris Johnson’s £1.3m Camberwell townhouse May 10, 2022 Police were called after a car ploughed into the Camberwell home of prime minister Boris Johnson. The Vauxhall Astra was pictured in front of the £1.3m townhouse after crashing in the early hours of Monday morning. The force said in a statement: “Officers attended and found a car that had struck the exterior of a [...]
It’s a match: Grindr swipes right on going public with £1.7bn SPAC deal May 10, 2022 Dating app Grindr has agreed to go public in a $2.1bn (£1.7bn) SPAC deal with Tiga Acquisition, just a week after reports that the gay-friendly platform shared the movements of millions of users with a digital advertising network. With an estimated 10.8 million monthly active users in 2021 for Grindr, the business combination is set [...]
WATCH: Highlights of City A.M. Awards 2022 May 10, 2022 City A.M. was delighted to be celebrate the City! After a two year break the paper brought back the City A.M. Awards 2022 to London’s iconic Guildhall in the heart of the City in partnership with British Airways London City. The evening hosted by industry powerhouse Julia Streets had keynotes from Sir Martyn Lewis and [...]
1 Minute Market Rundown – 10th May 2022 May 10, 2022 | City Talk Trade the ExtremesCrypto Under PressureUSD Hits New 2 Decade High Yesterday really was more of the same – another risk rout. Equities sold off, yields flew, gold lower – further deleveraging going through the markets. Overnight, we have seen dip buyers emerge helping to stop the rot…for now. There seemed to be only two things [...]
Bitcoin hits $30k low as Wall Street continues to struggle, but is it bouncing back? May 10, 2022 The price of Bitcoin came within touching distance of $30k yesterday - the lowest it’s been since July 2021.
11 Resume tips: The perfect CV May 10, 2022 | City Talk Does your curriculum vitae (CV) pass the six-second test? When they look at applicants’ resumes, recruiters and hiring managers will spend six seconds on average looking at each. If your CV doesn’t set you apart in that brief moment, you are likely out of luck. So how can you craft a resume that aces that [...]
EP: 129 York Dante Meeting May 10, 2022 The three-day Dante meeting takes place from Wednesday to Friday at York racecourse this week where both the colts and fillies will hope to prove themselves good enough to take part in next month’s Epsom classics, the Cazoo Derby and Cazoo Oaks. There’s also an opportunity to see the stayers in action in the Yorkshire [...]
Manchester City win race to sign hot property Erling Haaland for knockdown £64m May 10, 2022 Manchester City have won the race to sign one of world football’s hottest properties, Norway striker Erling Haaland, according to widespread reports. Haaland was also wanted by Real Madrid after scoring 85 goals in 88 games for German club Borussia Dortmund but has opted to move to England this summer. City are expected to pay [...]
Yapily snaps up German open banking firm as it ‘builds the muscles’ for global push May 10, 2022 London fintech Yapily has snapped up German open banking firm finAPI today as it “builds the muscles” for a push into a swathe of new global markets.
Payments firm Paddle bags ‘unicorn’ status with $200m funding boost May 10, 2022 London fintech firm Paddle has bagged a $200m funding injection today at a valuation of $1.4bn, making it the latest UK firm to achieve so-called ‘unicorn’ status with a value of more than $1bn.