PA Awards 2021: The Finalists December 6, 2021 The City A.M. PA Awards was founded in 2019 as a celebration for the too often unsung heroes, who so frequently go above and beyond in their field, helping their companies to achieve the impossible. After this most challenging of years we will be celebrating those men and women who have proven themselves to be an [...]
Crypto investment product offerings grow as regulators expect crypto market consolidation December 6, 2021 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin started last week at around $55,000 and mostly traded sideways throughout across the week before suddenly plunging over the weekend.
Crypto nosedive may not signal an end to the bull cycle December 6, 2021 A sudden crash across the crypto markets over the weekend was triggered by a perfect storm of several events, but does not mean the current bull cycle is over, experts believe.
Bitcoin recovers after Saturday’s sudden decline December 6, 2021 The Bitcoin price was hovering just below the $48k level this morning, after a sudden drop early on Saturday saw the leading cryptocurrency fall nearly $10,000 in roughly an hour.
Exclusive: ‘Perfect storm’ hits charities as close to 5m Brits have stopped donating since start of the pandemic December 6, 2021 More than 4.6m fewer people in the UK have been donating to charities this year compared to 2019. What’s more, 2021 has been more challenging than 2020, with almost 700,000 more people halting their donations this year compared to the peak of the pandemic last year, according to recent YouGov research analysed by smart software provider Lightful. [...]
ICAS CEO Bruce Cartwright CA on embedding technology at the heart of the organisation December 6, 2021 | City Talk This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. Embedding technology at the heart of ICAS, including its education and training, will prepare the profession for digital and hybrid futures, says CEO Bruce Cartwright CA Technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace. And, during the pandemic, we’ve all been at the cusp of that wave. In [...]
Canadian biotech Ondine picks London and floats in £104m IPO December 6, 2021 London’s life sciences assets have been boosted this morning as Canadian-headquartered Ondine Biomedical made its debut on the Aim market at a valuation of £104m. Ondine raised around £23m prior to the listing, and it plans to use the IPO funds to roll out its first product, a “photo-disinfection liquid treatment” that is says destroys [...]
Sigh of relief in South Africa as Omicron variant appears to be ‘super mild‘ mutation with Covid death rate not jumping December 6, 2021 The WHO and Coronavirus experts are increasingly convinced the new Omicron variant is ‘super mild’ and has, so far, not led to a jump in Covid death rates anywhere in Southern Africa. The WHO is calling this morning for countries to drop travel restrictions and end the mass hysteria, and instead be cautiously optimistic as [...]
Will autonomous vehicles succeed in revolutionising travel? December 6, 2021 | City Talk Investors have a bird’s-eye view of the driverless revolution happening before their eyes Recently, Cruise, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors, announced that they plan to have one million or more autonomous vehicles in their fleet by 2030. In late September 2020, the research arm of Toyota Motor Corporation, Woven Planet, acquired Renovo, an automotive operating system software [...]
Covid silver lining: ‘Extremely mild’ Omicron variant is rapidly killing off much more deadly Delta coronavirus mutation December 6, 2021 Excitement is growing among Coronavirus experts in Southern Africa and around the world as it increasingly seems that the new Omicron variant is rapidly replacing the much more deadly Delta mutation. Experts are so ecstatic because it seems more and more that the Omicron variant is much more contagious and dominant than Delta, but also [...]