Bitcoin is bigger than the Swiss Franc – is it time to consider crypto in your portfolio? November 10, 2021 As Bitcoin becomes bigger than the Swiss Franc, Gavin Brown asks 'is it time to consider crypto in your portfolio?'
Bitcoin pulls back from yesterday’s all-time high November 10, 2021 The price of Bitcoin is down this morning, falling back from yesterday’s record high of over $68,000.
Vodafone partners with Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett to support small businesses November 10, 2021 Vodafone launches its second Shout Out for Small Businesses campaign, offering one small business the opportunity to win a mentoring session with entrepreneur and BBC’s Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett
Azeem Rafiq fallout: How much did sponsor pressure contribute to resignations? November 10, 2021 The business of sport and sponsorship is volatile at the best of times, an ever changing landscape of decisions and consequences. It is nothing new for sponsors and clubs to renegotiate their terms – the Indian Premier League saw this in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic – or quit altogether, as Norwich City decided [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today? November 10, 2021 Deloitte Deloitte has posted a new partner to its financial advisory practice, who is set to head real estate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for the sector. Bringing 17 years experience in M&A and principal investments to the position, Abhishek Jaiswal joins the Big Four firm from Bank of America where he was a lead real [...]
Locals fight plan to turn the Truman Brewery into a shopping mall November 9, 2021 Local residents continue to oppose plans to build a shopping mall on the site of the historic Truman Brewery on Brick Lane after developers won approval from the local council. The Save Brick Lane Coalition is close to raising the £10k needed to pursue legal action against Tower Hamlets Council with the aim of blocking [...]
Telecoms watchdog set to protect some 700 of London’s iconic red phone boxes November 9, 2021 Ofcom is set to protect some 5,000 of the UK’s iconic telephone boxes from closure, which could extend to more than 700 in London. The telecoms regulator will ensure that payphones in locations not covered by all four mobile networks, located at an accident or suicide hotspot, has had more than 52 calls made from it over the last year and whether exceptional circumstances mean [...]
London’s recovery can’t be jeopardised by a lack of funding for TfL November 9, 2021 Amid the many heartening sights of London’s post-Covid-19 recovery, it’s ironic that one of the most warming was the sight of 600 lucky souls leaving the capital yesterday morning. Two flights, BA-001 and VS3, took off from Heathrow to JFK at 8:51am, on the day the US reopened its borders. As the airlines put it, [...]
A bird? A plane? It’s time to turn to railways to solve fraught supply chains November 9, 2021 Last month, shipping giant Maersk was forced to divert container ships from Felixstowe because of backlogs caused by the HGV driver shortage. It reignited fierce debates around Brexit, Covid and other woes. But the truth is Britain’s freight infrastructure has long faced such problems – and this was just another symptom of a wider malaise. [...]
Plans to shift GPs around the country will do little to restore the health of the NHS November 9, 2021 Fresh proposals to relocate GPs to poorer areas have added further fuel to the ongoing political controversy about patient access to medical care. It sounds radical and could well be necessary – but it’s only a short term solution for the “levelling up” agenda, which should mean wholesale transformation for the entire country rather than [...]