Emma Raducanu reflects on ‘surreal, whirlwind week’ as she returns to UK September 18, 2021 Tennis player Emma Raducanu reflected on a surreal, whirlwind week that began with winning the U.S. Open and ended with her mum’s homemade dumplings. Watch the full report.
Is God Is at The Royal Court: A fireball of rage and guilt – CityAM : CityAM September 17, 2021 A fireball of rage and guilt, Aleshea Harris’ Is God Is is a modern-day biblical epic on a small scale. It’s a play that actively shirks categorisation, inviting comparisons to both the Old Testament and the trappings of Jacobean drama, but also to Spaghetti Westerns, Afropunk, and hip-hop. The play begins with fire, both literally, [...]
Brexit exodus: More than 200,000 EU nationals left Britain last year – CityAM : CityAM September 17, 2021 The number of European Union nationals who are living in the UK has fallen dramatically, figures show today. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data for 2020 shows that within a year, the population of EU nationals in the UK dropped by 200,000, from 3.7m to 3.5m. Experts have said the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit have [...]
NATO appoints first Chief Information Officer – CityAM : CityAM September 17, 2021 NATO has announced Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer will become its first Chief Information Officer, heading up IT procurement and cyber security. Boudreaux-Dehmer joins the organisation from Sierra Wireless, a global tech company where he serves as Vice President of Systems and Technology. The new hire will help the international defence alliance to pursue modernisation. “We welcome the [...]
Get your entries in for the Crypto AM Awards – deadline is this Monday September 17, 2021 The deadline for the Crypto AM Awards is looming, but there's still time to enter before entries close on Monday morning.
A confusing catalogue of crypto curiosities – what a week that was! September 17, 2021 It's been a strange week in the world of crypto, writes Jason Bourne, as we reflect on a catalogue of curiosities.
City should brace itself for €900bn Brexit hit if Brussels plays clearing politics – CityAM : CityAM September 17, 2021 The City and several financial services groups in Brussels are lobbying for an extension to clearing house access beyond June of next year. Yesterday, a trio of major lobby groups for Europe’s finserv sector called on Brussels to extend the EU’s access to London clearing houses amid warnings of financial instability. The groups wrote to [...]
Retail sales fall as reopening bounceback runs out of steam September 17, 2021 Retail sales volumes dropped 0.9 per cent last month as Brits rushed to dine out at restaurants when lockdown restrictions eased and stores faced supply disruption. A dip in food store sales of 1.2 per cent and a 1.5 per cent jump in automotive fuel sales suggests that people leaned into post-lockdown freedoms by travelling [...]
Travel rules set for major overhaul with costly PCR tests to be axed – CityAM : CityAM September 17, 2021 The UK’s travel restrictions are set for a major overhaul today, with a raft of changes expected to be announced later. It has been widely reported that ministers will scrap the requirement for double vaccinated passengers to take pricey PCR tests when they return to the UK. Also Read: Rallying travel stocks lift London markets [...]
Brexit: EU finance lobby calls for extension to UK clearing house access : CityAM September 16, 2021 A trio of major lobby groups for Europe’s financial services sector have called on Brussels to extend the EU’s access to London clearing houses amid warnings of financial instability. The groups wrote to the European Commission today, warning “there is a significant risk of market disruption for EU clearing members and their clients” if the [...]