Boisdale Life: Canary Wharf sees the first big bash of a post-pandemic summer July 22, 2021 Journalists, jazz musicians and bon viveurs joined forces at the Boisdale Life Editor’s Lunch yesterday, in what was surely one of the capital’s first big bashes as we emerge from pandemic restrictions. The restaurant’s magazine has become a staple of luxury journalism in recent years and the Editor’s Lunch saw 170 of Boisdale’s connections tuck [...]
English rugby chiefs to offer mouthgard technology to all clubs and open brain clinic as part of concussion action plan July 22, 2021 English rugby chiefs have today announced a new action planned aimed at reducing concussion risk within men’s and women’s professional rugby. The move comes amid mounting pressure on the The Rugby Football Union (RFU), World Rugby and the Welsh Rugby Union as concerns grow over the impact of contact sports on the brain. Nine former [...]
Exclusive: En+ chairman Lord Barker on how the energy sector is tackling climate change July 22, 2021 With the climate conference COP26 in Glasgow fast approaching, sustainability, alternative energy and sector reforms across a range of industries are increasingly on the political agenda and therefore closely monitored by investors in the City and around the world. One company at the heart of this ecosystem is En+ Group, the largest producer of low-carbon [...]
Tokyo 2020: What Covid-19, no fans and public opposition mean for sponsors and the International Olympic Committee July 22, 2021 The 60,000 seats of Japan’s national stadium, built for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, are coloured in muted shades of green, brown, beige and grey. Architect Kengo Kuma chose those tones to fit his vision of the stadium, which he wanted to look as natural and organic as possible. Timber is the most visible material and [...]
Supermarket boss says there is no need to start panic buying July 22, 2021 The boss of Iceland has said that there is no need to begin panic buying, but that the “pingdemic” risks shutting stores up and down the country. Richard Walker, managing director of Iceland, told 5Live’s Breakfast show that photographs of empty shelves were “isolated incidents”. Over 500,000 people were alerted by the app in the [...]
Exclusive: Clim8 is a green investing platform that wants to distance itself from ESG July 22, 2021 Clim8, a London-based sustainable investing platform, is on a mission to challenge ESG funds so that investors can bypass “greenwashing” and find a portfolio of companies that are having a positive impact on climate change. The platform, which launched its app “Clim8 Invest” in March, today announced it has closed its third funding round. The [...]
Small businesses will drive recovery if they can access the right finance July 22, 2021 | City Talk Having reached ‘Freedom Day’ this week, it would be gratifying to think that the small businesses that power our economies in the UK are on the path to a sound trading recovery. Economic indicators, including our own Global Economic Conditions Survey for the last three months, are reporting a strong rebound in the UK economy [...]
British man linked to 2020 Twitter hack arrested in Spain July 21, 2021 Spanish police have arrested a 22-year-old British citizen in the southern city of Estepona for his alleged involvement in the July 2020 Twitter hack. The US requested his arrest on multiple charges connected to the cyberscam. Joseph O’Connor is also accused in a criminal complaint of computer intrusions linked with TikTok and Snapchat accounts takeovers, [...]
Over half of female workers have experienced stress or depression since pandemic July 21, 2021 55 percent of female finance workers have suffered stress, anxiety or depression since the pandemic, according to new data shared d with City A.M. today. This compares to 39 percent of male workers, while the data showed that 52 per cent of females felt confident talking about this to their manager at work, compared with [...]
Tory MPs face suspension for trying to influence court case involving ex-colleague July 21, 2021 Five Tory MPs breached parliament’s code of conduct for trying to influence a legal case involving an ex-colleague, the Commons Standards Committee has found. Theresa Villiers, Natalie Elphicke, Sir Roger Gale, Adam Holloway and Bob Stewart sought to interfere in a decision regarding ex-MP Charlie Elphicke, who was convicted of sex offences. The committee has [...]