Why should investors care about waste management? January 31, 2022 | City Talk We look at what investors need to know about waste and outline some key investment opportunities. Waste management has long been one of society’s primary challenges. It’s an industry that’s ripe for disruption given how little it’s changed over the last few centuries. For example, only in the last 100 years have we started to [...]
Vodafone feels the pressure after activist investor Cevian builds a stake January 31, 2022 Voadafone is expected to speed up an organisational overhaul after it was revealed that a notorious activist investor had taken a stake in the firm.
UK tech special: The rocky but unstoppable rise in startup valuations January 30, 2022 The accelerated growth of startup valuations has sparked debate around the world, particularly in the markets where this has been reflected in the most significant raises and the speediest unicorns. Despite ongoing pandemic uncertainty, a quarter of the UK’s 116 unicorn tech companies became unicorns during 2021. Investment climbed significantly, up to £26bn in 2021 [...]
Weekend Read: Brexit and the pandemic have cost UK businesses £250bn, each January 30, 2022 The political choice of Brexit has cost UK businesses as much as the unforeseeable Covid pandemic. British companies have lost over £250bn to Covid and an equal amount to Brexit by the end of 2021, but the Brexit tally is now rising faster, The Centre for Economics and Business Research found that Covid-19 lockdowns had [...]
E-bike firm Cowboy raises $80m as it rides urban mobility boom January 27, 2022 Electric bike startup Cowboy has announced an $80m funding injection as it rides a boom in demand for electrical bikes across Europe.
Post-Brexit boost for the City as London takes top spot in global financial powerhouse rankings January 27, 2022 London continues to hold the top spot for financial and professional services in terms of overall offer when compared to other global destinations, including New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris and Frankfurt, according to new figures published this morning. London received an overall competitiveness score of 61, followed by New York (58) and Singapore (53). [...]
Ackman snaps up $1bn Netflix stake to go “all-in” on streaming January 27, 2022 Billionaire activist investor Bill Ackman has revealed he has built a stake in Netflix worth more than $1bn dollars, as the streaming giant battles a spiralling share price and investor exodus. Ackman announced on Twitter yesterday that his firm Pershing Square Capital Management started buying up Netflix shares on Friday and was now a top-20 [...]
M&G snaps up majority stake in sustainable housebuilder Greencore January 27, 2022 Global investment firm M&G has snapped up a majority stake in sustainable housebuilder Greencore Construction, the firm announced today.
Robinhood outlines safeguards to prevent a ‘memestock’ repeat January 26, 2022 Retail trading app Robinhood has outlined a series of safeguards it has put in place to prevent a repeat of the “memestock” trading craze which crippled hedge funds and sent share prices soaring last year.
Contactless payments surge as cash continues to spiral January 26, 2022 Contactless payments surged over 40 per cent last year as entertainment and hospitality rebounded and cash usage continued its decline, new data has revealed.