Adam Boulton to leave Sky News after 33 years November 10, 2021 Legendary broadcaster Adam Boulton is to step away from Sky News after 33 years at the channel. He will step down as the channel’s editor at large and presenter on New Year’s Eve. Boulton was at Sky for its launch in 1989 and has become one of the faces of a channel which began as [...]
A winning wee dram: The Dalmore boss looks for global market November 8, 2021 SOME 6,000 miles separate the sleepy, picture-perfect waters of the Cromarty Firth and the Sotheby’s auction room in Hong Kong, but they are now bound together in the record books. A fortnight ago a collection of six rare whiskies from the Dalmore distillery in the far north of Scotland was auctioned off in the Asian [...]
Wimbledon looks to stay top of tennis tree with Wimbledon Park development November 4, 2021 THIS is the benefit of having plenty of pairs of shoes in the office,” says Justin Smith as he bounds off up a muddy pathway through Wimbledon Park Golf Club. I, staring at my recently polished City loafers, am less enthusiastic in my stroll, but one gets the sense matching the tiggerish Justin’s enthusiasm on [...]
Marshmallow: The unicorn that’s anything but fluff October 29, 2021 IT’S NICE to have everybody together again, at least some of the time,” says Oliver Kent-Braham, one of the understated pair at the top of one of Britain’s newest unicorns, as he guides me through their clean, airy and now once-again buzzing Old Street office. Like most companies, the pandemic forced Oliver and his brother [...]
New: Waterloo & City line to operate all day by the end of November October 28, 2021 THE WATERLOO and City Line will return to a full weekday service before the end of next month. ‘The Drain,’ which runs from Waterloo to Bank, has been running a limited services around morning and evening peaks since the service was restarted after pandemic lockdowns in June. The service will run every three minutes at [...]
Fed officials barred from holding individual stocks after controversy October 21, 2021 FEDERAL Reserve officials will no longer be able to buy individual stocks after a share-trading scandal which brought down two of the body’s regional chairs. The presidents of the Dallas and Boston Federal Reserve branches have both stepped down from their roles after it emerged they had been actively trading at the same time as [...]
Long read: Tech firm with big ideas looks set for Shift into higher gear October 18, 2021 PICTURE the scene: a living room full of boxes, two flights of stairs and a hired van parked two streets away. After multiple trips – in both senses of the word – one is inclined to be a bit fed up. It’s the sort of moment that makes you wish somebody invented an easier way [...]
Exclusive: Former Home Secretary Amber Rudd to join Finsbury from Teneo October 6, 2021 Amber Rudd, the former home secretary, is set to leave PR firm Teneo to join rival Finsbury Glover Hering. The ex-politician will join as a senior adviser at the company her brother Roland founded in 1994, City A.M. understands. Rudd spent 18 months at Teneo after a nine-year Parliamentary career as the Tory MP for [...]
More gambling firms on US operators’ shopping list, says industry titan October 4, 2021 GAMBLING firm 888 Holdings could be next on US operators’ London shopping list, according to one high-profile industry figure. Speculation that more UK betting firms could be bought up by stateside giants has intensified after DraftKings formalised a proposal to buy Ladbrokes’ owner Entain last month. That follows the 2020 purchase of William Hill by [...]
TfL in further cash plea to government to keep London moving October 3, 2021 Transport for London has asked the Treasury for a further half a billion worth of support for the rest of the financial year and for a further £1.2bn next year to “ensure London’s recovery” from the pandemic. Documents submitted by the capital’s transport authority to the government’s spending review include a commitment from TfL to [...]
