City A.M. Unregulated podcast: Lessons in negotiation from the FBI May 27, 2016 Having trouble negotiating that landmark contract? Imagine if lives were on the line… This week Team Unregulated is joined by the FBI's former lead international hostage negotiator Chris Voss and Advantage Spring chief executive Natalie Reynold, who give tips on negotiating deals as if your life depended on it. From the power of "no" to [...]
Revealed: Elephant & Castle’s shiny new town centre May 25, 2016 Elephant & Castle has a reputation of being one of London's grimmest areas – but developers behind its £3bn regeneration have just unveiled further plans for its shiny new overhaul. Developers Delancey, DV4 and APG said the new "must-visit" town centre will include a music venue for 500 audience members, as well as an integrated campus for [...]
Conf-EU-sed? The definitive list of everyone who’s ever expressed an opinion on Brexit – and where they stand May 25, 2016
Not fired: Lord Alan Sugar has just been appointed the government’s enterprise tsar… again May 25, 2016 The slightly bent pointing finger of the government has singled out Lord Alan Sugar to be its enterprise tsar, for the second time – with the aim of creating 3m new apprentices by 2020. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (Bis) said it had appointed Sugar, a man who is famous for the catchphrase "you're fired", to [...]
London to Sydney in less than two hours? Scientists are closer to developing hypersonic flight technology May 25, 2016 Could it one day be possible to fly halfway around the world in less than the time it currently takes to get from London to Manchester? Scientists in Australia have suggested it might – as they came one step closer to developing so-called hypersonic technology, which could allow people to travel at speeds of over 5,500mph. [...]
This group of economists is scandalised by the IFS’ “£40bn fiscal black hole” Brexit report May 25, 2016 The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) is generally regarded as pretty impartial, so the fact it issued a strong warning on the potential impact of Brexit – warning it could leave the Treasury with a £40bn fiscal black hole – has surprised some. Not least the esteemed members of Economists for Brexit, which this morning slammed the report. [...]
Royal Mail avoids new pricing rules as Ofcom gives universal postal service a clean bill of health May 25, 2016 Royal Mail has avoided having new pricing rules imposed on it, after the communications regulator said the universal postal service had "returned to financial health". In a report released today, Ofcom said after "modernisations", Royal Mail had pushed its return on sales up to the "lower end of the 5-10 per cent range which [we [...]
RMT’s vote for a strike over Night Tube will be Sadiq Khan’s first test as mayor of London May 25, 2016 Well, that parade has been been well and truly rained upon. At the start of this week, TfL announced – to widespread cheers – that the long-promised Night Tube would (finally) launch in August. That promise remains on track, but yesterday the sense of triumph was darkened by the prospect of more strikes. The RMT, [...]
The price of gold has just melted as rate rise expectations soared May 24, 2016 It's been anything but mellow yellow in the last few months, but today the price of gold skidded lower as investors showed their nerves over a potential US rate rise in the next few weeks. Yep – having hovered near a 15-month high just a few weeks ago, today gold fell 1.4 per cent to $1,233 [...]
The Slovakian makers of the 700mph Hyperloop have invented their own super-safe material which is 10 times stronger than steel May 24, 2016 Remember Hyperloop, the 700mph mass transportation system invented by Tesla founder Elon Musk? The technology – which is still at prototype stage – has been seized on by a company in Slovakia, which today announced that it has come up with a new, super-safe material to ensure passenger safety. “Vibranium” may sound suspiciously close to Avatar’s Unobtainium, [...]
