eToro adds UMA and API3 to take platform’s total digital assets to 64 May 3, 2022 Social investing network eToro today added two new cryptocurrency tokens to its investment platform - UMA and API3.
US financial regulator expands crypto team amid crackdown May 3, 2022 The US financial regulator is increasing oversight of digital assets by adding 20 officials to a team dedicated to policing crypto markets.
Grant Thornton strikes deal to offer crypto-recovery services May 3, 2022 Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has joined forces with a trio of other firms with a view to offering crypto recovery services. The accountancy firm struck a deal with two London law firms and a New York investment manager, to help clients recover stolen crypto assets. The deal comes on the back of a sharp rise [...]
Dogecoin Google searches peaked on Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase May 3, 2022 Online searches for 'Buy Dogecoin' shot up by almost 400 per cent worldwide on the same day Elon Musk - one of the altcoin's biggest evangelists - bought social media platform Twitter.
Cazoo remains ‘laser focused’ on long-term objectives despite macroeconomic headwinds, says boss May 3, 2022 Cazoo remains “laser focused” on long-term strategy despite ongoing macroeconomic headwinds, its chief executive Alex Chesterman said today. The online car retailer announced that quarterly revenues soared 159 per cent, less than a month after the online car retailer posted profits worth £25m for the year ended 31 December. In the first three months of [...]
UK construction headed for a drastic slowdown, warns trade association May 3, 2022 Construction activity is headed for a drastic slowdown, according to a top UK trade association, as geopolitical pressures weigh on British builders. Inflationary headwinds, labour shortages and supply chain disruptions have scuppered growth in the sector, with construction forecast to eek out 2.8 per cent growth in output – a stretch away from the 4.3 [...]
Airlines UK boss Tim Alderslade warns aviation’s recruitment problems are here to stay May 3, 2022 The aviation sector’s ongoing difficulties to recruit more staff are here to stay, according to Airlines UK’s chief executive Tim Alderslade. “There’s a huge number of challenges [to overcome in the industry] and labour will be a real issue moving forward, and not just in the short term,” he said today while speaking at Advantage Travel [...]
Russian broadcaster claims two captured Brits could face ‘death penalty’ May 3, 2022 A Russian television presenter has claimed two captured Brits may face the death penalty for fighting on the Ukrainian side int he war. The broadcaster , Rossiya 1, aired footage in the occupied Donetsk region, which Russia claims to have control over, and is rumoured to be planning an ‘independence’ referendum for. The two captured [...]
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Greggs join forces to lobby Sunak to slash business rates May 3, 2022 Supermarket giants have reiterated calls for a cut in business rates as firms endeavour to keep prices competitive for shoppers amid rising inflation. Big names including Morrisons and Co-op have come together under a new Cut the Shops Tax campaign, organised by the Retail Jobs Alliance. In a joint letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, bosses [...]
Move over BBC: ITV moves all London staff to White City creative campus May 3, 2022 Over 800 ITV staff members will be heading to White City as the broadcaster pushes the west London haunt as its new creative hub. The broadcaster will be relocating all their London staff from their existing offices in Gray’s Inn Road and Waterhouse Square to the new site, which has traditionally been home to the [...]
