Has Covid changed the shape of London forever? May 6, 2021 After a rollercoaster year and a half, our economy is preparing to burst back to life. Fuelled by the joint success of the vaccine rollout and our effort in the third lockdown, we are now fighting back against our invisible foe that has, and continues, to wreak havoc around the world. Yet, life as we know [...]
Odds slashed on Dogecoin hitting $5 as fans await Elon Musk’s Saturday Night Live debut May 6, 2021 Bookmakers are cutting the odds of Doge reaching $5 before the year’s out as fans of the ‘running joke’ cryptocurrency prepare to see if it gets mentioned by Elon Musk on Saturday Night Live.
FCA fines London boutique investment bank for failing to spot financial crime relating to cum-ex trading May 6, 2021 The City regulator has fined Sapien Capital £178,000 after it failed to carry out proper due diligence on a client likely participating in financial crime. Between 10 February and 10 November 2015, the boutique investment bank failed to have in place proper systems to find and mitigate the risk of being used to facilitate [...]
Irish government warns against the UK shielding Troubles soldiers from prosecution May 6, 2021 The Irish government has urged against the UK protecting former soldiers who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles from facing prosecution, a foreign ministry spokesman said. It was reported by the Daily Telegraph yesterday that the UK government is looking to propose a ban on prosecutions of Northern Irish veterans, under new legislation to [...]
Bank of England leaves monetary policy unchanged but slows bond-buying May 6, 2021 The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has left its stimulus programme unchanged as it expects a faster economic recovery than previously anticipated. As expected the committee unanimously voted to keep interest rates at 0.1 per cent and by a majority to keep the size of its bond-buying programme unchanged at £895m. The central bank [...]
Gen Z question the integrity of business leaders May 6, 2021 Those aged between 18 and 25 have questioned the motives of the business world, with fewer than four in 10 believing business leaders have integrity and do what they say. Similarly, Gen Z was sceptical about businesses’ contribution to net zero, with just a quarter (26%) believing companies are contributing towards the fight against climate [...]
Jenson Button relaunches Radford cars – with help from Lotus May 6, 2021 F1 champion says new sports car will drive “like nothing else” as more details about forthcoming Radford model are released.
Mortal Kombat is the latest video games adaptation to pop May 6, 2021 A few years ago, the accepted wisdom was that video games don’t make good movies. You could point to Street Fighter, Super Movie Bros, Hitman, Need For Speed, Assassin’s Creed, or any number of flops that failed to capture the magic of their pixelated inspiration. In the last few years, however, the code seems to [...]
Majority of Rio Tinto investors revolt over former chief’s pay due to Juukan Gorge destruction May 6, 2021 A majority of Rio Tinto investors today revolted over its former chief executive’s lucrative exit pay package at the miner’s AGM. Jean-Sebastien Jacques quit as the FTSE 100 firm’s boss last year after the mining giant destroyed 46,000-year-old rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Australia a year ago. Despite having his bonus renumeration stripped away, [...]
Mayor of London election: Candidates cast their votes across the capital May 6, 2021 Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey and Luisa Porritt have been seen out at polling stations casting their vote this morning for today’s mayor of London election. Khan, Labour’s incumbent mayor, was seen at a Tooting polling station this morning with his wife Saadiya and their dog Luna. The mayor had already voted by post, but Saadiya [...]
