Google searches for ‘takeaway pints’ rise 3,000% in a week November 12, 2020 Brits are missing the pub during the latest coronavirus lockdown, new research showed, as searches for reopening dates and takeaway pints rocketed during the first week of new restrictions. According to analysis of Google data, last week searches for “when can pubs reopen in England” soared 2,501 per cent. Meanwhile, the question “what pubs are [...]
Early stage VC funds play catchup with later stage peers November 12, 2020 Early stage VC firms are playing catchup and have the potential to generate higher returns than their later stage peers, according to new research. British Business Bank (BBB) research shows early stage funds have generated a pooled Distributions to Paid In (DPI) multiple – the amount paid to investors – of 1.43, 0.73 per cent [...]
The City View: Addison Lee boss Liam Griffin on London’s prospects November 11, 2020 Today Andy Silvester talks to Liam Griffin, CEO of Addison Lee. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS After a tumultuous few years, the firm remains optimistic about the capital’s prospects – but Griffin believes the capital needs more help from regulators. He also touches on taking on the firm – again – on the very [...]
Cain unable to carry on: Downing St director of comms resigns November 11, 2020 Lee Cain has resigned from his Downing Street role as director of communications under Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson’s official spokesperson James Slack will replace him, according to the BBC. A statement from Cain said: “After careful consideration I have this evening resigned as No.10 director of communications and will leave the post at the end [...]
Editorial: Those who profit in Hong Kong must speak up in its defence November 11, 2020 US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s four freedoms, which he promised Americans in the face of economic strife and growing authoritarianism abroad, are freedoms that this newspaper is more than happy to sign up for. Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear? Well, they work for us. In London – [...]
How to eat well during a pandemic, from pre-mixed cocktails to Michelin home delivery November 11, 2020 Another endless week approaches its inglorious mid-season finale. But what do we have to look forward to in the barren cultural landscape of November 2020? Well, restaurants may be closed but many canny entrepreneurs have turned their empty kitchens into home delivery hubs, allowing you to feast like it’s 1999, or indeed 2019. Each week [...]
Number of Tesla cars on UK roads triples in past year November 11, 2020 The number of Tesla cars on UK roads has more than trebled in the last year, new data from accountants UHY Hacker Young has shown. As of March, there were 90,900 models of the electric car in this country, up a whopping 336 per cent on the previous year. The rise in ownership comes on [...]
Government advisory body tells Rishi Sunak to hike capital gains tax November 11, 2020 Rishi Sunak should double capital gains tax rates in order to reel in an extra £14bn, according to the government’s tax advisory body. The Office for Tax Simplification today released its findings on a review ordered by Sunak, telling the chancellor he should increase the rate of capital gains tax and slash exemptions to take [...]
Transport for London demands £2.9bn to keep Tube service running in 2021 November 11, 2020 TfL demands £2.9bn to keep the Tube and other public transport services running
The QE Dystopia Driving Corporate Bitcoin Adoption November 11, 2020 Requiem for a Dream is a film about the drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people, although these utopias are shattered when their addictions begin to run deep. Sometimes, it now feels like Requiem for a Dream “monetary policy” version is now upon us, the drug of quantitative easing (QE) is now wearing off and [...]
