Sophia the robot to become next NFT sensation March 15, 2021 Roboticist Dr David Hanson and artist Andrea Bonaceto this morning announced the launch of the first ever Sophia the Robot NFT digital artworks.
Name-dropping: Elon Musk changes job title to Technoking of Tesla March 15, 2021 Eccentric billionaire Elon Musk has a history of riling shareholders with his unusual behaviour, and his latest stunt could put another black mark by his name. In a stock market filing today, the troublesome tycoon announced he has changed his job title to Technoking of Tesla, in addition to his current role of chief executive. [...]
EP:44 Cheltenham Festival Day 1 – Tuesday March 15, 2021 Tuesday is Day 1 of the Cheltenham Festival and the feature race is the Grade 1 Champion Hurdle, where the mare Epatante will try to hold on to her title after winning the race last year. City AM racing editor Bill Esdaile is joined by Fitzdares ambassador Cornelius Lysaght to set the scene for this [...]
Exclusive: Law firm mergers drop to nine-year low as Covid-19 turns consolidators cautious March 15, 2021 Law firm mergers have fallen to a nine-year low, as the economic downturn brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic has left consolidator firms wary of making acquisitions. Just 107 law firm mergers were completed in 2020, down 25 per cent on the 143 mergers that occurred in 2019 and less than half the 278 mergers [...]
EU launches legal action against UK over Northern Ireland row March 15, 2021 The European Commission has launched legal action against the UK for its move to unilaterally postpone new post-Brexit checks on goods coming into Northern Ireland. The European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic said today that the UK “must properly implement [the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement] to achieve our objectives”, which is “why we are launching legal [...]
Department for Transport to create 650 new jobs in Birmingham and Leeds March 15, 2021 The Department for Transport (DfT) will create 650 jobs in Birmingham and Leeds as part of plans to create new outposts in the cities. The department will open a new headquarters in the Midlands city, as well as a “northern hub” in Leeds. The plan is part of a wider government drive to move 22,000 [...]
BDO wins biggest international audit client replacing Big Four firm KPMG March 15, 2021 BDO in the UK, German and the US has won its largest ever international audit client, replacing KPMG as auditor of software giant SAP. The challenger firm will take over from KPMG as SAP’s auditor for the 2023 financial year. According to SAP, BDO has a “modern and innovative audit concept”. The decision to take [...]
Huawei finance chief Meng Wanzhou faces final stage of extradition hearing March 15, 2021 Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou will appear in court in Canada today as her long-running US extradition case enters its final stage. Meng was arrested at Vancouver Airport in 2018 on US charges of misleading HSBC over Huawei’s dealings in Iran, causing the bank to violate sanctions against the country. She has since been [...]
Air pollution is an invisible killer and a dangerous reality for Londoners March 15, 2021 While Covid-19 and Brexit have continued to dominate national headlines, there’s another another critical issue affecting the lives of every Londoner, which hasn’t been front and centre. Here in the City we’ve started three exciting schemes to help rid the capital of toxic air. In partnership with Camden Council, and funded by TfL through the [...]
BoE’s Bailey apologises to investors amid criticism over LCF collapse March 15, 2021 Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has apologised for his role in failing investors of collapsed mini-bond firm London Capital & Finance. His apology came amid rising pressure about his responsibility in a series of scandals during his role as head of the Financial Conduct Authority. On Monday morning, Bailey told BBC Radio 4 that [...]
