After Elon Musk turns down board seat: With 211m users worldwide, is Twitter the next social media giant to die? April 11, 2022 Sixteen years after its launch and with 211 million users, Twitter has long been considered one of the original social media platforms. However, as the likes of TikTok make rapid gains in popularity, it seems today’s social media users are being drawn away from the hard news and conflict of Twitter debate, to more positive environments. [...]
Blunt Nadine Dorries lashes out at Channel 4: ‘Drop the lazy leftie rhetoric because your salad days are in the past’ April 11, 2022 Nadine Dorries has lashed out at Channel 4, saying the broadcaster’s “salad days are in the past”. The culture secretary took to Twitter to knock heads with TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp over the privatisation of the channel. The pair exchanged messages on Twitter after an opinion piece by Ms Dorries was published in the Mail [...]
D-Day in France as 48m voters go to the polls: Victory for Marine Le Pen looms as Macron feels the heat from far-right favourite April 10, 2022 Up to 48 million eligible voters will be choosing one of 12 candidates today as polls have opened across France for the first round of the country’s presidential election. President Emmanuel Macron is seeking a second five-year term, with a strong challenge from the far right and seeking to counter nationwide voter apathy. Polls opened [...]
Revealed: Here are the best places to live in London and across the UK April 10, 2022 The best place in the UK to live is…. Ilkley in West Yorkshire. The town tops a list of 70 locations to be named the UK’s best place to live by the Sunday Times. It was praised for its top schools, interesting shops, spectacular scenery and convenient rail links. Judges were also impressed by its [...]
Cressida Dick’s last day: Londoners saw scandals, racism, sexism and homophobia under her watch, says Mayor Sadiq Khan April 10, 2022 Sadiq Khan has said he is not “going to hide from the fact” he lost confidence in outgoing Metropolitan Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick. Speaking in Barnet, north London, the London mayor said: “In the recent past, she’s worked with many others to help us reduce violent crime but I’m not going to hide from [...]
Weekend read: Britain’s buy-to-let landlords claim £18.5bn in tax reliefs despite mortgage interest changes April 10, 2022 The amount UK buy-to-let landlords claimed in tax reliefs increased to £18.5bn in the last year, up from £18.1bn the year before, according to new research shared exclusively with City A.M. this morning. The amount claimed increased despite a reduction in the amount of relief that landlords can claim on the interest that they pay [...]
Sunday Spotlight: Airbus is winning the battle for the skies from beleaguered Boeing April 10, 2022 The recent challenges around safety concerns and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in American aircraft manufacturer Boeing losing ground to Airbus. Although both companies control a significant market share, Toulouse-based Airbus has extended its dominance over the last five years. According to data compiled and calculated by Finbold, shared with City A.M. this [...]
The magical world of Blencathra: A unique melting pot in the heart of Cape Town April 9, 2022 While South Africa went through a drastic transformation in the early ’90s, with the end of apartheid and Mandela coming to power, something less noticeable but equally magical happened in Africa’s most developed nation. In Cape Town to be precise, the beating heart of the country’s travellers scene. In the leafy neighbourhood of Tamboerskloof, just [...]
Middle class run on equity release: Cash-hungry home owners squeeze nearly £5bn out of their properties April 9, 2022 Equity release payments in the UK increased by almost £1bn in 2021, as more and more people look for alternative ways of ensuring healthy and happy retirements. Between 2020 – 2021, the amount of money released in the UK rose from £3.9bn to £4.8bn, an annual increase of £940 million, or 24.4 per cent, according [...]
Saturday Spotlight: Nigeria and China speed ahead of UK in digital money race April 9, 2022 A new index charting the readiness and adoption of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) has seen Nigeria top the ranking with the e-Naira, launched in October 2021. Nigeria’s lead is closely followed by other early CBDC adopters, the Bahamas, Mainland China, Jamaica and Eastern Caribbean. The findings, from the PwC Global CBDC Index, capture the [...]
