Network Rail invests £2m to clean ‘eyesore’ graffiti on railways April 11, 2022 Network Rail announced today it was investing £2m to clean “eyesore” graffiti on south-east London railway infrastructure. The company’s cleaning teams removed and painted over the graffiti, applying an anti-graffiti paint to deter people from vandalising the same areas – including Hungerford Bridge – in the future. “Everyone should feel safe when travelling on our [...]
Mixed feelings for Crawley Town fans following crypto takeover April 11, 2022 Crawley Town fans say they are both 'excited and apprehensive' over a cryptocurrency group buying a controlling stake in the League Two club.
Former Citi Bank executives launch crypto focused asset manager April 11, 2022 Three former Citi execs have walked out on the US banking giant to start a crypto focused asset management firm.
Blend secures £120m boost for lending extra ‘muscle’ to UK property developers April 11, 2022 Property capital firm Blend Network has secured a record £120m boost to its lending of that extra “muscle” for UK developers. Blend, backed by OakNorth Bank chairman and former Barclays vice chairman Cyrus Ardalan, snagged the sum from a consortium of six large family offices “Obtaining a record £120m committed funding line from such a [...]
Mishcon de Reya strikes deal with UCL to fund research into Artificial Intelligence (AI) April 11, 2022 London law firm Mishcon de Reya has struck a deal with UCL to fund research into use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the legal sector. Mishcon’s decision to fund research into AI comes as the firm now believes AI technology will revolutionise the legal sector and transform the ways that lawyers work. In striking a [...]
Oil prices slump below $100 as IEA floods market and Shanghai lockdown cuts demand April 11, 2022 Oil prices have plummeted four per cent on both major benchmarks, with prices below $100 per barrel again after last month's rallies.
Ukraine’s president Zelensky: ‘Tens of thousands’ are dead in eastern city of Mariupol April 11, 2022 “Tens of thousands” have been killed in the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the country’s president has claimed. Vlodymyr Zelensky made the remarks while addressing South Korea’s parliament virtually, pleading for more help “if we are to survive” the Russia onslaught. This comes after the Boris Johnson visited Kyiv on the weekend to offer [...]
Tory backbencher calls on government to close ‘loopholes’ letting London firms work for the Kremlin April 11, 2022 Tory backbencher Kevin Hollinrake has called on the government to close the “loopholes” that have allowed UK professional services firms to continue carrying out bankruptcy proceedings on behalf of the Russian state. In a letter to Rishi Sunak, the Conservative party MP accused accountancy giant Grant Thornton, litigation funder Harbour, and London law firm CMS [...]
UAE-based Lamprell secures deal to provide floating foundations for £10bn Scottish wind farm April 11, 2022 UK firms have missed out on the chance to develop three 1GW offshore floating wind farms, with UAE-based Lamprell winning the bid.
Empty planes with no one checking in: Staggering 15,000 ‘ghost flights’ took off from UK during pandemic April 11, 2022 The Civil Aviation Authority has recently revealed that almost 15,000 “ghost flights” departed from 32 UK airports between March 2020 and September 2021. With around 4,910 planes Heathrow made the top of the list, followed by Aberdeen, Manchester and Stansted, at an overall average of 720 per month. According to City A.M. estimates, that would [...]
