Lord Mayor calls on financial regulators to focus on innovation and sustainability September 22, 2021 Lord Mayor of the City of London, William Russell, will tonight (22 September) deliver a speech at the City Dinner at The Mansion House to an audience of senior regulators and representatives from across the financial and professional services industry. Lord Mayor William Russell will speak alongside Sam Woods, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England [...]
Boris Johnson tells France to ‘donnez-moi un break’ over AUKUS sub deal September 22, 2021 Boris Johnson has told France “prenez un grip” and donnez-moi un break” over the trilateral deal between the UK, US and Australia to build new nuclear submarines. Johnson appeared to mock the French for their furious response to the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, which saw Australia renege on a £50bn deal with Emmanuel Macron’s government. [...]
Boris Johnson says US is ‘not doing free trade deals right now’ September 22, 2021 Boris Johnson has conceded that the US is “not doing free trade deals around the world right now”, but insisted there is still a “great deal to be done”. Johnson has been under pressure during his trip to New York and Washington, DC this week as it has become clear that a post-Brexit trade deal [...]
Good day: Dapper Labs raises $250m and strikes deal with La Liga : CityAM September 22, 2021 The company behind NBA Topshot, Dapper Labs, has closed a $250m (£183m) funding round and announced a new deal with the Spanish football league. In addition to creating some of the NFT world’s most popular games Dapper Labs has built its own blockchain, known as Flow, to process high transaction volumes at speed. Today’s funding [...]
Small energy suppliers Green and Avro cease trading after pleading for support September 22, 2021 Green and Avro have announced they are leaving the energy market and will cease trading. The announcement from Green came just one day after it was reported the firm had lined up insolvency advisers. The supplier said it was “exiting the market due to the government failing to provide any support to smaller energy suppliers,” [...]
British food industry to be hit by five fold increase in CO2 prices September 22, 2021 The government has announced that the British food industry faces a “sharp rise” in the cost of CO2, a crucial component of food and drink production. Gas prices have surged forcing UK fertiliser plants to shut in recent weeks, leading to a shortage of CO2 used to make drinks and beer fizzy and to stun [...]
Post-Brexit ambitions: UK outlines 10-year plan to become global leader in AI September 22, 2021 The UK has outlined a 10-year plan today to make the country a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI), in a bid to draw in foreign investment and shape the way it is regulated globally. In the country’s first AI strategy, which comes amid London Tech Week, the UK has proposed a new white paper on [...]
Three companies that are on hiring sprees at the moment September 22, 2021 Are you on the lookout for a new job at the moment? How exciting! There are some really cool companies out there looking for talent right now, so you’re in luck. We had a little look on our job board and noticed three companies in particular that seem to be on a bit of a [...]
Crypto AM is delighted to announce GlobalBlock as a Silver Partner September 22, 2021 GlobalBlock will be a Silver Partner and participant in the upcoming Crypto AM Summit and Awards 2021 event that will take place on September 29 and 30.
Lend your support to City A.M.’s London Marathon runner and help charity Give Them A Sporting Chance September 22, 2021 City A.M. hit the streets again this week and thousands of runners are preparing to do the same at the London Marathon next month. Among them will be City A.M.’s own representative George Reed, who is raising money for Give Them A Sporting Chance, a charity that helps carers and those with disabilities of all [...]
