City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? July 28, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Environmental Agency chair joins Green Finance Institute board The Green Finance Institute (GFI) has posted the chair of the UK’s Environmental Agency as its new interim chair, following the death of its founding chairman Sir Roger [...]
Jungle Cruise is a silly but entertaining Disney adventure July 28, 2021 Musclebound A-lister Dwayne Johnson has made his name in the movie business by making hits from unlikely source material. Reviving the Fast and Furious, GI Joe, and Jumanji franchises, his face alone is enough to make hits out of dodgy propositions. Skyscraper, San Andreas, arcade game adaptation Rampage: the list goes on. Can he work [...]
High Court to hear legal challenge to UK’s North Sea oil plan July 28, 2021 The High Court has today agreed to hear a case brought by environmental campaigners claiming that the government’s plans for the North Sea oil basin are unlawful. Three activists are arguing that the Oil and Gas Authority’s (OGA) new strategy for the continental shelf, which was released earlier this year, conflicts with its legal duty [...]
Boris Johnson says being double-jabbed will ‘help you’ go to mass events July 28, 2021 Boris Johnson has said today that getting two vaccines will “help, not hinder” people wanting to travel or go to mass events in a clear suggestion the government wants to roll out vaccine passports. The Prime Minister said “it’s a very positive thing” to get a Covid jab and that take up among young people [...]
Are eSports and blockchain gaming coming of age? July 28, 2021 Blockchain gaming is opening up earning potential for the average gamer without streaming, writes Jillian Godsil.
Coutts secures B Corp ethical status July 28, 2021 Coutts has secured the sought-after B Corp status, the bank announced on Twitter. The certification attests companies uphold certain social and environmental performance standards, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. The private bank and wealth manager has a history spanning over three centuries and is known to be the banker for [...]
Congestion charge to be rolled back to 18:00 on weekdays July 28, 2021 The London congestion charge will stop at 18:00 on weekdays under new proposals from Transport for London (TfL) to encourage punters to return to the capital’s hospitality hotspots in the evenings. However, on weekends it will become operational between 12:00 and 18:00, in order to reduce congestion in central London and get people back on [...]
Iceland boss: Government Covid test plan ‘pointless solution to Pingdemic’ July 28, 2021 The Iceland boss, Richard Walker, has said that the government’s Covid-19 test plan is a “pointless solution” because it excludes supermarket workers. “It’s only depot and factory workers so that only fixes half the supply chain issue,” Walker told the BBC. Despite daily testing for some sectors starting on Monday, some smaller firms have complained [...]
St. James’s Place inflows swell as household savings take off amid Covid July 28, 2021 Asset manager St. James’s Place has reaped the rewards of a trend toward household savings swelling over the course of Covid, according to figures released today. The firms said it expects gross inflows to rise 20 per cent in the second half of 2021 as retail investors pour their savings into financial markets in search [...]
Sheffield Forgemasters nationalised amid fears of collapse July 28, 2021 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has bought out Sheffield Forgemasters, a key supplier to the UK’s nuclear programmes, it was confirmed today. The firm said that the £2.6bn investment would “secure Sheffield Forgemasters’ role as a critical supplier to the next generation of UK Defence programmes, while continuing our independent commercial activities.” After increasing concerns [...]
