Vodafone shares slump as FTSE 100 struggles for growth November 12, 2024 FTSE 100 telecoms giant Vodafone has reported a jump in operating profit today and reiterated its financial guidance for the year after a string of asset disposals. The company told the market this morning that revenue for the first half of its financial year had risen 1.6 per cent to €18.3bn (£15.2bn) as service revenue [...]
Law firm Birketts expands global reach using London as launchpad November 11, 2024 Law firm Birketts has been revamping its brand beyond East Anglia, using its London move as a springboard to go global
Fifa ‘unfit’ to run football and even worse than Blatter era, says report October 30, 2024 Fifa has been accused of remaining unfit to govern world football and in some respects being worse than before the existential crisis that forced it to introduce a raft of governance reforms eight years ago. A report by human rights and sport advocacy group FairSquare concludes that Fifa’s inherent structural flaws make it resistant to [...]
Ahead of the Game: A$AP Rocky’s Tranmere takeover hits a snag October 30, 2024 City AM has learned that one of Tacopina's key investors, who was providing around 30 per cent of the funding, pulled out last week.
Restructured Shoosmiths see surges in complex deals with eyes set on 2030 October 28, 2024 Law firm Shoosmiths has sharpened its structure over the last couple of years, resulting in the firm being one of Europe’s busiest corporate law firm
Labour activists are right to campaign for Harris October 24, 2024 It’s easy to laugh at try-hard Labour staffers wanting to get involved in US politics by campaigning for Kamala Harris, but what happens in America matters to us all, says Will Cooling We’ve all experienced the horror of returning from holiday to a massive backlog of work emails and urgent tasks, but few have experienced [...]
Premier League faces new legal battle – and nemesis barrister October 23, 2024 The Premier League is facing another legal battle with top players and clubs over its financial rules, having already suffered bruising defeats to Leicester and Manchester City this season. Footballers’ union the PFA has hired leading barrister Nick De Marco KC to challenge the top flight’s plans to introduce a new system of “anchoring” next [...]
Eyes on the Law: HCR Law revives BLM legacy to forge new path in insurance law October 14, 2024 How do you build a new insurance practice into a firm that never had one before? Bring the personality and culture that pre-merger BLM once had, says the practice head
The Notebook: Starmer leading like a civil servant isn’t working October 14, 2024 And it is leading to dangerous, unwanted and undemocratic policymaking – like the introduction of bank spying powers, writes Silkie Carlo This weekend marked 100 days of the new Labour government – a period of deliberate doom and gloom rather than honeymoon. As I wrote in my Notebook for this paper upon his election, Sir [...]
The lawyer’s therapist: Turning legal insights into emotional clarity October 8, 2024 Former lawyers, now therapists, a unique business model of trying to get City lawyers to open up. The Carvalho Consultancy founder Annmarie Carvalho explains the concept