Venture capital prospects are a bright spot for the UK economy January 29, 2025 Despite fears about the Budget and Donald Trump, venture capital rebounded strongly in 2024 and the view is looking optimistic for the years ahead, says Nicole Lowe It is fair to say that 2024 was a rollercoaster year when it came to venture capital (VC) investment. Major elections and political shifts on both sides of [...]
Orbex: Rocket-maker secures £20m investment from UK government ahead of take off January 29, 2025 The UK government has invested £20m in rocket-maker Orbex as it prepares to build and launch from its site in the Shetland Islands. The injection of funding is expected to help back Orbex’s Prime, the first UK-manufactured and UK-launched orbital rocket. Prime is scheduled to take off towards the end of this year at the [...]
Immigration to lift population by 5m and boost the economy January 28, 2025 Based on current trends, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests the population will hit 72.5m by mid-2032, over seven per cent higher than in 2022.
Florida and Kalooki set to realise Dreams for Richards January 28, 2025 IF EVER there was a challenging weekend for ante-post punting this looks to be it. Leopardstown’s two-day Dublin Racing Festival will be its usual spectacle, with Willie Mullins set to unleash his battalion of stars one more time before they head across the water for the Festival in March. The problem is working out which [...]
Hunting for some value with Libberty in Champion Chase January 28, 2025 FOR MANY racing fans, this year’s Champion Chase is going to be all about Jonbon. Nicky Henderson’s star has been faultless this season, unbeaten in all three starts, including when dominating two-time Cheltenham hero Energumene in Ascot’s Clarence House last time out. Understandably, he’s a well-fancied favourite as a result, and while on all known [...]
Goodbye, Hilal: Saudi Pro League ends Neymar deal which cost £37m per game January 28, 2025 It will go down as one of the most expensive failed experiments in world football, with Neymar’s move to Al-Hilal reported to have cost the Saudi Pro League side more than £250m. But after 17 months, a meagre seven games and only one goal, the Brazil international, 32, looks bound for a return to his [...]
DeepSeek’s fine, just don’t ask it about Taiwan January 28, 2025 The chaos that DeepSeek has triggered in US markets and among major tech players like Nvidia is because of what it represents. It is a supposedly cheaper, quicker model that apparently doesn’t rely on the tens of billions of dollars other models have required. But what’s it like to use? City AM experimented with a [...]
It’s D-Day for Champions League’s new format. So has it worked? January 28, 2025 When Uefa revealed its new format for the Champions League, it was with injecting more excitement and unpredictability in mind. Specifically, a stale group phase would be replaced with a ‘Swiss model’ league phase that promised more games between top teams and – crucially – a more competitive product. Notwithstanding the fact that Manchester City [...]
T100 Triathlon partners with Visit Qatar for season rebrand and new finale January 28, 2025 The T100 Triathlon World Tour has partnered with Visit Qatar in a deal that will see the expanded nine-race season rebranded the T100 Race to Qatar. Doha and Lusail will also stage the finale to the tour, where 20 of the best men’s and women’s triathletes will battle to be crowned T100 World Champions, for [...]
Pound sterling falls on latest Trump tariff threats January 28, 2025 The movement in currency markets came after the latest comments from the President on his tariff plans.