Spirits in the sky: JD Wetherspoon axes Jägermeister and French brandy in post-Brexit plan September 12, 2018 JD Wetherspoon is ditching European spirits such as Jägermeister for non-EU equivalents in a bid to lower prices across its 880 UK pubs. Replacing the ousted continental brands, which also include French brandies Courvoisier VS and Hennessy Fine de Cognac, will be US drink E&J Brandy, Australia’s Black Bottle and Strika, a herbal liqueur produced [...]
Tech chiefs might build robots, but they need to act like humans and come back down to earth September 11, 2018 A decade ago, it would have been highly unlikely that the average Joe could name a single chief executive at any of the world’s largest tech companies. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs aside, this unique set of individuals has historically operated in the shadows. But today, like it or not, technology is deeply ingrained in our [...]
Discover Pullman hotels and resorts September 10, 2018 With over 120 stylish properties worldwide in cities including Paris, Shanghai, Berlin, London and Sao Paulo, Pullman puts their guests right where they expect to be. And they want to share the Pullman experience with City AM readers in our exclusive competition. One lucky winner will win a two night stay for two including [...]
Uber and Rolls-Royce face competition from startup planning to bring air taxis to UK by 2022 September 10, 2018 A UK startup has launched a challenge against titans Uber and Rolls-Royce as it unveiled plans for a flying taxi which could take to the skies as early as 2022. The company, called Vertical Aerospace, announced it had built and flown its fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in June, which could be used as an alternative [...]
Aston Martin set to hire experienced businesswoman Penny Hughes to lead £5bn float September 8, 2018 Former Coca-Cola executive and RBS director Penny Hughes has been lined up by Aston Martin to lead its £5bn float on the London Stock Exchange. Hughes, who has also been a director at Vodafone, Wm Morrison and Reuters Group, will become the first female chair of a British car maker, according to Sky News. The [...]
Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt at the V&A review: A fascinating deep dive into videogame design and culture September 7, 2018 Exhibitions about videogames frequently land wide of the mark. Either they’re bogged down in dusty arcade nostalgia – that decades old aesthetic of Pac-Man pixel art and bleepy chiptunes that just won’t go away – or they have the desperate air of a culturally sidelined medium crying out to be taken seriously by art critics. [...]
Marvel’s Spider-Man review: Insomniac’s web-slinging open world brawler is Spidey at his absolute best September 5, 2018 There’s a very simple recipe for making a decent Spider-Man game, or at least there seems like there is to people who think that making games is simple. First, it needs to be open world. Not even open world, just open Manhattan, a city that has been accurately recreated in games so many times now [...]
Melrose hires bankers to sell GKN unit September 5, 2018 Melrose has hired bankers to sell off a unit of GKN, the British engineering stalwart it paid £8bn to takeover earlier this year. According to Sky News, Melrose has appointed investment bank RW Baird to explore a sale for off-highway powertrain, a business that makes gearboxes and driveshafts for vehicles in the mining and agriculture [...]
Insurer D&G weighs up return to London Stock Exchange September 4, 2018 Household insurance provider Domestic & General (D&G) is considering a return to London’s stock market after an 11-year absence in a potential listing that would value the company at £1.5bn. CVC Capital Parters, the private equity fund that owns D&G, has appointed Rothschild to advice the firm over plans for an initial public offering (IPO), [...]
Lehman Brothers 10 years on September 4, 2018 It’s hard to believe that it’s almost ten years since financial markets globally underwent a cardiac arrest that brought the world economy to its knees. Financial markets had already been on a slow downward slope in the lead up to events in September 2008, over concerns about the stability of the global financial system that [...]