It’s still cheaper to rent than buy a house in these UK cities May 18, 2017 So-called Generation Rent may complain bitterly about being forced to pay sky-high living costs, but a new study has found in many UK cities, it's actually cheaper to rent than it is to buy a home. The study, by Zoopla, found the average monthly rental cost in many of the UK's largest metropolitan hubs is [...]
Tottenham Hotspur: 27 iconic photos that capture White Hart Lane’s storied history | City A.M. May 13, 2017 Tottenham’s Premier League meeting with Manchester United on Sunday will likely have little bearing on Spurs’ final position this season yet, regardless of the result, this game will linger long in the minds of those present. Even after memories of the action on the pitch fade, the White Hart Lane crowd will take every opportunity [...]
Will the Football League’s iFollow platform usher in a streaming revolution that reaches the Premier League? May 8, 2017 We can now watch Hollywood films without ever having to buy a DVD or go to a cinema, listen to music without owning a single CD, and keep up to date with the news without ever stepping into a newsagent. The advent of smartphones and streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify have revolutionised consumer [...]
Mercedes GLK 250 review: We travel to Bahrain, the Monaco of the Middle East, to test drive Mercedes’ junior SUV May 3, 2017 It’s appropriate that Bahrain should celebrate high-octane sports; it was here that oil was first discovered in the Gulf, after all. Fireworks explode in a riot of colours overhead as Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari takes the Bahrain Grand Prix’s chequered flag, followed by Lewis Hamilton six seconds later as the sky above the grandstands erupts. The [...]
How London’s most exciting new arts venues are being built by its most profitable housebuilders April 27, 2017 A famous Churchill anecdote recalls the time the former Prime Minister was asked to cut arts funding to aid the war effort. He refused, apparently, remarking, “Then what are we fighting for?” As with most apocryphal tales, there’s a larger truth at its heart. During times of austerity and uncertainty, grants for culture and entertainment [...]
Porsche Design makes the ultimate penthouse for a supercar collector April 27, 2017 Supercars aren’t just made to be driven, they’re made to be seen. To a collector, the curved bonnet, impeccable paintwork and fine leather interior of a $200,000 Porsche is a work of art just as worthy of admiration as a $5m David Hockney painting. The trouble is, cars don’t hang on walls, but Porsche Design [...]
Flying cars? The 7 companies working on the technology in real-life that you need to know: Uber, Larry Page, Lillium and more April 25, 2017 Forget driverless cars, it’s all about flying cars now. Autonomous vehicles may not even have officially hit the roads yet, but already experts are working on far more ambitious plans. Get ready for take off: here are the seven companies working on creating actual, real-life, Jetsons-style flying cars. Uber Apparently disrupting taxis and food delivery, [...]
Three reasons why Amazon’s $50m deal with the NFL is the most significant moment yet for sport’s live streaming revolution April 6, 2017 We read news on our phones, binge-watch TV shows on our laptop and stream our music from the internet. Live sport on TV is yet to be disrupted in a similar manner, but Amazon’s $50m deal to live stream 10 Thursday night NFL games — a significant increase on the $10m Twitter paid for the [...]
Rapha co-founder and chief executive Simon Mottram on why the cycling company split from Team Sky April 4, 2017 Four years ago niche cycling sportswear firm Rapha beat German behemoth Adidas to supply the kit to the world’s best known cycling club, Team Sky. At the time, Simon Mottram, its chief executive and co-founder, felt this was the just the platform the retailer needed to take things up a gear. “We sold a lot [...]
Deutsche Bank puts faith in Brexit Britain with new City headquarters at 21 Moorfields in 2023 March 24, 2017 Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest lender, has given London a resounding vote of confidence by agreeing a 25-year lease on new UK headquarters in the Square Mile. Staff at the bank were informed yesterday of the plan to move to a new development being built at 21 Moorfields, in 2023. Most of Deutsche’s London-based staff currently [...]