The Countdown for City Giving Day 2023 Begins August 17, 2023 The countdown has officially begun for City Giving Day, the City’s biggest annual celebration of charity, philanthropy and giving. With just under six weeks to go until the big day, a host of exciting events have been announced, hosted by City businesses across the Square Mile these include a brand-new live online auction to “Knit [...]
The London boxing gym encouraging City workers to spar with former prisoners August 17, 2023 Marnie Swindells won Lord Sugar’s cash – now she’s winning hearts and minds with a boxing gym in Camberwell. Adam Bloodworth meets her Odds are you’ve either picked up a boxing glove recently or you’ve been around friends who won’t stop talking about it in the pub. The combat sport has become increasingly popular and [...]
Your GP surgery is a gateway to a host of medical professionals there to help, whatever the issue August 17, 2023 It seems strange to think that as recently as the 1970s, ambulance drivers weren’t trained paramedics: they simply picked you up from the site of your emergency and drove you to the hospital – if you required triage on the way, you were generally out of luck. Today, of course, they’re highly trained professionals, your [...]
Ed Warner: Lionesses bonus row will rear its head again after Women’s World Cup August 17, 2023 Ed Warner on why the FA could face a public broadside from the Lionesses after the Women’s World Cup, this week’s World Athletics Championships in Hungary and Team GB’s selection policy. Within 24 hours of winning the Davis Cup for the first time in almost eight decades, Andy Murray and his Great Britain team captain [...]
A-level results do matter, but City firms shouldn’t put all their stock in top students August 17, 2023 Today, students up and down the country receive their A-levels results. But as important as they are, these shouldn't be the key deciding factor for future employers, writes Chris Hirst
PTO Tour gets World Championship status after striking alliance with World Triathlon August 16, 2023 The PTO Tour, the athlete part-owned circuit of the Professional Triathletes Association, has received a major boost after being recognised as the official World Championship of long-distance triathlon. As part of a new agreement between the PTO and World Triathlon, the men’s and women’s winners of the PTO Tour season, whose competitors include England’s Alistair [...]
Saudi Arabia’s PIF creates new sports investment company, SRJ Sports Investments August 6, 2023 The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) yesterday announced the formation of a new company which will be at the heart of the Kingdom’s sporting ambitions going forward. SRJ Sports Investments will “invest in acquiring and creating new sports events IP, commercial rights of popular and prominent sports competitions and hosting major global events in [...]
Formula E, going green, and that £4bn Tata Group battery factory August 4, 2023 The Formula E season may be over but the technology never sleeps. And when technology can be transferred from a race track and into our homes – whether that be electric generation software or broadcasting structures – it can be revolutionary. When tech folk talk of what’s called “Race to Road” they refer to motorsporting [...]
Lotus London opens as the capital’s ‘newest tourist attraction’ August 4, 2023 Now open, Lotus London is situated opposite The Ritz hotel and showcases the brand's whole range – including the Evija hypercar.
QB legend Tom Brady switches NFL for football with Birmingham City investment August 3, 2023 Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl champion, has invested in Birmingham City alongside existing shareholder Tom Wagner