Hard Truths by Mike Leigh, London Film Festival review: I couldn’t bare the misery anymore October 17, 2024 Hard Truths by Mike Leigh, review and star rating: ★★★☆☆ As one of Britain’s greatest living film-makers, Mike Leigh launched the careers of British acting royalty, including Gary Oldman, Alison Steadman and Tim Roth. But goodness gracious me, he’s a right old misery guts. To mark the release of his new film Hard Truths, Vulture [...]
Is Gen Z really a risk to businesses? October 17, 2024 A lazy, entitled and narcissistic generation, more interested in TikTok than hard work. The stereotypes about Gen Z have, apparently, become so pervasive that managing a young workforce is now considered the biggest business threat by CEOs. Just 38 per cent of executives are “very confident” in tackling demands for better pay and benefits from [...]
Football and Formula 1 most popular sports among Gen Z, but not rugby October 17, 2024 Football, running and Formula 1 are the most popular sports among Gen Z adults, but rugby does not feature in the top 15. Analysis by accounting firm EY has unearthed the top 15 sports among adults aged 18-27. Interestingly wellness sports and hiking make the Gen Z list while larger sports such as rugby union [...]
Professional services chiefs fear Gen Z workplace demands are a key ‘threat’ October 16, 2024 Managing a Gen Z workforce is a leading worry for professional service CEOs, as it was revealed they lack the confidence in handling the younger employees.
Peckham Conker Championships: Inside the event that made conkers ‘cool’ October 16, 2024 Chaos and skullduggery at South East London's most charged conker club
‘Win or lose you should behave the same’ – Tanni Grey-Thompson on going from the Paralympics to parliament October 15, 2024 Sport and politics are really similar, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson tells Michael Hayman in an interview for City AM “The moments I’ve got to bring about change could be few and far between… make the most of the time you have.” A message about the urgency of political transformation. Words that any new government should heed [...]
What impact will ECJ ‘Bosman Mark II’ Diarra ruling have on private equity? October 14, 2024 The so-called “Bosman Mark II” Diarra ECJ ruling will have an impact on football but fortune will favour the flexible when it comes to private equity. Described by many as “Bosman Mark II,” the recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in the Lassana Diarra case has captured the attention of the European footballing community, [...]
The biggest threat isn’t AI – it’s people not being able to use AI October 12, 2024 Labour must implement a strategy for digital inclusion enabling more of us to use technology like AI, writes Saqib Bhatti
How this fund beat (and shorted) the S&P 500 October 12, 2024 Finding US companies to short can be hard when it feels like the stock market can only go up, but some stock pickers make a living off of it. “It’s a year where the markets have been on the tear,” Scott Utzinger, partner at Crawford Fund Management and manager of its US long/short fund, told [...]
Young Jamie Richards can Achieve more in Hong Kong October 11, 2024 THIS could be the day of reckoning for the much-hyped John Size-trained galloper Wunderbar who seeks to make it six wins from seven races in the Artistic Gymnastics and Triathlon Handicap (10.55am) over six furlongs. The Australian import had the distinction of twice beating present local sprinting sensation Ka Ying Rising last January, before a [...]