Ollie Phillips: ‘England’s squad is uninspiring but it’s dangerous’ February 4, 2022 Tomorrow’s Calcutta Cup will no doubt be explosive. There’s a real clash of styles in the Six Nations match between Scotland and England in Edinburgh – but that’s just going to make the game even more exciting. I really like the England squad, and bar Elliot Daly at No13 it is a 23 in form, [...]
Tech stocks in a valley February 4, 2022 Just when Silicon Valley thought things couldn’t get any worse, they did. Meta tanked over 25 per cent on Wall Street yesterday, losing around $200bn (£147bn) in value, dragging the tech-heavy Nasdaq down along with it.
Snap shares skyrocket 30 per cent as it records user boom February 3, 2022 Snap reported better-than-expected fourth quarter revenue and user growth today, and provided a first quarter outlook that surpassed analyst estimates, sending its shares up 30 per cent in trading after the bell. The results indicate Snap has avoided additional damage from Apple’s privacy changes, which were introduced last year and allow users to prevent apps [...]
Crypto AM Valentine’s Keynote, Panel & Networking Soirée February 3, 2022 As our social lives begin returning to normal, Crypto A.M. invites you to our first networking event of the year on Thursday 17 February. We’ll be throwing open the doors of The Lowback at Hawksmoor Wood Wharf for the Valentine’s Keynote, Networking & Soiree at 5.30pm Joining us will be a host of excellent keynote [...]
UK unveils cash pot for young space entrepreneurs February 3, 2022 The government has opened the gates to a new cash pot for young space entrepreneurs, ahead of the country’s first-ever launches from UK soil this year. The £50,000 prize money up for grabs will see entrepreneurs between the ages of 11 and 22 present their ideas to a panel of ‘dragons’ from across the UK [...]
Nothing left: Less than one in three Brits to receive an inheritance despite overall pot growing fast February 3, 2022 Less than one in three Brits expect to get an inheritance from their family, partner or other loved ones, while those who are already relatively well off being significantly more likely to benefit, according to new data shared with City A.M. this morning. While the overall value of inheritances is expected to surge in the [...]
Ed Warner: Why the Olympics is frozen by complacency February 3, 2022 Curl up for the curling. Settle down for dust-ups on the rink. Thrill at the sliders and skiers. Swoon over the skaters. Grumble about geo-politics and overbearing branding. The Olympics are here again. Not the Olympics Olympics, obviously; rather their smaller Winter sibling. Less than half the number of competing nations, a quarter of the [...]
Mako Vunipola interview: ‘England can win the Grand Slam’ February 3, 2022 He may currently not be part of Eddie Jones’s Six Nations squad, but Mako Vunipola still thinks England will go undefeated this year. The experienced loosehead prop concedes that France “look strong” but believes key absences will make it hard for Wales to defend their title. “England can get the Grand Slam, yes,” Vunipola told [...]
Marco Bortolami: ‘Italy and Six Nations need each other but we must win more’ February 3, 2022 It’s been said before but I really think Italy are building for the future. New head coach Kieran Crowley has picked a squad with some exciting young players – my Benetton side are providing 23 members of Crowley’s party for this Six Nations. The main goal for Italy is to stay competitive in each match [...]
As Johnson and Starmer dance to the same tune, politics will look for an outsider February 3, 2022 THIS week, the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has invoked Margaret Thatcher in an effort to skewer Boris Johnson for ignoring Covid rules and attacked the Prime Minister for presiding over a policy of “low growth and high taxes”. It’s a strong position for Starmer to be in, as support for Johnson groans under the [...]