The office needs to be completely re-imagined March 28, 2021 Imagine this. Your alarm goes off slightly earlier than usual, it’s Tuesday; office day. You look forward to putting on properly fitted clothing – especially on your bottom half. The commute is no longer the daily draining slog it once was, but a novelty you enjoy – a time to listen to that podcast and [...]
Vaccine passports could be ‘counterproductive’, government adviser warns March 27, 2021 Forcing punters to show vaccine passports to gain access to pubs could be counterproductive, a top government adviser has warned. Professor Stephen Reicher, a behavioural scientist, said the policy could make the problem of vaccine hesitancy even worse and lead to “social apartheid”. Ministers are considering the use of vaccine passports for hospitality venues such [...]
A New Domaine – An Interview With Michael Baum March 27, 2021 After the IPO of his billion-dollar ‘unicorn’, Splunk, Michael Baum spent two years working on the investor side, for Silicon Valley venture capital firms. But he found it all a bit repetitive. “Every entrepreneur who walked through the door said: ‘I want you to help me create the next Splunk.’ But I thought, I’ve already [...]
eSports team expands into India March 26, 2021 One of Europe’s biggest eSports brands, Team Vitality, has today announced its first all-Indian mobile eSports roster. The move represents the Paris-based eSports brand’s first major expansion beyond Europe and its first foray into the world of mobile eSports. The announcement reconfirms the brand’s plans to globalise its teams into Asia and South America. The [...]
London forex trading boss fined for unauthorised WhatsApp investment advice March 26, 2021 The High Court has fined the boss of a Bow-based forex trading business after it provided unauthorised investment advice to customers via WhatsApp. Mohammed Fuaath Haja Maideen Maricar was ordered to pay restitution in excess of £530,000. The recovered fund will be distributed customers. The court found 24HR Trading, an unregulated firm, unlawfully provided trading [...]
All you need to know about the vaccine and the UK’s successful rollout March 26, 2021 The UK’s rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine is good news – it means life will soon return to normal as millions of people have been vaccinated. Thanks to the prioritisation of funding, resources and a global effort in the face of an emergency, vaccines have been able to be approved quickly, with the rollout going [...]
The fight for the City: Can Labour challenge the orthodoxy of a pro-business Conservative Party March 26, 2021 Free market purists dismiss it as “woke capitalism”. But could a thriving concern in the City for the health of the planet and for social justice pose an opportunity for the Labour Party? The Square Mile is traditionally caricatured as Tory territory – never an entirely accurate assumption, given its young, multicultural workforce with a [...]
A drive to survive: How Liberty Media used Netflix and esports to win a new generation of fans and safeguard the future of Formula 1 March 26, 2021 It feels like an awful long time ago now that Liberty Media took the wheel of Formula 1, completing a takeover valued at $8bn including debt in January 2017. Donald Trump had just been inaugurated and the most relevant global health emergency was the Zika virus. In motorsport, meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton had been dethroned and [...]
Walthamstow man tried to use Nadine Dorries’ credit card to buy Canada Goose coat March 24, 2021 A trainee engineer has expressed remorse for the distress he caused to Tory MP Nadine Dorries after attempting to use her credit card details to buy a designer coat worth almost £1,000. A fraudulent copy was made of health minister Nadine Dorries’ card and an attempted transaction carried out in October 2019, Westminster Magistrates’ Court [...]
Owner of Freddie Mercury seal attack dog will not face criminal charges March 24, 2021 A barrister will not face criminal charges after her dog attacked a seal nicknamed Freddie Mercury last weekend, leading to the animal being euthanised. The young common seal, which had been given the name in honour of the late Queen singer by walkers in Barnes, west London, was bitten by the dog on Sunday. Freddie [...]