Croatia v England: Gareth Southgate’s side must prepare for the eerie atmosphere of Rijeka’s empty stadium October 11, 2018 Strange. That’s the atmosphere, or rather lack of it, England must prepare themselves tomorrow. Gareth Southgate’s side are in the port city of Rijeka on the Adriatic Sea to face Croatia in the Nations League for the first time since suffering defeat in the semi-final of the World Cup in the summer. So far, so [...]
Nico Rosberg on his new life as a tech investor: “I struggle to invest in some boring s**t. For me it’s important that they’re cool.” October 11, 2018 His racing days might be behind him but the competitive fire still burns inside Nico Rosberg – only now the ex-Formula One world champion has an altogether different outlet. Since his sudden retirement in 2016, Rosberg has embarked on a second career as an investor, with a particular focus on tech-leaning companies such as Uber [...]
Danny Welbeck a golden oldie among England’s young lions October 11, 2018 Gareth Southgate's calling up of precociously talented young guns Mason Mount, Jadon Sancho and James Maddison dominated the headlines when the England manager last week named his squad for upcoming Nations League games against Croatia and Spain. Their addition to an already youthful party is partly a consequence of injuries to World Cup picks such [...]
Gender bias is unprofessional, but shutting down the debate will only fuel further backlash October 11, 2018 To Albert Einstein, Emmy Noether was the most important woman in the history of mathematics. Her 1918 theorem was fundamental in the development of modern physics, explaining the connection between symmetry and conservation laws. Yet for several years, she had to lecture at the University of Gottingen under the name of a male colleague. Even today, few [...]
Theresa May’s crude policy is the wrong way to manage immigration October 11, 2018 The government's announcement of a new immigration policy post-Brexit has at least the merit of providing a clearer sense of direction – assuming Brexit happens and does so in a reasonably orderly way (which are some big “ifs”). The news also provides an opportunity to think, from first principles, what a sensible immigration policy should [...]
Theresa May launches consultation into forcing firms to report ethnicity pay figures October 11, 2018 KPMG, WPP and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) are among a number of businesses to have signed up to a new charter by Theresa May that aims to improve the recruitment and progression of ethnic minority employees. Alongside the charter the Prime Minister has also launched a consultation into mandatory ethnicity pay reporting, following last [...]
Kyle Edmund: Can the British No1 make it to the ATP Finals in London next month? October 10, 2018 Kyle Edmund may have lost last weekend in the semi-finals of the China Open, with eventual winner Nikoloz Basilashvili denying him the opportunity to win a maiden ATP title, but an even greater prize still remains well within his reach this year. The British No1, who has risen from 50 to a career-high 14 in [...]
Snap to challenge Netflix in new turn to original scripted content October 10, 2018 Snap has today announced it has expanded into the realms of original content, with 12 new shows lined up from the creators of popular TV shows such as Riverdale and Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Each of the 12 series will release new episodes daily, and be monetised by up to six seconds of unskippable advertisements. [...]
Pub giant Marston’s hikes profits as summer boom adds to sizzling sales October 10, 2018 Pub operator Marston's today said it expects to see higher growth in annual profit, after boosted sales in the summer led the turnaround from a disappointing first half of the year. The figures In a trading update before its preliminary annual results, Marston's said group turnover grew 15 per cent to more than £1.1bn. As [...]
NEX Exchange Profile: Sativa Investments PLC October 10, 2018 Gary Mead talks to Geremy Thomas, CEO of Sativa Investments – quoted on NEX Exchange and the UK’s first medicinal cannabis investment vehicle One of the leading proponents of medicinal cannabis in the UK today is Geremy Thomas, CEO of Sativa Investments (Sativa), which is quoted on the NEX Exchange and is the UK’s first [...]