City A.M.’s Crypto Insider meets Oliver Worsley, Co-Founder and CEO of Worsleys Client Services August 28, 2018 Over the past few months I have attended many blockchain and crypto events and one young energetic entrepreneur kept crossing my path – Oli Worsley. It’s evident when meeting Oli that he is not your typical developer with a niche idea for disruption, nor is he the traditional financier looking to cash in on crypto [...]
Sam Torrance: European Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn is facing his day of reckoning August 27, 2018 Thomas Bjorn is facing a tricky time as his plans for the European Ryder Cup team begin to solidify. This week’s Made In Denmark tournament is the last event that counts towards qualification; a few days after that, Bjorn will name his four captain’s picks. He will consider the assets of all the potential candidates, [...]
Pope in Ireland: Child abuse scandal a source of ‘pain and shame’ for the Catholic Church August 25, 2018 Pope Francis said today on his first visit to Ireland that the failure of the Church to address child abuse by clerics was a "source of pain and shame for the Catholic community”. “I cannot fail to acknowledge the grave scandal caused in Ireland by the abuse of young people by members of the Church [...]
Long Weekend: Live like royalty at the incredible gothic Pennsylvania Castle on the Isle of Portland August 24, 2018 In Ian McEwan’s novella On Chesil Beach, a young couple honeymooning on the Devon side of the eponymous 18 mile finger of pebbles have such a massive blowout that they never see each other again. If only they’d been staying at the other end of Chesil Beach, on the Isle of Portland, they would probably [...]
New homes: All the new developments going on sale this weekend, including Help to Buy and Shared Ownership August 24, 2018 New developments on the market this week The Quarry, Bexley From £167,500 for a 50 per cent share of a £335,000 home Part-buy, part-rent 27 new homes in Erith on the border of London and Kent. Around 600 Shared Ownership and Help to Buy homes have been built on the site of a disused quarry [...]
WTF? Procter & Gamble looks to trademark millennial-friendly acronyms like LOL and NBD August 24, 2018 Consumer goods titan Procter & Gamble has reportedly applied to trademark millennial-friendly phrases such as 'WTF', 'LOL' and 'NBD'. It filed the trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office in April, and if successful will mean the company can use the acronyms to market its products. The company wants to use the phrases on air [...]
Opinion: Young families are moving out of London at an alarming rate but they may regret it in a few years time August 23, 2018 Young families in their 30s moving out of London escaping the rat race in search of better value, more space and good schools is nothing new. However, what is surprising is the rate at which this exodus in increasing. Net migration out of the capital – people moving out minus people moving in – was [...]
My sporting life: Synergy managing director Lisa Parfitt on women’s sport and her passion for running August 23, 2018 Synergy's managing director Lisa Parfitt on championing women in sport, running and her hockey umpire father. What is your sporting passion? My passion for any sport has never really faltered but my true energy and personal passion now is women’s sport. I have two young daughters and I want them to grow into strong, independent women [...]
La Liga to play matches in the US: Why the Premier League will be watching Spanish football’s stateside experiment closely August 22, 2018 The hackneyed joke about Spanish football’s top flight used to be that there was only one fixture worth watching: the bi-annual collision of domestic superpowers Real Madrid and Barcelona. La Liga’s announcement today that it is to stage matches in the United States has rubbished that notion further still – there will be no shortage of [...]
Is the rise in city living paying off for smart investors? August 22, 2018 City living is experiencing a renaissance and it’s the perfect time for savvy investors to take advantage. As more people choose to leave the capital for a better quality of life in regional city centres, Birmingham has quickly become the top destination for those leaving London. Investing in a regional city such as Birmingham represents [...]