Oinkredible: British national Peppa Pig is nearly a $1.5bn global brand November 28, 2016 She may look innocent, and maybe even a little cute, but don’t underestimate Peppa Pig. The young British swine, who first appeared on Channel 5 in 2004, is estimated to be a near-$1.5bn (£1.2bn) global brand thanks to growth in the United States and China, where she has started appearing on the major state television channel. Entertainment [...]
Focus On Peckham: How it went from Only Fools fame to be the first time buyer capital of London November 25, 2016 Whatever you think about 2016, it’s been a billboard year for Peckham. Two large houses near Peckham Rye station sold £2.5m this year, a record price for the area, firmly cementing SE15’s fast-growing reputation as a desirable place to live. It’s not bad for an area that is embedded in the national psyche as the [...]
Businesses must act now to avoid a cyber-security skills deficit November 25, 2016 An unnamed 17-year-old computer hacker from Devon has now pleaded guilty to seven charges under the Computer Misuse Act for hacking the British telco TalkTalk earlier this year. Unfortunately he is not alone. He is just one example of tech-savvy teens in need of guidance. Safeguarding critical systems and networks is becoming more important for businesses [...]
Lewis is the last of a dying breed, says father of Formula One world champion November 25, 2016 British world champion Lewis Hamilton is the last of a dying breed of Formula One drivers from less privileged backgrounds and the sport will never see his like again, says his father Anthony Hamilton. In an exclusive interview with City A.M. Hamilton Sr also reveals his conviction that his son will defy the odds and [...]
Anthony Hamilton, father of three-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, tells the story behind his new project – Kicktrix November 25, 2016 How do you raise the next Andy Murray, the next Laura Trott, the next Gareth Bale? Anthony Hamilton, father and former manager of three-time Formula One world champion Lewis, should have some idea. Speaking to City A.M., Hamilton is intrigued when I mention a theory popularised by authors such as Malcolm Gladwell and Matthew Syed, [...]
Gavin Turk’s Who What When Where How and Why at Newport Street Gallery is proof he has brains as well as balls November 24, 2016 The double-height room in Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery – recently home to Jeff Koons’ giant Balloon Dog – lies empty save for an English Heritage blue plaque reading “Gavin Turk worked here, 1989-1991”. This is the piece, entitled Cave, that infamously caused his tutors at the Royal College of Art to refuse to present [...]
Your Name: this Japanese body-swap disaster anime is the most beautiful film of the year November 24, 2016 Your Name is ridiculously, heartbreakingly beautiful. Every frame is filled with flourishes that amaze and delight; a sunbeam refracted in a tear-drop, motes of dust swimming in the morning light, the technicolour trail of a mysterious comet. It’s the latest film from the hip young gunslinger of Japanese animation, Makoto Shinkai, and it arrives in [...]
Financial advisers rile at plans to shift offshore tax notification burden November 23, 2016 Financial advisers will have to tell UK authorities about clients' complex offshore tax structures, according to new government proposals. Today's Autumn Statement contained plans to consult "on a new legal requirement for intermediaries arranging complex structures for clients holding money offshore to notify HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of the structures and the related client lists". Read more: Brexit [...]
My House: Preston Fitzgerald, an art and antiques collector who’s turned his home into a pop-up exhibition space for young artists November 23, 2016 I’ve been living in London with my partner for 21 years now, having moved here from New York City. I had come from a sales background, but left that behind when I went back to school to get my postgraduate degree in art history. When I began working at Sotheby’s in furniture and contemporary design, [...]
Shares in Aim-listed nickel sulphide explorer Amur Minerals skyrocket 200 per cent in a month November 23, 2016 An Aim-listed nickel sulphide explorer's share price has risen 200 per cent in the last month and 60 per cent in the last five days after a slew of new agreements. Amur Minerals, which is developing the Kun-Manie nickel, copper and sulphide project in the far east of Russia, got a 21 per cent share [...]