How Adam Smith can help solve Europe’s youth unemployment problem January 13, 2015 Youth unemployment remains a serious problem in Europe. There is the tiniest glimmer of hope in that, in November, the number of young people under 25 unemployed in the Eurozone was 58,000 lower than it was a year before. But that still leaves 3.4m without a job. In Italy, the youth unemployment rate is 44 [...]
Whistle Sports YouTube network secures $28m funding with investment from Derek Jeter and Peyton Manning January 13, 2015 YouTube sports network Whistle Sports has raised $28m (£18.55m) in a funding round that included American sports stars Peyton Manning and Derek Jeter as investors. The network, which distributes video content across 225 YouTube channels, has now raised over $35m in various funding rounds – including $7m in backing from BSkyB. Whistle Sports [...]
Green Party support among young voters climbs to tie with the Tories January 13, 2015 The Greens have been given some welcome news today as latest polls shows they are level pegging with the Tories for the youth vote. The Green Party has enjoyed a rise in the polls in recent months often hovering just below or above the beleaguered Lib Dems. Pollster YouGov each month's daily polls over 2014 [...]
This year’s best paid graduate jobs will be in accounting, law and finance professions January 12, 2015 Young people disheartened by sky-high university fees should set their sights on a career in the City, with accounting, law and finance professions set to pay the highest graduate salaries in 2015. Anyone about to embark upon their first year in investment banking could take home £45,000. Wannabe lawyers and ambitious financiers can expect to [...]
Art review: Fig-2 at the ICA Studio January 9, 2015 ICA Studio | ★★★★☆ Back in 2000, when “pop-up” was still something that only applied to children’s books, curators Mark Francis and Jay Jopling secured funding for a visionary idea. Fed up with the slow turn-around of shows at leading art institutions, they proposed Fig-1; 50 shows in 50 weeks, with consecutive artists exhibiting [...]
The 100 City people you need to follow on Twitter this year, day five: Thought leaders January 9, 2015 On the final day of our list, we've gone abstract: having gone through entrepreneurs, analysts, chief executives and economists, our final day provides some food for thought for those looking for a bit of inspiration in their Twitter streams. Whether they're well-known faces or small-time entrepreneurs; whether they've come up with a new way to [...]
Film review: Taken 3 cynically cashes in yet fails to achieve the high standard of knuckle-headedness set by the first two instalments January 9, 2015 Cert 12a | ★☆☆☆☆ Liam Neeson’s late-flowering as an action-hero is thanks in no small part to the menacing staccato he perfected in the first Taken film. He looks. He finds. He kills. But does saying everything. Like this. Amount to. Good acting? Delivered in such a way, even a nursery rhyme would sound threatening. [...]
TheTrainline.com IPO: Chief executive Clare Gilmartin is ready to test the markets January 8, 2015 Stock market flotations are very much at the glamorous end of business in the City. Relatively young firms are suddenly exposed to public markets, and gain huge recognition – not to mention financial rewards – for their hard work building the business. It is certainly an adventure for bosses and owners. Visits to investment banks [...]
Interview: Testament of Youth director James Kent discusses his Vera Brittain biopic January 8, 2015 First-time director James Kent won rave reviews for his Vera Brittain biopic when it premiered at the London Film Festival. A week ahead of its UK release, he talks to City A.M. Why did you want to direct a Vera Brittain biopic? Vera Brittain is a role model for young people who want to [...]
Rangers: A Phoenix Suns fan explains why Robert Sarver is “better than most” sports team owners January 8, 2015 Robert Sarver, the American financier and owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball franchise, is firmly set on a takeover of Rangers. The 53-year-old has now made two attempts to buy the Scottish football giant, after upping his original £18m bid by £2m as well as offering £6.5m as a short-term loan for emergency [...]