The winds of change for financial services have been a digital blessing October 14, 2022 Crypto AM columnist Jonny Fry examines how the financial services sector has embraced digital change in recent years.
Slack chief says offices should be social spaces where people ‘actually enjoy themselves’ October 14, 2022 The chief executive of messaging platform Slack has said offices should be social spaces where people “come together and actually enjoy themselves” rather than a place where people take video calls. Speaking with the BBC, Slack boss Stewart Butterfield said office time was particularly important for young people starting their career. “It’s hard to imagine [...]
Battersea Power Station opens doors to the public after decades since landmark closed October 14, 2022 After four decades out of action, London’s iconic Battersea Power Station is opening to the public today, as owners of the Grade II listed landmark hope to cement it as one of the capital’s top retail and leisure destinations. More than 60 shops and bars are opening today at the Art Deco development, including a [...]
Apple Watch Series 8 review: More of the same good stuff October 13, 2022 Place the new Apple Watch Series 8 on your desk besides the Series 7 and even Tim Cook would have trouble telling them apart. It keeps the same smooth curves and ultra-slim bezels as the previous generation, which itself only incrementally updated a design that had remained the same since 2018. Unlike the iPhone, the [...]
How Hawkes Cidery is making liquid gold from unwanted apples October 13, 2022 If you happened to be at this weekend’s third-tier clash between Forest Green Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, you may have been greeted by a strange sight: fans turning up with bulging sacks of apples. The club – dubbed the most sustainable in the country – is working with Bermondsey-based cidermaker Hawkes in its annual bid [...]
Ed Warner: F1 needs to fast track its cost cap procedures October 6, 2022 The headhunter was calling me about a CEO role at a top six Premier League club. He was building his long list of possible candidates. One of the lures was that half the salary would be paid outside the UK in a low tax jurisdiction, ostensibly for services rendered directly to the club’s overseas owners. [...]
Emily Pedersen on the Aramco Team Series and her dream of achieving pay parity in golf October 5, 2022 Emily Pedersen discusses the growth of women’s golf, her hope of seeing prize money parity in the sport in the near future, and the Aramco Team Series. Emily Pedersen has been one of the shining lights of European golf in recent years and the Dane is optimistic that the future looks bright both for her [...]
Outrageous raging inflation, and the distortion of CPI October 5, 2022 This week, Dr Chris Kacher pours scorn on CPI while speculating on what might happen if quantitive easing is introduced again.
Aramco Team Series New York: Who is playing at Trump Ferry Point? October 5, 2022 Aramco Team Series events are rarely short of star quality but the field for next week’s visit to New York is one of the most decorated yet. World No3 Nelly Korda will be aiming for her second successive win in the $5m series, after coasting to victory in the individual competition at Sotogrande in August. [...]
City sitdown: Private equity should learn to be more emotional, argues City grandee October 5, 2022 Whether you like it or not, private equity is a significant part of the UK economy and accounts for almost 50 percent of all deal value, double the level from just five years ago, according to a recent deal analysis from PwC. Its fingerprint has been all over household names including Asda, the AA, Morrisons and [...]