How to make the ultimate working from home salad June 3, 2021 We asked Eleanor Warder, co-founder of healthy restaurant Atis, to talk us through her dream Working From Home lunch. Here’s what you need to make the Atis Azteca salad bowl: Chopped romaine Baby spinach Black beans Sweetcorn Avocado Feta Baked chipotle tortilla chips Pickled red onion Lime coriander dressing For my healthy lunch recommendation I’m [...]
New tech regulation mustn’t be allowed to stifle innovation June 3, 2021 There is scarcely any market that could not be described as digital in 2021. In ten years time, the phrase ‘digital market’ will be, effectively, redundant. We should be concerned, then, by the creation of a powerful new regulator with a remit to cover all ‘digital markets’. Read more: UK says any global tax deal [...]
Grape things afoot in Malta, the world’s smallest wine-producer June 3, 2021 The latest wine day to put in your diary is 20 March, which has just been proclaimed Girgentina and Gellewza Day. But you don’t have to wait until the vernal equinox of 2022 to sample Maltese wine. Malta is the world’s smallest wine-making country. Most of its wine is sold domestically so sometimes it’s easier [...]
RML Short Wheelbase in detail: new supercar, old-fashioned values June 3, 2021 With a V12 engine, manual gearbox and classic curves, the RML Short Wheelbase certainly gets the basics right. We visit the team behind it.
US slaps tariffs on UK goods in push for global tax deal June 3, 2021 The US has slapped new trade tariffs on six nations including the UK as President Joe Biden seeks to corral fellow economies into backing his proposals for a global tax deal. After announcing tariffs worth 25 per cent against $2bn worth of goods from the UK, Italy, Spain, Turkey, India and Austria, the White House [...]
Scots look away – the best whisky in the world is made in Taiwan June 1, 2021 The best whisky in the world is made in Taiwan by a company that started off making mosquito repellent and root beer. The King Car Group’s Kavalan 10th Anniversary Sky Gold Wine Cask Matured Single Cask Single Malt Whisky has just been named “Best of the Best” single malt at the recent Tokyo Whisky & [...]
Billionaires eye Bitcoin as crypto-related services expand June 1, 2021 CryptoCompare's Francisco Memoria gives us a rundown on what's happened in the cryptocurrency world over the last week.
Hong Kong HSBC and Citibank bankers threatened with prison if they deal with billionaire Jimmy Lai’s accounts May 27, 2021 Hong Kong HSBC and Citibank branches have been sent letters by the city’s security chief over billionaire media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s accounts – threatening up to seven years in prison, according to Reuters. The media moguls’ assets, including his stake in publisher Next Digital and local bank accounts, have come under fire in recent weeks [...]
EU set to open antitrust probe into Facebook’s classified ads business May 26, 2021 The EU is said to be on the brink of opening a formal antitrust investigation into Facebook following complaints from rivals about the platform’s classified ads business. Regulators have already sent questions to Facebook and its competitors asking whether the social media site distorted the classified ads market by promoting its Marketplace services for free [...]
Europe’s place in the global AI race May 26, 2021 History is a good predictor of the future. In the Eighteenth Century the industrial revolution led to technological, socio-economic and cultural changes that eventually transformed not just our quality of life, but also our expectations from life. The early adopters of technological change have compounded their progress ever since, and the earliest industrialized nations continue [...]