China bans government officials from using iPhones for work – report September 6, 2023 China has reportedly ordered officials at central government agencies not to use Apple's iPhones or other foreign-branded devices for work.
Land of milk and honey? Why New York may not be a panacea for UK firms September 6, 2023 When second-hand car platform Cazoo announced a shift onto the public markets in 2021, it looked from most angles to be a true-blue British success story. Just three years after its foundation, this Amazon of old cars would debut on the stock market and pocket its founder Alex Chesterman the multi-million dollar payday most entrepreneurs dream of. [...]
One Media shares soar 18 per cent after Gloria Gaynor and The Drifters amp up catalogue September 5, 2023 Shares in One Media IP rose as much as 18 per cent on Tuesday afternoon, after the digital music rights firm announced it has snapped up a new catalogue of iconic grooves. The AIM-listed content provider bought the licensor’s income share of the “Entertain Me” catalogue of rights which includes over 15,000 tracks from top [...]
Arm aims for £41bn valuation in IPO September 5, 2023 Cambridge-headquartered chip designer Arm is targeting a valuation of up to $52bn (£41bn) in its upcoming initial public offering in New York, the company said today.
How Swatch hopes to recapture the MoonSwatch magic with new Blancpain collab September 5, 2023 The groundbreaking, plastic-fantastic, injection-moulded Swatch watch was a fashion-forward crutch for Switzerland’s ailing giants 40 years back. It bolstered household names like Omega, Longines, Rado, Tissot et al, all desperately consolidated by the late Nicholas Hayek following the devastation wrought in the Seventies by cheap, electronic quartz tech’ from East Asia. Ironically, at the hands [...]
Suzuki Jimny by Twisted review: Small and mighty September 4, 2023 Twisted Automotive has given the Suzuki Jimny 4x4 a powerful turbocharged boost. John Redfern gets behind the wheel.
London Stock Exchange boss Julia Hoggett: We’ll fight for everything September 4, 2023 The London Stock Exchange has had a tough couple of years. The bourse's boss Julia Hoggett reckons she can turn it around.
It took Big Tech firms just six days to pay off $2bn in fines, new data shows August 30, 2023 Big Tech firms paid over $2bn (£1.6bn) in fines this year. But new data shows it took them just over six days to pay them off.
The Notebook: Rupak Ghose on the FTSE’s struggles, Goldman Sachs morale and the ludicrousness of LinkedIn ‘extreme CEO’ routines August 30, 2023 The fintech advisor on reinvigorating the stock market, fintech's payments problem and why nobody actually gets up at 4am to meditate
Online Safety Bill: UK tech superpower dreams could be crushed by over-regulation August 24, 2023 New rules in the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) are set to come into force tomorrow, while the UK’s Online Safety Bill (OSB) remains mired in parliamentary proceedings, reigniting the regulation debate among tech companies and industry experts. The OSB, which aims to enhance online safety and security for users within the UK, is [...]