Jimmy McLoughlin: Why training could put our AI fears to bed May 4, 2023 More than 1 in 4 Britons already think that AI could do their job better than them. That is the remarkable statistic that we found undertaking some recent polling alongside leading research firm, FocalData. Even more dramatically the number increases to just under 1 in 2 who think AI will do their job better in [...]
Property: Has spring sprung? Mini budget ripple blamed for keeping a lid on monthly sales April 28, 2023 UK residential transactions in March 2023 totalled 89,560 which was 19 per cent lower than the same month a year ago but 1 per cent higher than February 2023, according to HMRC. The seasonally adjusted figures also show the total of non-residential property purchases, including commercial and factory property was 10,640, three per cent higher than [...]
Air film review: Ben Affleck’s feel-good Nike movie April 27, 2023 Good Will Hunting besties Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reteam for the story behind the Air Jordan shoe, a product that still is the gold standard among sneaker heads but had a rocky road to infamy. This biopic follows Sonny Vaccaro (Damon), an executive at the struggling Nike brand who believes he has found basketball’s [...]
First Republic shares recover slightly as investors hope for a rescue deal April 27, 2023 First Republic shares recovered slightly on Thursday as investors hoped the bank would be rescued from collapse. Shares in the San Francisco-based lender were trading 11 per cent higher on Thursday, although as yet there are no signs of a rescue package. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Herman Chan suggested the rebound resulted from “short-covering” as “there hasn’t [...]
Why 2023 is the year of the litmus test for women’s rugby, cricket and football April 24, 2023 On Saturday afternoon more than 50,000 fans will descend on Twickenham Stadium to not only watch England’s final match of the Women’s Six Nations against France but also be part of history. Because the fixture is set to smash all previous records for attendances at a women’s rugby match and set a new standard in [...]
Ed Warner: Demise of UK Athletics is a scandalous situation April 20, 2023 I’ve largely kept my counsel on the shambles at UK Athletics since I left in 2017 but reports that the governing body is at risk of collapse have flipped my switch. Five years encompassing five chairs and six CEOs (some permanent, others interim), unnecessary politicking, pursuit of vanity projects, timidity and simple sloppiness have laid [...]
Stop pitting home ownership against the rental market, we need both for Londoners April 20, 2023 Slashing private landlord investment in the London rental market was a bad idea, and now we don't have enough properties to rent while people queue for viewings and prices skyrocket, writes Theresa Wallace
Premier League ‘shutting the door on those below’ by ‘distorting competition’ April 19, 2023 MPs have accused the Premier League of “shutting the door on those below” with the parachute payments system of financial redistribution to relegated football clubs. Julian Knight, chairman of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport select committee, urged England’s leading clubs to find a “fairer solution” that doesn’t have a “distorting effect on competition”. [...]
London flat sales beat pre-pandemic levels as property market stabilises April 12, 2023 Sales of London flats are up nearly 25 per cent on pre-pandemic levels, according to new data, in a sign that the City’s property market is starting stabilise. In March, flat sales in London were 23 per cent higher than in March 2019 – the first time monthly sales have been higher than in 2019 [...]
England’s Jason Roy heads to Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL for £275k April 5, 2023 England cricketer Jason Roy has accepted a late offer to join Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise the Kolkata Knight Riders. The opening batter has headed to the subcontinent for the remainder of the Twenty20 competition, which started last week, after India’s Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the 2023 edition with a lower back injury. Roy [...]