Channel 4 Ventures backs new Elvis show creator Layered Reality August 29, 2024 Channel 4 Ventures has backed Layered Reality, which recently won the rights to create an immersive experience based on the life of Elvis.
The Capitalist: City boys fight for £1k Oasis tickets as corporate demand explodes August 29, 2024 Oasis tickets look set to be the hottest corporate perk next year, with firms already splashing out for packages, The Capitalist has learned.
St James’s Place: How high fees hide the wealth manager’s real performance August 28, 2024 Investors who want to know how a St James’s Place fund compares to any other vehicle in the market have a problem: they just can’t do that. Traditionally, funds can be compared by taking into account the performance of their assets, minus the fees on the fund, and comparing that with other funds in their [...]
If proxy advisers can rattle Jamie Dimon, what chance do smaller firms stand? August 28, 2024 The power of proxy advisers has been enough to disturb big firms like JP Morgan and Astrazeneca, so what hope do the smaller players have?
Selection for the Paralympics and Olympics: Who gets to decide who competes? August 27, 2024 More than 4,000 athletes from 150 nations are set to compete in 22 different sports when the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris begin this week. The names selected have been confirmed over the last few months. Selection can cause controversy, as it did at the Olympics where the Netherlands’ beach volleyball squad made international headlines [...]
Meet the founder who built a £9.2m jewellery brand with a virtual storefront August 27, 2024 Olivia Jenkins, the founder of D. Louise, discusses how she transformed Instagram into a virtual storefront and her vision for the future of e-commerce.
‘Things will get worse before they get better’, Starmer to warn August 24, 2024 Britain will get worse before it gets better, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to warn in his first major speech since taking office.
Italian prosecutor announces manslaughter investigation over yacht sinking August 24, 2024 A manslaughter investigation has been opened into the deaths of seven people in the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily, an Italian prosecutor said.
‘Very unusual’ fire caused rocket explosion, delaying first space launch bid August 24, 2024 Engineers have identified a “very unusual” oxygen fire in a turbopump as the reason a rocket engine exploded during a test at the spaceport in Shetland earlier this week.
Bluesky: Social media site eyes politicians after ‘quite the influx’ of UK accounts August 24, 2024 Chiefs at social media site Bluesky have suggested they are eyeing politicians for their platform after X owner Elon Musk’s commentary on UK current affairs.