Government bans services exports to Russia – but UK lawyers excluded May 4, 2022 Ministers have announced a ban on services exports to Russia, including management consulting, accounting and public relations but excluding legal professions. In the latest tranche of sanctions from foreign secretary Liz Truss, Russian businesses will no longer be able to do businesses with UK professional services firms. Many businesses have already cut connections with the [...]
Armac Martin – Beautiful, brilliant, British manufacturers May 4, 2022 The Victorian-era designer and tastemaker, William Morris said in 1880: “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” Birmingham-based Armac Martin has met this ‘brief’ perfectly ever since it was established in 1929 by Harold McGrail to make luxury brass fixtures and fittings for high-end [...]
Focusrite – helping the world’s new musical talent be heard May 4, 2022 Focusrite Audio Engineering is no ordinary music equipment company. The company may sell a range of top products – and they have won this award for excellence in international trade – but it also puts its users, many of whom are musicians, first. Any visitor to Focusrite Group’s website, of which Focusrite Audio Engineering is [...]
Battle of the telcos: BT fails to block Virgin Media’s title as fastest broadband May 4, 2022 BT has failed in its bid to stop Virgin Media from claiming to be the faster broadband provider this morning as the battle of the telcos rages on. The world’s oldest telecommunications firm put in a complaint to the advertising watchdog about Virgin Media claiming to be the “UK’s fastest major broadband provider” in a TV ad and on its website. [...]
ApeCoin spiked because Elon Musk changed his Twitter profile pic to a BAYC ape May 4, 2022 ApeCoin, the native token of NFT platform BAYC, spiked after new Twitter boss Elon Musk changed his profile picture to an NFT ape collage.
Earth Day 2022 Q&A: Everything you need to know May 4, 2022 When Earth Day 2022 is celebrated around the world on Friday 22 April it will be its 52nd anniversary. But what is its history and what progress, if any, has been made since it was first celebrated in 1970? What is Earth Day? Earth Day is an annual global event to demonstrate support for environmental protection [...]
The City View: Michael Hewson on why calls for a windfall tax are misplaced May 3, 2022 Today Andy Silvester talks to Michael Hewson, Chief Market Analyst at CMC Markets. They pick apart the arguments for a windfall tax on BP, discuss potential rate rises from the Fed and Bank of England, and go through the impact that China’s zero-Covid policy has had on manufacturing in the country. And in other news [...]
Solving the metaverse’s key challenges by working together with influencers May 3, 2022 Fuad Fatullaev, founder and CEO of WeWay explains the entertainment ecosystem and NFT marketplace for creators, celebrities and their fans.
Dogecoin Google searches peaked on Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase May 3, 2022 Online searches for 'Buy Dogecoin' shot up by almost 400 per cent worldwide on the same day Elon Musk - one of the altcoin's biggest evangelists - bought social media platform Twitter.
Netflix cancelling Duchess of Sussex a ‘disaster’ for Harry and Meghan’s production company Archewell May 3, 2022 The cancellation by Netflix of an animated children’s series by the Duchess of Sussex is a big blow for Meghan and Prince Harry, a royal expert has said. Rafe Heydel-Mankoo said this morning: “That’s a complete disaster for Harry and Megan and Archewell Productions.” “Netflix is having big problems with a dip in subscriber numbers, [...]