Dividend powerhouse: Growth in Asia fastest in the world despite HSBC’s £6.1bn drop October 19, 2021 Looking at income, dividend growth in Asia Pacific has been significantly faster than the global average, up 139 per cent over the last ten years, compared to 109 per cent for the rest of the world. Dividend growth in South Korea has been surpassed only by Russia over that period. And this has continued during the pandemic, which has [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today? October 19, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Azets Accountancy and business advisory services Azets has promoted Naomi Wells to Tax Partner. After joining the firm in 2015, Wells has been promoted several times, including to Associate Director in January. The appointment is one of [...]
Ron’s Gone Wrong, review: A family film with a tech twist October 18, 2021 It’s a sign of the times that an increasing number of family films are focusing on technology. The Jumanji movies moved from a boardgame to a video game console; Space Jam’s villain was a rogue AI; and one of the best family movies of this year, The Mitchells Vs The Machines, had our reliance on [...]
Number 10 does not deny Boris Johnson and wife had pal over at Christmas October 18, 2021 Number 10 has refused to deny Boris Johnson and Carrie Johnson had their friend Nimco Ali stay for Christmas last year as London was in lockdown, but insisted the pair “followed coronavirus rules at all times”. It is thought that Ali, who is godmother to the Prime Minister’s young child Wilfred, was in a childcare [...]
Virgin Media O2 takes on BT as £31bn merged entity rolls out first joint product October 18, 2021 Customers of both Virgin Media and O2 can expect their pay monthly mobile data allowance to be doubled, while broadband speeds will be upgraded to the next available tier, free of charge, the company said this morning. It is Virgin Media O2’s first joint product since the two company’s £31bn merger earlier this year to [...]
Virgin Media O2 takes on BT as £31bn merged entity rolls out first joint product – CityAM : CityAM October 18, 2021 Customers of both Virgin Media and O2 can expect their pay monthly mobile data allowance to be doubled, while broadband speeds will be upgraded to the next available tier, free of charge, the company said this morning. It is Virgin Media O2’s first joint product since the two company’s £31bn merger earlier this year to [...]
Nandy: Attacks on MPs are an attack on democracy October 17, 2021 The shadow foreign secretary has said she does not feel safe doing her job in the wake of the murder of Conservative MP David Amess. Labour’s Lisa Nandy, a close friend of Jo Cox, who was also killed in 2016, said the police’s response to fears over MPs’ safety has been patchy and that she [...]
Music industry ecstatic: Adele makes highly personal comeback with first new track in over six years October 16, 2021 Adele bares her soul in comeback single Easy On Me this weekend, her first new track in more than six years. The pop superstar, 33, described the period following her most recent album in 2015 as the most turbulent in her life. It saw her split from charity boss husband Simon Konecki in 2019 and [...]
PM pays tribute to Sir David Amess MP killed in fatal stabbing October 15, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid tribute to Sir David Amess MP, who was killed today in a fatal stabbing. In a statement, he said “all our hearts are filled with shock and sadness” at the news. The Prime Minister praised Amess’ public service record. He highlighted his efforts to end animal cruelty, reduce fuel [...]
Irritated Queen about COP26 in Glasgow: ‘I still don’t know who is coming’ October 15, 2021 The Queen has appeared to suggest she is irritated by a lack of action in tackling the climate crisis, and the monarch still has no clue who will attend the upcoming COP26 conference in Glasgow. Her remarks emerged in clips of a conversation filmed on a phone camera during a trip to Cardiff for the [...]