Chelsea Digital Ventures: The tech business spun out of a football club November 17, 2021 Look closely next time Romelu Lukaku or Pernille Harder takes a mid-match drink and you may notice something that marks Chelsea out from other football clubs. Because instead of taking a swig from a bottle of Lucozade, or another well known sports hydration brand, players at the west London club have their own in-house product. [...]
Murray Parish Trust teams up with Coinpass as crypto exchange partner November 17, 2021 The Murray Parish Trust has partnered with coinpass.com as its crypto exchange strategic partner.
Arts sector output more than halved as one in two creatives were furloughed November 17, 2021 The arts, culture and heritage sectors suffered a 60 per cent decline in output due to pandemic restrictions with a “catastrophic effect”, according to a new report. Around 55 per cent of jobs – 450,000 people – were furloughed in the sector, which was second only to hospitality and well above the national average of [...]
Miramax sues Quentin Tarantino as studio tries to stop Pulp Fiction NFT auction November 17, 2021 Director Quentin Tarantino has been sued by Miramax over the director’s plans to create and auction off a series of NFTs based on Pulp Fiction. The entertainment company alleges that Tarantino’s planned offerings violate the copyrights it holds to the director’s 1994 film, according to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles. Tarantino [...]
Daily Mail publisher DMGT announces leadership shakeup November 16, 2021 The chief executive of dmg media is stepping down after 25 years triggering a leadership shakeup. Kevin Beatty is stepping down as of today and DMGT has announced plans to hand over leadership to internal hires with experience at the company. Rich Caccappolo, the current chief operating officer of the Mail Online will take over [...]
Reading financial news: The top 10 avoidable distractions November 16, 2021 If you’re like me, you’re bombarded daily by financial news that screams for your attention. But a lot of what we read is either irrelevant, shallow, or incomplete and hence misleading and distracting from an investment perspective. I’ve identified the top 10 distractions, the kind of stories that have no value or insight and can be easily [...]
Netflix renews contract to double the size of Shepperton Studios November 16, 2021 Netflix renews contract with the Pinewood Group for the use of Shepperton Studios that will double the size of its production space at the production facility. The Surrey-based facility is also set for a major expansion that will add almost 1 million square feet of new production space, with the overall studio set to comprise [...]
LV= rejects new Royal London offer and stands by £530m Bain takeover November 16, 2021 Mutual insurer Liverpool Victoria has turned down the latest offer from its competitor Royal London which had proposed dismantling the business, amid increasing criticism over a £530m proposed takeover which would end the firm’s member-owned status. LV= has been pushing its members to vote to allow the controversial takeover deal by US private equity firm [...]
East End borough revealed as most at risk to online shopping scams November 16, 2021 Tower Hamlets in east London is the area most exposed to online shopping scams, according to cybersecurity experts. VNPOverview has pinpointed the borough as having the highest percentage of online shoppers in the UK, after an analysis of official data. It estimated that 90.68 per cent of people over 18 in the borough are preparing [...]
Bitcoin drops below $60k for first time in fortnight November 16, 2021 The cryptocurrency markets are down this morning, with the prices of both Bitcoin and Ethereum dropping almost 10% over the past 24 hours.