TV analytics platform Admo raises €6m in series B fundraising for London expansion January 24, 2019 Advertising analytics firm Admo.tv has secured €6m (£5.2m) in funding to help boost its presence in London, the company said today. Admo, which helps brands measure the impact of TV adverts on online traffic, raised the series B funding from venture capital firms Runa Capital, Entrepreneur Venture and Cap Decisif. Read more: Social media influencers promise [...]
Is Stefanos Tsitsipas’s progress at the Australian Open a sign of a changing of the guard in men’s tennis? January 22, 2019 Men’s tennis has a habit of proclaiming a new era, and the events at the Australian Open over the last week have once again pushed the sport’s favourite topic into the spotlight. Stefanos Tsitsipas’s defeat of Roger Federer on Sunday and his subsequent progression to the semi-finals, where he’ll face another all-time great in Rafael [...]
Volvo recalls over 200,000 cars worldwide as it discovers fuel pipes leaking into engines January 22, 2019 Volvo has recalled over 200,000 diesel cars over fears that fuel could leak into the engine, the company confirmed today. The recall, which affects 30,777 vehicles in the UK and 219,420 worldwide, comes after engineers found cracks in the fuel lines of several cars. In the company’s native Sweden it is recalling 37,000 cars, local [...]
This is the year for businesses to find their purpose in life January 22, 2019 One year ago, BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink called on businesses to define their societal purpose, sending a message to the corporate world that working towards profit alone was no longer good enough. Last week, Fink’s push towards purpose was in the papers again, when a hacker concocted an elaborate hoax in the form of [...]
West Indies v England preview: Hosts beset by off-the-field problems ahead of Test opener January 21, 2019 As well as with the idyllic Caribbean landscape, England begin their Test series against the West Indies on Wednesday against a backdrop of stark contrasts. While Joe Root’s side are looking up from their position of No3 in the world rankings following a positive run of results and the hosts languish in eighth, it is off [...]
Why have Premier League clubs made so few signings in the January 2019 transfer window? January 21, 2019 On the field, the action continues to come thick and fast in the Premier League. Liverpool and Manchester City remain locked in a title race of the highest quality, there are compelling battles both to finish in the top four and to avoid relegation, and the most recent round of fixtures saw not one but [...]
The new Urus is the world’s fastest SUV and an altogether different type of Lamborghini January 21, 2019 Remember the furore when Porsche launched its go-faster SUV, the Cayenne, in 2003? Po-faced purists were appalled, yet car buyers were enthralled, and BMW, Land Rover et al soon followed suit. Today, the Cayenne’s popularity means Porsche has effectively become an SUV company that also builds sports cars. Rewind to 1986, however, and it was [...]
Ancient Origins founder Joanna Gillan travels the world to write about history and explore historical locations January 21, 2019 What would be your ideal job? For some, it might be trying to make the world better by saving the pandas or cleaning up the oceans. Others may simply want to make lots of money while wheeling and dealing in a high-stakes career. But for many of us, I’d wager the ideal job would involve [...]
Stuart Law: Middlesex’s new hard-nosed head coach believes he can turn around club’s fortunes in 2019 January 20, 2019 It’s all change at Middlesex in 2019. After a disappointing season in which the team failed to secure promotion back to Division One and flopped in white-ball cricket, heads rolled. Richard Scott was sacked as head coach midway through the campaign, with coaches Richard Johnson and Dave Houghton then leaving for new roles at Surrey [...]
EU digital tax could be agreed by March, says French finance minister Bruno Le Maire January 20, 2019 The European Union could reach an agreement on details of a digital tax by the end of March, the French finance minister has said. Talks among EU ministers aimed at aligning the taxation of online businesses broke down in December. A number of smaller member states, including Ireland, Sweden and Denmark, opposed the plan and [...]