Guest Notes: Realpolitik at last, Cicero would approve, fintech breaking news and Speakers for Schools | City A.M. July 13, 2018 Like them or loathe them – the UK has tabled tangible proposals to the EU on our future trading relationship. I – like many in the City – wanted to see a comprehensive approach for both goods and services. As the City and the UK financial sector is our biggest trade earner, biggest taxpayer and [...]
Sorry ICO, fining Facebook will do nothing to fight fake news or stop data scandals | City A.M. July 13, 2018 Let’s be honest, Facebook has got away with it. Since 2014, it has had its hands in the cookie jar, taking our personal data and passing it on to companies like Cambridge Analytica, which could then do whatever they wanted with it. There were no checks, no balances, and no regulation to Facebook’s corporate actions. [...]
Trump’s in town, traders beware July 12, 2018 President Trump arrives in the UK today on his first UK state visit. The unconventional leader has been ruffling feathers, and has not been afraid to stand up for American interests. Theresa May will be on a charm offensive as the prime minister will be seeking a positive trading relationship with the US, especially with [...]
Building True Community July 10, 2018 Last week we looked at the competitive landscape of ICOs, and this week I want to talk about Community, and what true community building takes when running an ICO (and how to tell the fakes when participating). In the past, it was enough to have a loyal community around your project and to expect the [...]
City A.M.’s Crypto Insider interviewed Phillip Nunn, CEO of The Blackmore Group, a bespoke Investment House July 10, 2018 Phillip Nunn is becoming one of the UK’s, if not Europe’s, most influential online Blockchain and cryptocurrency experts, and has a social media following of more than 400,000 people organically grown due to the fascination surrounding this new, exciting and profound movement. Nunn has a background in financial markets and Fintech and has blended the [...]
Wimbledon 2018: What Roger Federer’s $300m Uniqlo deal tells us about the state of tennis sponsorship July 8, 2018 On the eve of Wimbledon, men’s tennis news was again dominated by the same old names: Andy Murray’s late withdrawal, Novak Djokovic’s re-built serving action, Rafael Nadal’s lack of grass-court preparation and, of course, Roger Federer’s bumper new kit deal with Japanese brand Uniqlo. This is no surprise to the casual fan, for the Big [...]
Businesses should be celebrating Pride all year round July 7, 2018 It’s no secret that people perform better when they are accepted without exception. Companies have a responsibility – both in terms of ethics and for the sake of business success – to create a culture that allows every employee to be themselves and reach their full potential. However, as we mark Pride today, it is [...]
DEBATE: Forget the Brexit dividend, should we pin our economic hopes on an England World Cup victory? July 6, 2018 Forget the Brexit dividend, should we pin our economic hopes on an England World Cup victory? Alastair Benn, news editor of Reaction, says YES. When Eric Dier swept home that penalty against Colombia, the whole pub erupted in joy. And I fell into a strange reverie. It seemed as if the dull present had been [...]
Lewis Hamilton interview: How the most decorated British racing driver in history, may be about to swap the track for the runway July 5, 2018 I find Lewis Hamilton quietly thumbing through a sheaf of technical sketches. But he’s not in a pit garage or race car factory perusing the work of aerodynamicists – he’s in Tommy Hilfiger’s Knightsbridge studio, studying pictures of sneakers. Just as he gives his Mercedes crew feedback, demanding different damper settings or more wing, he’s [...]
Jordan B Peterson interview: The unlikely conservative superstar on the high price of fame, causing offence and THAT interview with Cathy Newman July 5, 2018 Professor Jordan B Peterson’s apartment smells of meat. It’s 8am and his wife, Tammy, is fastidiously slicing a pile of steaks, frying them, and shovelling the unadorned results into a stack of Tupperware containers. It was Tammy, his childhood sweetheart who now works full-time for Peterson PLC, who greeted me when I arrived at his [...]