Marvin Liao talks to BEQUANT July 14, 2020 Marvin Liao is an angel investor, advisor to several Family offices, ex-VC and ex-Tech & Media Executive. Marvin took a few minutes to talk to the team at BEQUANT about his views on COVID, crypto and the future of blockchain. 1. What in your view will happen to crypto post COVID? I think the growth of [...]
The City View: Miles Roberts on the packaging business July 13, 2020 Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS In today’s episode – the first recorded from City AM’s offices – Andy is joined by Miles Roberts, CEO of FTSE-100 packaging firm DS Smith. Miles and Andy discuss the impact of lockdown on packaging, what innovation looks like when it comes to cardboard, and post-Brexit goods regimes. They [...]
Major UK mobile networks vow not to reintroduce roaming charges after Brexit July 13, 2020 The UK’s four major phone networks — EE, Three, Vodafone and O2 — have vowed not to reintroduce roaming charges when Britain leaves the bloc in January, after the government today urged Brits to check with their mobile carriers for price changes ahead of the Brexit transition period deadline. The UK government today called on the [...]
UK unveils new three-stage post-Brexit border plan July 13, 2020 The UK’s post-Brexit border regime will come into place over three stages next year, with most businesses able to delay filling out any customs declaration forms until July. The border regime will be fully operation in July, with no customs checks at the border until this point, as the government plans to build 10 to [...]
Priti Patel scraps freedom of movement in new immigration rules July 13, 2020 Home Secretary Priti Patel today unveiled plans for a post-Brexit immigration system for the UK, which will see freedom of movement scrapped in favour of a points-based scheme and a crackdown on illegal Channel crossings. A new 130-page document presented by Patel in the House of Commons today abolishes the freedom of movement into the [...]
UK launches Brexit awareness ad blitz for tourists and businesses July 13, 2020 The government today has launched a £93m advertising blitz to prepare businesses and tourists for the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December. Advertising will focus on incoming changes to travel insurance and passport requirements for tourists heading to the EU, while also highlighting new trading regulations with Europe. Titled “the UK’s new [...]
G4S shares surge as it revises up earnings forecast July 13, 2020 Shares in security firm G4S have jumped nine per cent after it said a strong June has “significantly” boosted first-half earnings. In a short update, the international company said its “underlying earnings for the first six months of 2020 will be significantly above market consensus”. G4S put this down to “a resilient trading performance during [...]
Brexit: A quarter of British businesses ready for end of transition period July 13, 2020 Less than a quarter of British business leaders are ready for the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December, according to a new survey. A new survey from the Institute of Directors out today showed just 24 per cent of company directors thought their businesses were “fully prepared” and 19 per cent are [...]
Labour to boycott Facebook for one month over BLM concerns July 12, 2020 Labour has begun an advertising boycott of Facebook, after the platform has been accused of not removing racist posts in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. The party, which spent more than £1m on Facebook advertising during the last election, will not use the social media giant to place ads for the next [...]
Rishi Sunak eyes post-Brexit tax cuts for UK ‘freeports’ July 12, 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak will reportedly look to slash taxes and red tape to a cluster of cities and towns next year to provide a post-Brexit economic boom for Britain. The Sunday Telegraph reports that Sunak is drawing up plans to create 10 “freeports” in towns and cities across the UK where they will see sweeping [...]