Zac Goldsmith: 2016 London mayoral candidate hits back at Labour over business record October 14, 2015 Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith has hit back at Labour attacks on his business record, defending his positions on Heathrow expansion, the European Union and the role of business in the capital. The Richmond Park MP told City A.M. in an interview yesterday: “I don't think we've ever had a Labour party that is more [...]
Legal sales of cannabis net Oregon shopkeepers $11m October 13, 2015 Money may not grow on trees, but it seems to be growing on cannabis plants on Oregon in the US. In the first five days since the sale of marijuana was legalised in the state, sales have reached an estimated $11m (£7.2m). The Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Association reported that $3.5m was taken in the [...]
Boomerang employees: As Jack Dorsey returns to Twitter, why rehiring a former colleague is not always a win-win scenario October 13, 2015 Last week saw Jack Dorsey return to the helm at Twitter, taking up the chief executive position he initially held after founding the company in 2007. His familiarity with Twitter’s structure is an asset, but Dorsey comes with baggage, and his refusal to leave his post at payments company Square is provoking some concern. [...]
Companies can buy letters to protest TfL’s Uber crackdowns October 11, 2015 Are you team TfL or team Uber? Things have been hotting up between the two transport forces this month. After TfL proposed restrictions on the rival car hire service such as a minimum waiting period, Uber have hit back with their own petition. Now, Propeller PR chief Martin Loat is giving Londoners the chance to have [...]
Nick Hewer on Uber, Jack Whitehall, true entrepreneurship and the dream of a Labour Party coup October 11, 2015 I’m very wobbly. I feel homeless – it’s a huge hole,” says Nick Hewer who, after nine years and 10 series as Alan Sugar’s right-hand man, has left The Apprentice. But the 71 year-old businessman isn’t talking about leaving the show; he’s describing what it feels like to have voted Labour since 1964 and now [...]
Uber consultation: Why everyone should calm down over Transport for London’s minicab proposals October 7, 2015 When TfL announced a timely and entirely appropriate review of the regulations governing London's Private Hire Vehicles (minicabs to you and me) both the headline writers and spin doctors went into overdrive. Uber faces massive crackdown in London and Uber under threat in London we read. Uber's lavishly resourced communications team swung into action, ludicrously describing the proposals [...]
This generation of children will work until they’re 100 and work 40 jobs, warns futurologist Rohit Talwar at headteachers’ conference October 7, 2015 Thought millennials were changing the workplace? They're nothing compared to today's generation of children, who will have careers that are almost unrecognisable compared with the current workforce, a futurologist has warned. Rohit Talwar, the founder of trend researcher Fast Future, told a headteachers' conference in St Andrews yesterday that kids today will have "portfolio careers" that could [...]
Microsoft Surface Pro 4: Tech giant unveils new smartphones, tablets and fitness tracker October 6, 2015 Microsoft today unveiled a range of new products heralding what has been described by the company as its “next chapter”. This included a new line of Lumia smartphones, a new surface pro tablet as well as an updated version of its fitness tracker, Microsoft Band, which will run on its latest operating system Windows 10. [...]
Tory MP Richard Fuller backs Uber London calling for parliament to scrutinise TfL’s proposals for new laws October 6, 2015 A member of a powerful commons committee is calling on colleagues in parliament to scrutinise Transport for London (TfL) over its drastic new proposals to impose draconian regulations on Uber and other private hire car services. Richard Fuller, a Conservative MP who sits on the business select committee, told City A.M. the proposals were “precisely [...]
Boris Johnson on Uber: London mayor thinks Uber app is breaking the law October 5, 2015 Boris Johnson has said he believes the Uber app is "systematically" breaking the law, weighing in on the fight between Uber, Transport for London (TfL) and black cab drivers and laying out his position for the first time in detail. The Mayor of London insisted proposed new rules are not about blocking the app, but [...]