Seeing Machines gets huge boost from auto giant Mitsubishi December 23, 2024 It has been announced that Japanese auto giant Mitsubishi will invest £26.2m into the Aim-listed automotive tech firm Seeing Machines. The partnership will see Mitsubishi’s electric mobility arm become a significant shareholder in the company, taking a 19.9 per cent holding. Shares in Seeing Machines soared nearly 20 per cent on the news. Launched in [...]
Shop staff ‘facing Christmas crime wave’ with more shoplifting cases unsolved December 23, 2024 Shop staff are facing a “Christmas crime wave”, an MP has warned as new figures revealed an average of more than 650 shoplifting offences a day went unsolved in the past year. In the year to March 2024, 245,500 investigations were closed without a suspect being identified – an average of 672 a day – [...]
That video call could have been an email: After four years, are Brits sick of WFH? December 23, 2024 There is a brilliant novelty about working from home. Household amenities are always within reach, transport fares are reduced to the difficulty of moving from your bed to the desk, and no one steals your food from the fridge. But, after more than four years, has it become a nuisance? Around 40 per cent of [...]
Will Trump mean more American expats coming to the UK? December 22, 2024 As leaders sit on the edge of their seats, bracing for the impact of Trump’s tariffs, they may find an offset – albeit a slight one – in the form of American expats joining their economies, says Bill Sedat Frater Reflecting on the US elections, it’s hard to ignore the role tax policy played in [...]
Our film editor’s 15 best movies of 2024, from Dune to Poor Things December 21, 2024 It’s been a hugely significant year for the movies: Hollywood got back to work after the 2023 strikes, the superhero genre continued to nosedive and nostalgic sequels were all the rage. As the year wraps up, City AM Film Editor Victoria Luxford picks her 15 best movies of the year. The Holdovers (January) Destined to [...]
Chung and Superstar to shoot to the top December 20, 2024 YOUNG three-pound claiming rider Angus Chung would have left the midweek racing at Sha Tin on a high, after a pillar-to-post victory riding Young Brilliant, and he looks sure to adopt similar tactics for the same ownership, when climbing aboard YOUNG SUPERSTAR in the Pok Oi Cup (8.10am) over six furlongs. It hasn’t been easy [...]
Behind the Scenes with Lisa O’Rahilly: Ten Trinity Square’s General Manager December 19, 2024 Q: To start, can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you ended up at Ten Trinity Square Members Club?Lisa: “The short version! I’m Irish, and I’ve spent over 25 years globe-trotting with Four Seasons, calling three continents home—Australia, the US, Europe—and even spending a few adventurous months in Russia. I [...]
The Capitalist: Bunking off work and rationing at Christmas time December 19, 2024 Not turning up for work, an end to bonuses and mindfulness goes out the window: it’s the Christmas edition of The Capitalist Bunking off? That’s the festive spirit As the days and hours creep encouragingly towards that great long stretch of dead time we call Christmas, the topic of skiving off from work has become [...]
Devolution will give London the powers it needs to thrive December 19, 2024 The government’s plans for a new era of devolution means three things for London, all of which have the potential for the better and for good, says Sadiq Khan When the late, great John Prescott outlined his vision for a Mayor to lead our capital, he said it would “provide a choice and a voice [...]
Square Mile and me: Co-founder of Wildfarmed Edd Lees December 19, 2024 Each week we dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Edd Lees, takes us through his career which went from finance to farming What was your first job? Working on a stall in Leeds market. What was your first role in the city/business world? Junior in a derivatives trading firm immediately [...]