TechRadar owner Future snaps up WhatCulture.com and Waive in a video and data push March 24, 2022 The Week and TechRadar owner Future has snapped up WhatCulture.com, a digital-only entertainment publisher and Waive, a data insight platform. WhatCulture is a digital-only brand focused on the gaming and entertainment market. WhatCulture’s website and 11 YouTube channels have respectively three million users and over eight million subscribers. Around 70 per cent of its revenue [...]
Say hello to the 3:2 week: What a new working life looks like for many Brits in 2022 March 24, 2022 Two years on since working from home was first introduced for many Brits, new research shared with City A.M. today shows that Brits have reached an era of balance, as today’s office workers now spend three days a week working in the office, and the other two working remotely. The new 3:2 week has had [...]
Chelsea handed £30m cash boost and permission to sell tickets as government relaxes licence March 23, 2022 Chelsea have been handed a £30m boost from the government and given permission to sell some tickets again. The strict licence that the Premier League club has been operating under since owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned was relaxed slightly today. It means Chelsea can receive up to £30m from their parent company “in respect of [...]
Three Amazing Tech Companies Hiring Right Now March 23, 2022 If you’re planning to change jobs in the coming months, you’ve come to the right place. Our lovely job board is set to be bursting with amazing opportunities this year, and we’re excited to share them with you! This week, we’re shining a bit of a spotlight on some of the brilliant tech companies that [...]
Abrdn urges housebuilders to go further than legal requirements in coughing up cladding cash March 23, 2022 FTSE 100 asset manager Abrdn has called on housebuilders to do more than the bare minimum to foot the bill to fix blocks with unsafe cladding. According to a report from Sky News, the City investor has written a letter to big players in the construction sector, urging them to do more than they are [...]
As it happened: Rishi Sunak’s Spring Budget 2022 March 23, 2022 Live updates and links to all our coverage, reactions and analyses as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivers the government’s Spring Budget for 2022 . Please do get in touch and let us know your opinion via news@cityam.com or @Cityam With the cost of living crisis, rising inflation, war in Ukraine and [...]
Cool runnings: Bobsleighing royals William and Kate are an absolute hit in Jamaica March 23, 2022 When William clambered into the training sleigh during a visit to Bob Marley’s old Kingston neighbourhood of Trench Town, Kate did not hesitate and jumped in behind him. Yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge tried out a bobsleigh made for two under the watchful eye of Jamaica’s latest Cool Runnings team. Chatting to women [...]
Exclusive: Jobs in London’s £30bn green sector to double by 2030 March 23, 2022 The number of green jobs in central London is expected to double by the end of the decade – and double again by 2050 – according to research shared exclusively with City A.M. today. The green sector, which generated around £29bn in 2021, will host 335,000 jobs in the capital by 2030, research by Central [...]
UK ‘not protected from economic consequences’ of Russia sanctions, say MPs March 23, 2022 An influential Westminster committee has claimed the British economy is “not protected from the economic consequences” of western sanctions against Russian oil and gas, and that Rishi Sunak must bring forward help to the country’s lowest earners. A report from the Treasury Select Committee said the UK government was “right to insist” on wide-ranging sanctions [...]
Oil rally stalls as EU remains split on sanctions March 22, 2022 Oil prices stumbled today as the prospect of an EU embargo on Russian oil faded - while the dollar also strengthened in the US.