Stormzy and Wilfried Zaha team up to buy hometown football club Croydon Athletic June 27, 2023 Rapper Stormzy and Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha have agreed to buy their hometown football club, AFC Croydon Athletic. Stormzy and Zaha are part of a three-man consortium, which also includes former Palace kit man Danny Young, that has exchanged contracts for a takeover with the current ownership. No financial details have been disclosed and [...]
Lyle Hewitson brings punters one for The Multiplier April 21, 2023 SHA TIN in Hong Kong this Sunday hosts another interesting and competitive 10-race programme, with a mixture of four races on the all-weather surface and six on turf. With the odd exception, it hasn’t been easy for bettors in the last six weeks or so, with plenty of surprise results and numerous short-priced favourites not [...]
Mike Lynch: UK tech tycoon who founded software firm Autonomy is extradited to US May 12, 2023 British technology tycoon Mike Lynch has been extradited to the US to face criminal charges. The founder of software firm Autonomy, who was once dubbed the UK’s Bill Gates, will stand trial on charges including fraud, which he denies. It comes weeks after he lost an appeal last month following an almost four-year court battle [...]
In a world first: New Zealand imposes lifetime tobacco ban on anybody born after 1 January 2009 December 13, 2022 New Zealand today passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes. The law says that tobacco cannot ever be sold to anybody born on or after January 1, 2009. It means the minimum age for buying cigarettes will keep going up and [...]
Worst corporate jargon of the week awards: Jumping on a call February 1, 2024 At City A.M., we’re taking a stand and calling out the worst jargon which travels around the City faster than you can drink an overpriced pint. This week: jumping on a call.
Is making Saturday 3pm a TV showcase for women’s football really an open goal? November 25, 2023 Talk of using the protected slot to bring more fans to the WSL is admirable but far from straightforward.
A glass of wine with Pink Diesel rosé founder Amy Gatehouse May 31, 2023 Female-founded Pink Diesel rosé began as a pandemic passion project but made speedy waves with its tongue-in-cheek-yet-chic branding. Co-founder Amy Gatehouse is the woman taking it to the top. How did you get into wine? I grew up with it as my father’s hobby, but it was while working in hospitality in Hong Kong, pairing [...]
The Creator review: why this slick new action film is well worth your time September 28, 2023 Hollywood loves a bogeyman. In the 80s, films like Red Dawn and Rocky IV had antagonists in the Soviet Union. The internet, climate change, and terrorism are also drawn upon to provide villains. In the 2020s, AI has taken up that mantle. We’ve already seen Tom Cruise chase The Entity in the latest Mission: Impossible [...]
Tour operator Skiworld wipes out in Austria amid post-Brexit dip in UK chalet hosts June 22, 2023 Skiworld – the UK’s largest independent ski tour operator – has pulled out of much of its operation in Austria as a result of post-Brexit red tape, City A.M. has learnt. The London-based firm – which runs chalets across the Alps – told City A.M. that a dip in the number of UK staff it [...]
How can fintech close its gender pay gap? Top chiefs say regulation could be key April 17, 2023 Regulators should step in to help narrow a gender pay gap in the fintech sector or female leaders will continue to be shut out from top jobs, some of the UK’s top female fintech chiefs have warned.