London-based automation startup Softomotive scores $25m series A September 28, 2018 Business automation startup Softomotive will today reveal a $25m (£19m) series A investment, led by London investor Grafton Capital. Softomotive, which specialises in robotic process automation (RPA) plans to move its headquarters from Athens to London’s Spitalfields area with the new funds. Chief executive Marios Stavropoulos said that while the business is expanding across [...]
Fashion NFTs are more than just marketing January 5, 2022 Fashion guru Stefania Barbaglio argues the case for NFTs and the metaverse as the future of the industry.
Perella Weinberg partners take home slice of £16m profit September 12, 2018 Bankers at M&A advisory firm Perella Weinberg took home a slice of £16m profit last year. Operating profit for last year was £16.4m, almost double the £8.4m reported in 2016, and was divided between eight partners working for the investment bank in the City. Read more: Profits bounce back at Galliford Try but bypass woes loom The highest paid [...]
Perella Weinberg partners take home slice of £16m profit September 12, 2018 Bankers at M&A advisory firm Perella Weinberg took home a slice of £16m profit last year. Operating profit for last year was £16.4m, almost double the £8.4m reported in 2016, and was divided between eight partners working for the investment bank in the City. Read more: Profits bounce back at Galliford Try but bypass woes loom The highest paid [...]
Four common mistakes that can ruin your chances in a job interview March 19, 2019 By Dr Janina Steinmetz, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Cass Business School If you make it to the job interview stage of an application process, the prospect of a new job is very much in sight. Make a good impression and you are likely to get the opportunity you want. But imagine you get to [...]
Supreme Court to give Heathrow expansion the go-ahead, lawyer alleges – CityAM : CityAM December 15, 2020 The Supreme Court will tomorrow give Heathrow Airport’s expansion plans the go-ahead, a lawyer working on the case has alleged, overturning the Court of Appeal’s decision to block the project on environmental grounds back in February.Lawyer Tim Crosland said today that he was breaking the court embargo, and that in so doing he was committing [...]
Christmas shoppers shunned the high street, but attacking Amazon won’t help January 11, 2019 Between the fierce renewal of the Brexit saga, parliamentary shenanigans, and a particularly chilling cold front (interpret that literally or metaphorically, as you will), the merriness of Christmas feels like a thing of the past. But for the high street, it feels like Christmas never came at all. Reports of retail sales, released yesterday by [...]
Virtual world games development platform Improbable valuation tops $2bn after securing investment from Chinese giant NetEase | City A.M. July 27, 2018 Chinese tech giant NetEase has ploughed $50m into tech startup Improbable, pushing the value of the London-based virtual world firm to $2bn. The investment took the form of new shares, existing shares and a “small stake” in the company, and will strengthen Improbable’s competitiveness as it supplies game development technology to game-makers in Asia. Improbable, [...]
We planned a foodie road trip around Wales that you can complete in four days November 27, 2018 It took me 30 years to get to Wales. I never had an aversion to it, it was just easier to get on a plane than it was to learn how to drive. As a lifelong Londoner with no family to visit regularly beyond the M25, there was no immediate reason to learn, so I [...]
Luxury car maker Rolls-Royce achieves highest sales growth in 115-year history in 2018 January 10, 2019 Luxury car maker Rolls-Royce enjoyed a record-breaking year last year, as annual sales reached 4,107 cars – the highest in the marque's 115-year history. The main driver of growth was the company's Phantom model, which chief executive Torsten Muller-Otvos called "flight on land, a magic carpet ride in its purest form". Donald Trump-driven tax reforms in [...]