The Queen of Shops: Helen Dickinson on Brexit, Labour and the changing face of retail August 5, 2024 Ali Lyon sits down with the head of the British Retail Consortium to discuss Brexit, Labour and the changing face of retail
Top whisky to drink this Burns Night January 24, 2024 Tomorrow is Burns Night, the annual celebration of Scotland’s national poet Rabbie Burns. It’s an excuse, if one were needed, to drink whisky
Dolly Parton’s Christmas Carol, Southbank Centre review: Catchy new tunes in touching show December 15, 2022 As a title, Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol doesn’t give away much. It inevitably conjures images of Parton herself: her widely permed hair and even wider smile, an image as familiar and iconic as the Coca-Cola sign. Eavesdropping on conversationsn in the foyer of the Southbank Centre, it was clear that audiences hadn’t got [...]
The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on why holiday spirit isn’t enough to power airlines’ profits October 10, 2023 Where the City’s top thinkers get a few things off their chest. Today, Interactive Investor’s Victoria Scholar takes the pen. Holiday spirit not enough to power airlines’ profits Global airline capacity (number of seats offered multiplied by distance flown) is finally on track to restore its pre-pandemic levels, according to data from Circium, reported by [...]
The Notebook: Gavin Poole on AI, London’s esports crown and virtual reality skills June 7, 2023 The Notebook is where interesting people say interesting things. Today, it’s Gavin Poole, chief executive of Stratford tech hub Here East. Friend or foe? Why we should avoid snap calls on the future of artificial intelligence Last week, almost every front page of our national newspapers quoted the ‘AI pioneers’ warning us that AI advancements [...]
The Notebook: Here East’s Gavin Poole on AI, esports and Tech Week June 7, 2023 The notebook is a place for interesting people to say interesting things. Today, it's Gavin Poole, CEO of Stratford tech hub Here East
Are you asking the right questions about your building’s energy usage? January 22, 2024 Businesses are finally asking the question – ‘how much energy are we using, and how can it be reduced?’. It seems the energy crisis, however you view it, did have one upside. I say ‘finally’ because I’ve been waiting a long time for this. Having spent 30 years in building services, selling energy saving control systems for [...]
Help create a smokefree generation February 15, 2024 The UK is embarking on the most significant public health measure in a generation: stopping the start of new smokers – for good The UK is leading the way in creating a smokefree generation. New legislation, one of the most significant public health measures in a generation, will make it an offence to sell tobacco [...]
David Carrick failures see the Met betray the trust of Londoners – again January 16, 2023 A failure of leadership? A broken culture? An abject lack of responsibility? All three seem evident at the Metropolitan Police – an organisation which has lost the trust of Londoners. Yesterday’s lurid details of the crimes of David Carrick – a serial rapist who used his warrant card to win the trust of his victims [...]
De Sousa set to Enchant Sha Tin crowds once again November 11, 2022 BANK on former three-time British champion jockey Silvestre de Sousa to continue his winning streak, when he arrives at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Saturday morning, with a full book of rides on the ten-race programme. De Sousa can’t stop riding winners at present, with six wins from his last 14 rides, and including [...]