Why cinema is doomed: The picture house has weathered the storm of piracy, but the real cliff edge is still to come October 5, 2017 In April of last year, AMC, on the verge of buying out Odeon and becoming the largest cinema chain in the world, announced it was considering allowing people to use their phones during screenings. Its CEO, Adam Aron, justified this by saying, “When you tell a 22- year-old to turn off their phone, they hear [...]
WANdisco announces another boardroom shakeup as it appoints new non-exec director and interim finance SVP October 10, 2016 WANdisco's share price was up 7.4 per cent at the open after the company announced another boardroom shakeup this morning. The software developer has appointed William Grant Dollens as non-executive director. Dollens, 37, is currently managing member at Global Frontier Investments, a US-based investment manager, and portfolio manager for Global Frontier Partners, a shareholder in WANdisco. [...]
Fitness advice: There are get-fit-quick shortcuts, but be prepared for some hard work July 26, 2017 We see “before and after” photos all over the internet and in magazines, and many of us think, “Is this even possible? Are these photoshopped? Is that even the same person?” Some of the time-frames given are questionable, but you will be surprised what your body can do in a short space of time. [...]
FTSE reshuffles confirmed: Convatec and Smurfit Kappa replace Travis Perkins and Polymetal International in blue-chip index November 30, 2016 Medical products company Convatec has successfully made its way into the FTSE 100 after floating on the London Stock Exchange’s main market at the end of October. Convatec will be joined by Irish packaging firm Smurfit Kappa on the blue-chip index tomorrow morning. Making way are building materials company Travis Perkins, which was forced to [...]
The government will rake in nearly £25bn in “sin taxes”on tobacco, alcohol and sugar in 2018 August 7, 2017 The UK government will make a total of £24.7bn from so-called “sin taxes” by 2018, more than offsetting the cost smokers, drinkers and the obese have on the taxpayer, a new report suggests. With high levels of taxation imposed on “sin” industries, policymakers are ignoring the UK’s ageing population, which is the real threat to [...]
Former chief exec David Richards restarts the party as he heads back to WANdisco, but the software group’s chairman leaves in response October 6, 2016 The party has restarted for the former chief executive of Aim-listed software company WANdisco, David Richards, who was reinstated at the helm of the company he helped form this morning. In response, chairman Paul Walker and a non-executive director, Ian Duncan, have left the data storage and cloud computing group with immediate effect. "As independent non-executive [...]
This German unicorn tech startup could IPO as soon as next year August 7, 2016 Food delivery startup Delivery Hero could go public as soon as next year, its chief executive has revealed. The German startup, a so-called unicorn valued at more than $1bn, could IPO next year but is in "no hurry" and can wait for the right conditions. "Whether it will happen next year? It is quite possible," said [...]
Area guide for property in Richmond November 15, 2017 In a list compiled by accountancy firm Grant Thornton last year of the most “vibrant” places in England to live and work, Richmond-upon-Thames was the only place in London to qualify for the list. With more green space than anywhere else in the capital – and its biggest, most deer-stuffed Royal Park – Richmond is [...]
Taking a tour of Tokyo’s fish markets, karaoke bars and robot restaurants June 19, 2017 The best day I spent in Tokyo was when I woke up, with a start, asleep on my sofa still at 10am after staying out until five doing karaoke, drunk still but with a hangover headache. On the surface level I would not recommend this to anyone – the housekeeping woman was incredibly scared by [...]
Meet 26 of the hottest UK startups about to become household names as part of Tech City UK’s Future Fifty February 22, 2017 An innovative flower delivery startup, an online money transfer service and a recipe subscription service are among 26 of the hottest startups in the UK which have been identified as having the potential to become household names and globally recognised companies. Bloom & Wild, Azimo and Gousto are among the up-and-coming names joining the likes of fintech unicorn [...]