Sadiq Khan has announced London’s first night czar is Amy Lamé November 4, 2016 It's that moment we've all been waiting for. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced the name of his new night czar, who'll be tasked with boosting the capital's nighttime culture. It's writer, DJ, performer and campaigner Amy Lamé. She'll be working with Khan, the Night Time Commission, businesses, councils, Met Police and Transport for London to [...]
Sharing economy stalwart Zipcar zooms into Belgium with its first free-floating car share service September 14, 2016 US car-sharing network Zipcar zoomed into its seventh European market today and launched its first free-floating service. The free-floating system allows Zipcar members to pick up and drop off one of the company's hired vehicles at any location within a set geographical area, rather than in a specified spot. Its new service is being launched in [...]
Uber vs London Taxi Drivers’ Association: Sajid Javid knows the benefits of enterprise November 24, 2015 One should never assume that a Secretary of State for Business will be, by nature, pro-business. Fortunately, the current occupier of the role, Sajid Javid, most definitely is. He possesses an instinctive understanding of the benefits of enterprise, competition and innovation. This perspective is doubtless the product of having witnessed his immigrant father save enough money [...]
10 years on: How the iPhone changed the world January 9, 2017 The iPhone got off to a subdued start when it was first unveiled by Steve Jobs 10 years ago Today. The decade anniversary of the device feels short and at the same time a lifetime. On 9 January 2007, we had no idea how the pocket sized computer would change our lives and business as [...]
Forget the crushing consensus of trigger warnings and safe spaces: Our world needs more contrarians November 28, 2016 The news that the London nightclub Fabric is to potentially reopen is welcome. The progressive house music played there provided an antidote to the chart-toppers heard in the more salubrious salons of the West End. Similarly, those who speak out and stand up for what they believe in provide a contrarian view to mainstream thinking. This [...]
Jaguar Land Rover will put driverless cars on Britain’s roads this year July 13, 2016 Jaguar Land Rover is the latest car maker to reveal its plans for driverless cars – and it aims to put them on Britain's roads incredibly soon. The car maker will begin introducing a fleet of driverless cars this year and by 2020, more than 100 of the vehicles will have hit Britain's roads on test routes [...]
Supermoon, Uber’s drama and Jeremy Corbyn’s 80s flashback: Here’s what got us talking this week October 2, 2015 It was the week in which everyone saw red – from water on the red planet to the rare super-blood moon to a sudden surge in the popularity of Donald Trump Halloween wigs. And, of course, the Labour Party conference. In fact, the only one not wearing rose-coloured glasses was Burger King, which unveiled a [...]
Telematics will make you safer and save you money – by disrupting the disrupters July 14, 2016 Telematics – the technology for collecting and analysing driver behaviour – has been transforming the face of car insurance for a long time. Now it is set to play a key role in how people engage with market disrupters such as Uber and Zipcar. These new entrants give people a great deal of flexibility in how [...]
Takeaway.com IPO: Is Europe about to get its next tech unicorn? September 19, 2016 Dutch dot-com startup Takeaway.com could be on the verge of becoming Europe's latest tech unicorn. The firm issued more details this morning about its long-awaited float on Amsterdam's Euronext exchange, with the company set to flirt with a €1bn price tag. Takeaway.com, founded in 1999, said its shares will go public on 30 September – Euronext's first IPO [...]
Managing taxes in the sharing economy: People who make money through Uber, AirBnB and Etsy could be under-stating their profits – and HMRC is coming to get you January 27, 2016 The self-employed tax return deadline is only days away, leaving the many individuals that have made money through sharing economy services like Uber, AirBnB and Etsy struggling to work out what, if any, tax they have to pay this 31st of January. But they have to get clued up fast because Revenue & Customs recently announced [...]