Travel dreams: Where City A.M. staffers want to visit next January 29, 2021 As we approach the end of yet another month of lockdown, we asked the staff at City A.M. where they want to travel for their first post-coronavirus excursion. From the chilly wilds of Sweden to the neon-soaked streets of Tokyo, let us take you on a meandering journey through the psyche of our journalists. Andy [...]
Tesla shares set for worst day in six months as tech sell-off bites September 8, 2020 Tesla’s share price fell more than 18 per cent as Wall Street opened this afternoon, putting it on track for its worst performance in nearly six months as investors spurned US tech stocks. The electric carmaker was excluded from a group of companies being added to the S&P 500 index — a milestone the company [...]
How do you know a good broker from a bad one? January 20, 2021 Back in the halcyon days of the early world wide web, if you wanted to find out if a product or service was any good, you didn’t have bucket loads of choice. After trawling through some questionable forums and ‘web blogs’, any reviews you found were likely to be about as reliable as your dial-up [...]
Boris Johnson’s plan to tackle obesity must be backed by behavioural science March 15, 2021 The last 12 months have revealed clear links between obesity and Covid-19. As the Government pledges £100m to tackle this next great health challenge, what will it take to reduce our national waistline for life – not just life after lockdown? This month, the Government unveiled a new incentives and rewards approach designed to tackle [...]
Software giant Aveva buys OSIsoft in $5bn mega-merger August 25, 2020 Industrial software giant Aveva today said it has agreed to acquire US tech firm OSIsoft in a $5bn (£3.8bn) deal. Aveva said the tie-up would bring together the two companies’ “complementary product offerings” in industrial software and data management. The FTSE-listed firm said it will fund the takeover through a combination of rights issues and [...]
UK looks at curbing use of products made from illegal deforestation August 24, 2020 A new law that would fine UK companies for using products in their supply chains that have been grown through illegal deforestation is being considered by the government. The proposed new legislation, which will soon be put through a consultation phase, would see companies forced to show that products in their supply chain – like [...]
Pret a Manger launches coffee subscription to battle lockdown sales slump September 4, 2020 Pret a Manger has announced it will launch a coffee subscription service as the coronavirus pandemic continues to challenge the cafe chain’s business model. Pret, which has announced 2,300 job cuts due to the Covid-19 crisis, said the £20-per-month subscription is the first step in its “new digitally-led, multichannel strategy”. The initiative, which will launch [...]
How do you solve a problem like Bitcoin scaling? July 17, 2021 Steve Shadders, Chief Technical Officer with nChain, discusses the Bitcoin scaling problem.
ITV warns on ‘challenging’ ad market as pandemic hits profit March 9, 2021 ITV today warned that the advertising market remained “challenging” as it reported sharp falls in revenue and profit due to the impact of the pandemic. The London-listed firm, which last night aired Oprah Winfrey’s eagerly-awaited interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, posted a 16 per cent drop in total revenue to £2.8bn in 2020. [...]
Chicken feed: Deliveroo signs restaurant deal with Nando’s September 11, 2020 Chicken lovers will now be able to order Nando’s to their door after the restaurant chain signed a partnership with Deliveroo. The food platform today said it will roll out delivery for Nando’s meals nationwide, with 360 restaurants now taking orders. The peri-peri favourite previously offered its own delivery service, though this was only available [...]