City A.M.’s Devilishly Difficult 2017 Sports Quiz Part 1: The good and the bad of the sporting year December 21, 2017 It has been another vintage year of sporting drama, from the triumphs of Anthony Joshua and Lewis Hamilton to the disappointments of England’s failed Ashes defence and Usain Bolt’s anticlimactic farewell. But as the dust settles on 2017, how much have you remembered about those defining moments, or the storylines playing out off the field, [...]
UK house prices: Property transactions fell again last month September 21, 2017 The number of homes bought and sold in the UK fell again between July and August, providing further evidence the property market is beginning to stagnate. On a seasonally adjusted basis, property transactions fell 0.5 per cent between July and August to 103,490, figures by HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) showed. Although the figure is [...]
What happened when we got a job picking weed in California’s booming cannabis industry March 5, 2018 The rugged wilderness of Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity Counties, northern California’s “Emerald Triangle”, produces over half the cannabis consumed in the US. Every year, from September to December, the region swarms with seasonal agricultural workers known as “trimmers”, or “trimmigrants”, here to work the land to supply America’s legion of stoners. For years the going [...]
The UK high street gets an early Christmas present as high street sales get a boost for the first time since January November 4, 2016 Is the high street back on track? High street sales are back in positive territory after falling for the past nine months. Read more: Retailers in Mayfair and Bond Street to be hardest hit by rates hike According to data from accountants BDO, sales on the high street grew 0.7 per cent year-on-year in October. [...]
Sparking change: Formula E reveals plans to overtake motor sport rivals January 31, 2018 Nothing beats having an original Darth Vader helmet in your office to show you mean business. Alejandro Agag has a sickeningly impressive CV. Revered in his native Spain for political and business prowess, he was an MEP in his twenties before becoming a key ally of Silvio Berlusconi. Meanwhile, Agag continues to dine out on [...]
Boxing Day footfall slump points to domination of the online retailers December 26, 2016 Boxing Day high street retail sales have fallen sharply year on year as UK shoppers stay at home and push online sales to record heights, according to early data. Half day footfall fell by six per cent compared to Boxing Day last year, according to data from retail monitors Springboard. A decline of 16.6 per [...]
The digital nomads: How to pack a suitcase and start a new life working from abroad January 25, 2018 Who among us hasn’t dreamed of jacking in their day job to trade forex from a laptop in Malibu or open a beach bar in Thailand? You might have read The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss and asked why you haven’t yet “escaped the nine-to-five to live anywhere and join the new rich”. I [...]
Vue reopens historic Leicester Square cinema with new luxury leisure features July 10, 2017 Vue Cinemas has upped its food and drink offering in its newly refurbished Leicester Square site, which has been a cinema since 1938. The chain has put £6.6m into redeveloping its West End flagship, which reopens tonight. The site was originally built by Warner Brothers, and was taken over by Vue when the company absorbed [...]
Fifth consecutive monthly house price fall in August as more signs emerge of London market dragging September 20, 2017 London house prices recorded the biggest average fall of any region in England and Wales in August, according to new data, as the squeeze at the top end of the British property market continues. Prices in the capital grew by only 0.7 per cent in the year to August, as the average price dropped by [...]
Crossrail gets bigger: TfL to ramp up number and frequency of Elizabeth Line services with Reading ones doubled | City A.M. July 13, 2017 More services will be run on the Elizabeth Line than originally planned, Transport for London (TfL) announced today. Services from Reading will be doubled, while there will also be increased services to Maidenhead, Ealing Broadway, Southall and Hayes & Harlington when the line becomes fully operational at the end of 2019. TfL is bolstering the [...]