Mobile surge coming as reserve currencies reach life expectancy April 27, 2021 Mobile devices will economically empower the masses, says Dr Chris Kacher, as reserve currencies bow out.
Volkswagen T-Roc R review: the hot hatch reaches a new height January 20, 2021 The Volkswagen T-Roc R combines the style of an SUV with the speed of a hot hatchback. Does that make it the perfect modern performance car?
UK space race fires up in first Shetland rocket launch June 15, 2020 Scottish firm Skyrora completed the first ever rocket launch from the Shetlands over the weekend, as the UK space race continues to heat up. The 6.5 feet tall Skylark Nano rocket was launched from the Fethaland Peninsula at North Roe on the Scottish island on Saturday, utilising the area’s remote location to its advantage. The [...]
Afdhel Aziz: Accountants should help businesses realise good is the new cool September 6, 2021 This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. Afdhel Aziz left a successful career in marketing to found his purpose consultancy, Conspiracy of Love. He tells Laurence Eastham why accountants must help businesses redirect their energies from ‘cool’ to ‘good’ There’s no denying that Afdhel Aziz is cool. He joins the interview with CA magazine from [...]
IFGS 2023 April 14, 2023 IFGS returns for its 9th year to the historic Guildhall in the City of London to welcome the brightest and best from the financial services and fintech ecosystem and discuss the key issues facing the sector now and in years to come. City AM and Impact AM will be onsite as media partners for the [...]
BoE: Furlough means UK faces record labour market inactivity June 8, 2020 The UK is facing what appears to be a record level of inactivity in its labour market as huge numbers of people are on furlough or facing unemployment due to Covid-19, the Bank of England’s chief economist has warned. “We’ve seen activity across the economy collapse, and we’ve seen a rapid rise in inactivity among [...]
The Medium review: A middling next gen horror February 12, 2021 Between Covid delays and a slow start to the new console generation, true next-gen games have been thin on the ground. One of the first titles to debut on Microsoft’s new hardware is The Medium, a dark, bloated and occasionally inspired horror story about a troubled spiritualist, produced by Polish developer Bloober Team. With a [...]
Musk qualifies for $2.1bn payday after Tesla rally July 21, 2020 A prolonged bounce in Tesla’s share price means its chief executive Elon Musk has qualified for a $2.1bn payout, in his second award since May. The electric carmaker’s six-month average market capitalisation officially surpassed $150bn today, triggering the vesting of the second of 12 tranches of options granted to Musk in 2018. Musk, who is [...]
Markets pullback but Deloitte finds finance professionals bullish in long term August 25, 2021 The cryptocurrency markets are broadly down this morning, as the majority experience pullback after recent strong performances.
ITV investigated by watchdog over viewer competitions August 11, 2020 ITV is facing a probe by the media watchdog over its viewer competitions after the broadcaster admitted that some postal entries were never counted in its prize draws. ITV referred itself to Ofcom after discovering that some postal entries were not entered into the winner selection process for six competitions between 2014 and 2019. The [...]