Police in Kenya refuse to release post-mortem report into death of murdered BBC staffer Kate Mitchell November 28, 2021 Calls are growing in Kenya for the police to release the post-mortem report into the death of Briton Kate Michell, the BBC staffer who was murdered in her Nairobi hotel room just over a week ago. Dan Mauti, the father of the prime suspect implicated in the killing, Tamati Mauti, told various media in Kenya [...]
Chelsea: Abramovich confirms London club is up for sale March 2, 2022 Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has tonight confirmed that his club is up for sale with the net proceeds going to help Ukrainian war victims. The Premier League club owner confirmed the news in a statement on the club’s website and says the decision “is in the best interest of the club”. In a statement, he [...]
Stop blaming bad weather for empty shelves, it’s a lack of competition in the food industry March 10, 2023 Supermarkets up and down the country have blamed bad weather for empty shelves, but monopolies in the food industry have left supply chains more and more fragile, writes Nick Dearden.
Hello Sunshine, Reese Witherspoon’s company behind hit Big Little Lies, valued at $900m in Blackstone deal August 2, 2021 Academy award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon’s media company, Hello Sunshine, is selling itself to a newly formed media firm backed by Blackstone Group Inc for an undisclosed sum. The sale will value the company at about $900 million, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Founded in 2016, Hello Sunshine is the women-led production house behind [...]
Zinc Media June 15, 2023 Zinc Media Zinc Media Group is the UK’s leading integrated content creation company dedicated to the development and production of premium content for global broadcasters and commercial film and audio for brands and corporate clients. The group own and operate seven production companies, that produce award-winning television and film for the UK’s biggest broadcasters, international [...]
Greta Thunberg arrested in London as oil chiefs urged to stop funding politics October 17, 2023 Climate activists including Greta Thunberg have been arrested after they gathered outside a central London hotel protesting oil firms.
London’s Signal AI raises $50m to hire UK talent and ramp up international expansion December 15, 2021 Signal AI, a British startup that is trying to solve the “information overload” faced by business decision makers with its artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, has today closed a $50m Series D funding round. Its latest round was led by growth-stage investors Highland Europe, who have previously backed ContentSquare and Matches Fashion, and brings [...]
Daily Mail publisher DMGT announces leadership shakeup November 16, 2021 The chief executive of dmg media is stepping down after 25 years triggering a leadership shakeup. Kevin Beatty is stepping down as of today and DMGT has announced plans to hand over leadership to internal hires with experience at the company. Rich Caccappolo, the current chief operating officer of the Mail Online will take over [...]
Wiesmann Project Thunderball 2022 review: High voltage! December 8, 2022 Wiesmann used to build sports cars powered by BMW V8 and V10 engines. Now it's gone fully electric. Tim Pitt drives Project Thunderball.
It’s time to recognise our businesses would benefit from devil’s advocates May 27, 2022 As corporate speeches go, it was eventful. Last week, Stuart Kirk, head of responsible investing at HSBC’s asset management division, delivered a provocative speech entitled “why investors need not worry about climate risk.” One week and a media storm later, Mr Kirk is no longer a head of responsible investing. Instead, he has been suspended, [...]