City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? December 13, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Silbury Finance Oaktree Capital-backed lender Silbury Finance has appointed a founding director of property site Rightmove to lead its board. Board veteran Grenville Turner brings over 40 years of experience in the residential real estate and finance [...]
China bans government officials from using iPhones for work – report September 6, 2023 China has reportedly ordered officials at central government agencies not to use Apple's iPhones or other foreign-branded devices for work.
XL Media: US revenue tanks at betting firm amid ‘increased competition from large publishers’ May 17, 2024 The owner of SportsBettingDime and Which Bingo, said revenue in the US was down 42 per cent down on last year’s figure to $26.9m (£21.2m).
Legal regulator contacts more than 1,000 law firms over poor sanctions compliance January 30, 2024 The UK's legal regulator has contacted more than 1,000 law firms that it deemed to have poor sanctions compliance systems in place.
Berlusconi: Ex Italy PM and long-time Putin ally blames Russia’s war in Ukraine on president Zelensky February 13, 2023 Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has blamed Ukraine’s president for Russia’s invasion, again putting him at odds with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s support for Kyiv. Mr Berlusconi, whose Forza Italia party is part of Ms Meloni’s right-wing coalition government, is a long-time friend and ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said the war in [...]
Vertu Motors enjoys record revenue after bumpy year May 15, 2024 Used car dealership Vertu Motors saw revenue and pre-tax profit rise in its annual results after a bumpy previous year forced the firm to issue a profit warning.
Lloyds to scrap mobile banking vans which help ‘as little as two customers’ January 29, 2024 Lloyds Banking Group is scrapping its mobile banking vans this year as part of its transition to digital banking, with demand for the service tumbling in recent years.
Watchdog to warn tech leaders over data protection in AI May 15, 2024 The UK's data watchdog chief is set to warn tech businesses that they must "bake in" data protection at every stage of developing artificial intelligence technologies in order to properly protect people's personal information.
Britain still at risk of ‘mild recession’ despite better than feared start to year, Lloyds Bank chief predicts April 16, 2023 Britain could still suffer “a mild recession” despite the economy performing much better than experts warned at the turn of the year, the head of Lloyds Bank, the country’s largest mortgage lender, has said. Charlie Nunn, chief executive of Lloyds Bank, told The Sunday Times that there is a “more positive outlook” about the UK [...]
Trump in the White House won’t stop the green investment tide January 8, 2024 Biden's Inflation Reduction Act has unleashed a wave of green investment that even Trump won't be able to reverse, writes Ted Christie-Miller.