Great band, absurd name… maybe we need a crypto supergroup February 4, 2022 It's time, says Monty, for the crypto world to have a huge event - a monumental gig on the scale of a memorable concert.
Ed Warner: Reform the FA to avoid the burdens of a sport regulator September 29, 2022 Can you name the new Minister for Sport? Turns out it’s Stuart Andrew, MP for Pudsey. Let’s hope he’s a sports fan as there’s nothing publicly available to say that he is (or indeed isn’t). And so the door to this most junior of ministries revolves again. And at a time when a number of [...]
Culture Secretary defends government’s role in Channel 4’s future November 23, 2021 Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said yesterday that no decision has been made about the future of Channel 4, but defends ministers reviewing whether to privatise, stating it was "absolutely right and proper".
Online fraud up by a third during the pandemic July 15, 2021 Online fraud has risen by a third during the pandemic as almost all everyday activities went digital, according to a consumer rights group. The number of cases of fraud reported to UK police unit Action Fraud cost consumers £2.3bn last year and had affected over 410,000 victims, according to analysis by consumer rights group Which? [...]
SMG soars despite tough advertising market October 6, 2021 Scottish Media Group (SMG), home of Virgin Radio, exceeded market expectations in the first half but warned the behaviour of the advertising markets was “short term and erratic”. The Glasgow-based group said pre-tax profit, before exceptional, climbed 68 per cent to £6.7m in the six months to 30 June on sales of £94.9m. The performance [...]
Musk’s anarchic vision won’t help Twitter but a subscription model might April 14, 2022 In late January, an unknown investor began quietly building a stake in Twitter. A little over two months later, Elon Musk breached the surface. On April 4th, he revealed a 9.2 per cent stake. Though two days later an official filing corrected that to 9.1 per cent, Musk has become Twitter’s largest shareholder. Poor arithmetic [...]
Energy supplier SSE: No decision to break up group September 20, 2021 Bosses of energy company SSE said there had been no decision to break the company up, they said following media speculation. In a note published on Monday, the supplier said there had not been a decision to break up the group. SSE said it would provide an update on plans to further accelerate growth in [...]
Wag vs Wag: Coleen Rooney claims dismissed in libel battle against Rebekah Vardy July 7, 2021 London’s High Court threw out parts of Coleen Rooney’s defence in her ongoing libel battle against Rebekah Vardy this morning. Rooney, 35, accused Vardy, 39, of leaking “false stories” about her private life in October 2019 after carrying out a months-long “sting operation” which saw her dubbed “Wagatha Christie”. Vardy, who is married to Leicester [...]
Aussie rugby sevens team to undergo alcohol counselling after Tokyo bender August 6, 2021 Australia’s Olympic rugby sevens team will have to undergo alcohol counselling after a string of booze-fuelled incidents in Tokyo. After several days of partying, things came to a head on the team’s flight back from Japan, for which the squad received an official complaint from Japan Airlines. According to reports, the team spent the 10 [...]
Binance Labs leads $1.5m seed round investment for BBS Network December 6, 2021 Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has led the $1.5m seed round for Bulletin Board System (BBS) Network - a decentralised Web3.0 public network of user-run online message boards.