Listers 450hp Toyota Supra is a cut-price supercar February 10, 2021 We drive a tuned 450hp Toyota Supra, available as a dealer-fit conversion from Listers. As Tim Pitt discovers, it’s almost supercar-quick.
Ticketmaster handed $10m fine for hacking into rival company January 5, 2021 Ticketmaster has been slapped with a $10m (£7.4m) fine after it was charged with repeatedly hacking into the computer systems of a rival company. In court documents filed last week, the Department of Justice (DoJ) said several Ticketmaster employees used stolen passwords to access confidential information in a bid to “choke off” competition from a [...]
English football clubs ‘will not be allowed to go bust’ due to Covid-19 October 14, 2020 Clubs in the English Football League (EFL) will not be allowed to go bust as a result of the coronavirus crisis, a senior government minister has said. Oliver Dowden, secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, said he had received assurances from both the EFL and the Premier League that they had the [...]
Coronavirus: England set for national lockdown, PM says October 31, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson tonight ordered England back into a national lockdown
UK watchdog ramps up pressure on tech giants as it sets one-year ultimatum October 19, 2020 The UK competition watchdog has urged the government to step up plans for a new digital regulator as it warned it is preparing to take action against tech giants such as Facebook and Google. Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), said his organisation was “actively considering” potential enforcement cases in [...]
Corona Impact Series: How an EV charging company in Shoreditch was powered up by a policy change mid-pandemic February 5, 2021 In this series, City A.M. looks at the financial and economic impact of the ongoing pandemic on a range of small and medium-sized businesses across London. This week: How an electric vehicle charging startup in East London was made future-proof by government policies that were introduced at the height of the pandemic. “When the first [...]
‘Condé Nasty’: Vogue publisher leaves Mayfair office amid US layoffs February 11, 2024 Editors and writers at Condé Nast magazines have bid a final farewell to their grand Mayfair office known as Vogue House.
Facebook donates £1m to Bletchley Park after Covid-19 hit October 13, 2020 Facebook has donated £1m to Bletchley Park to help the World War Two code-breaking hub survive the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The social media platform described Bletchley Park as “one of the UK’s national treasures” and said its donation aimed to help keep it open to the world. During the Second World War Bletchley [...]
NFTs and the rise of crypto frauds April 12, 2021 With the rise in popularity of NFTs comes the inevitable rise in bad players looking to exploit the market.
Exclusive: London film firm secures Hollywood backing for animated blockbuster October 9, 2020 A London-based film company has secured backing from two major Hollywood names to produce one of the largest UK-financed feature films in recent years. Film and TV financing group GCI Film has pumped $37.5m (£29m) into Ozi, an animated environmental film telling the story of the ongoing destruction of the Sumatran rainforest in Indonesia. City [...]