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 [...]
Analysis: How worrying is the GameStop-Reddit mania? February 2, 2021 The second half of last week was a fascinating news cycle for financial newshounds and traders alike, as headlines were very much dominated by one story: GameStop. Global equities fell back 3.5 to 4 per cent last week, leaving them down slightly year-to-date, even though they did recover some of these losses yesterday. GameStop – [...]
‘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.
Tories turn to Linkedin to recruit £100k host of White House-style briefings July 29, 2020 Boris Johnson has launched a search for a new £100,000-a-year spokesperson to front Downing Street’s press briefings, as the Prime Minister looks to step back from the limelight. The Conservatives posted the vacancy on their Linkedin page this morning, describing it as a “unique opportunity” to work at the heart of the political circuit. The [...]
Toyota Mirai 2021 review: the hydrogen car comes of age June 17, 2021 The new Toyota Mirai is the UK’s only hydrogen fuel-cell car. Is it a dead-end street, asks Tim Pitt, or a glimpse of the future?
Boris Johnson ‘tried to tone down’ Priti Patel bullying report November 21, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing accusations that he attempted to tone down a damning report that found Priti Patel had bullied staff. Johnson yesterday came out in support of the home secretary, despite an inquiry concluding that she had broken ministerial code by shouting and swearing at staff. But media reports this morning suggested [...]
Sam Torrance Masters 2021 preview: The five players I expect to challenge at Augusta – and why I’d love to see Rory McIlroy or Lee Westwood triumph April 6, 2021 Whether it’s in November or April, the Masters is special. I enjoyed the last one as much as any other, despite it taking place in autumn rather than the traditional spring conditions. But I’m very excited for this week’s 85th outing at Augusta, which I expect to play harder than it did five months ago. [...]
Cinema spending soared last year thanks to these six blockbusters – but one disappointed March 5, 2024 UK cinema operators received a boost from spending in 2023 thanks to a year of silver screen blockbusters, according to data from Lloyds Bank.
Could Ethereum overtake Bitcoin as the world’s leading cryptocurrency? April 23, 2021 Ethereum has the potential to be bigger than Bitcoin and become the dominant crypto asset, according to a renowned market analyst.
The polls failed again, and blindsided businesses are crying out for better corporate intelligence November 5, 2020 So Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States. Or Donald Trump will squeeze home (though, at the time of writing, that seems less likely). It has been a nerve-wracking 48 hours for anyone who watches US politics — and one of the reasons for that is that commentators and pollsters got [...]