London taxi drivers to receive training from Mytaxi to help deal with emergencies November 14, 2017 Taxi hire app Mytaxi is launching an initiative to ensure London cab drivers are equipped to help in emergency situations in the capital. The campaign is aiming to teach more than 17,000 black cab drivers skills in health and safety, psychology and handling crisis situations. Read more: London Taxi Company loses black cab trademark appeal [...]
Chelsea 3, Newcastle United 0: Michy Batshuayi scores twice but Antonio Conte admits striker could leave this week January 28, 2018 Chelsea 3, Newcastle United 0 Chelsea manager Antonio Conte admits Michy Batshuayi could leave the club on loan this week despite his two goals sinking Newcastle and sending the Blues into the fifth round of the FA Cup. Batshuayi struck twice in the latter stages of the first half to put the hosts firmly in [...]
Hublot x Sang Bleu: The £30,000 watch October 25, 2017 From East London’s most pioneering tattoo studio and friend of Mr. Jean-Claude Biver, Sang Bleu have once again partnered with iconic watch label Hublot. Maxime Büchi, a.k.a. Sang Bleu uses his trademark intricate patterns and geometric style to create unorthodox watches for Hublot. Inspired by Leonardo Di Vinci’s Vitruvian Man in its accurate use of [...]
Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos buys two exploration licenses in Northern Gas Fields West of Shetland November 21, 2017 Ineos, the chemicals giant owned by billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, as been shopping again, buying a majority share in two exploration licenses in a North Sea gas field with estimated reserves of as much as 5 trillion cubic feet. The acquisition of the licenses for the Northern Gas Fields West of Shetland, which it bought from [...]
First the Rubik’s Cube now the Kit Kat: EU Court rules in favour of Cadbury over Nestle in chocolate trademark war December 15, 2016 EU authorities have thrown the chocolating world into turmoil after revoking confectionery giant Nestle's registered trademark for one of Britain's best loved treats, the Kit Kat. The annulling of the trademark means the Kit Kat shape can be used by anyone who wants to do so. Speculation may commence that leading competitors are plotting to [...]
Antonio Conte says Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona will want to avoid Chelsea in last 16 after Blues miss out on top seed December 5, 2017 Chelsea boss Antonio Conte insists Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain will hope to avoid his side in the last 16 of the Champions League after a draw at home to Atletico Madrid saw them finish second in their group. The Blues are likely to get one of Barca, PSG or Turkish champions Besiktas in next week’s [...]
Range Rover SUV hybrid electric review: This PHEV could get you through your commute petrol free January 9, 2018 A decade ago, you couldn’t park up an SUV in London without risking it being covered by faux parking tickets castigating you as a gas-guzzling planet-destroyer. So intense was the kickback from green groups, Land Rover even invested in an official carbon off-setting scheme. All new cars carried big stickers on their windscreen proclaiming their [...]
Craft and artisan beer craze lifts the number of new beer trademarks registered to record high October 17, 2016 The soaring popularity of artisan drinks pushed the number of new registered beer trademarks to hit a record high last year, according to City law firm RPC. The number of new beer brands registered in the UK jumped 12 per cent from 1,485 to 1,666 in 2015, an RPC analysis of figures from the government’s Intellectual [...]
Jordan B Peterson interview: The unlikely conservative superstar on the high price of fame, causing offence and THAT interview with Cathy Newman July 5, 2018 Professor Jordan B Peterson’s apartment smells of meat. It’s 8am and his wife, Tammy, is fastidiously slicing a pile of steaks, frying them, and shovelling the unadorned results into a stack of Tupperware containers. It was Tammy, his childhood sweetheart who now works full-time for Peterson PLC, who greeted me when I arrived at his [...]
Mon-who? Challenger bank Mondo rebrands as Monzo following trademark snag August 25, 2016 Challenger bank Mondo is no more, officially rebranding itself today as Monzo. The smartphone-centric firm originally called itself Mondo, after the Italian word for world, before its trademark for the name was successfully challenged by another company. After raising £1m in 96 seconds through crowdfunding earlier this year, the bank has clearly decided reaching out to the public is [...]