Smart ticketing, global sponsors and DJ Khaled: How Ryder Cup became big business September 26, 2023 Luke Donald and DJ Khaled are not obvious bedfellows; one the home counties-born epitome of golfing restraint who captains Europe at this week’s Ryder Cup in Rome, the other a Grammy-award winning hip-hop DJ and producer more accustomed to making hits for rappers such as Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Megan Thee Stallion and T-Pain. Yet [...]
Wayne Barnes sets his focus on the law after he blows the whistle on refereeing January 26, 2024 Former rugby ref Wayne Barnes has traded the laws of the game for the laws of the land as he heads into practice full-time
Gamestop shares rocket as meme stock rally engineer ‘Roaring Kitty’ returns May 13, 2024 Gamestop shares soared as high as 110 per cent on Monday after the engineer of the meme stock rally, "Roaring Kitty," returned.
Watch: Just Stop Oil activist thrown to the ground by angry passer-by near Tower of London May 19, 2023 A Just Stop Oil activist was thrown to the ground by a passer-by during a protest in central London. In a video posted on social media, the man can be seen approaching a group of campaigners as they slow march in front of traffic on Mansell Street, near the Tower of London, on Friday. The [...]
As sales slump, how has Tesla been impacted by Musk buying Twitter? May 9, 2024 Tesla sales are down, its Cybertruck product is facing recalls, and the automaker is cutting jobs – and prices – in response. Some investors have put this decline in fortunes down to the fact that Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, is also dealing with running media giant X/Twitter. Others, meanwhile, have pointed to the broader tides [...]
Lord Sugar buys back Amstrad brand name for new marketing agency led by grandson March 4, 2024 Lord Alan Sugar has bought back the rights to the household name Amstrad, 17 years after selling it to Sky, for a new digital marketing firm led by his grandson.
The Notebook: Davos is a three-star ski resort – but it’s a worthwhile jamboree January 17, 2024 Neil Bennett is a former City journalist and now global co-chief executive of H/Advisors, a strategic comms advisory firm. He writes for City A.M. fortnightly – this week, from Davos DAVOS gets a bad rap. Every year as World Economic Forum’s conference kicks off in that maddeningly remote, three-star ski resort, there is no shortage [...]
The Notebook: Three quarters of Brits don’t invest – it’s time for a confidence boost October 2, 2024 Most Brits just aren't investing - but a little confidence could make all the difference, writes Camilla Esmund in today's Notebook.
Goldman Sachs flies top London banker to Paris in latest post-Brexit relocation April 23, 2024 Goldman Sachs has relocated one of its top European investment bankers from London to Paris as part of a shake-up in the group's regional structure following Brexit.
Build, Baby, Build: Move over avo toast, ceramics are Gen Z’s housing crisis crutch June 27, 2024 Gen Z are spending more time and money on interior design, not despite, but because of, the housing crisis, writes Anna Moloney.