Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, announcing £40bn of tax rises, Central London Alliance comments
Shunting civil servants around the UK will never deliver what enterprise can February 8, 2022 You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. Advice from the past that seems pertinent to a government committing levelling up into law. What was a slogan is now “12 national missions” published in a white paper last week, to provide a central mission for government to deliver economic parity to all regions of the [...]
EP: 110 Sandown, Wetherby, Dublin Racing Festival & Hong Kong February 4, 2022 The Grade 1 Scilly Isles Chase at Sandown gives the novices a chance to show their possible Cheltenham credentials on Saturday. Wetherby stages the Grade 2 Towton Novices’ Chase over 3 miles on the same afternoon with more Festival hopefuls in action. Richard Bandey sends Saint Palais to Wetherby for the feature race, and he [...]
UK tech special: The rocky but unstoppable rise in startup valuations January 30, 2022 The accelerated growth of startup valuations has sparked debate around the world, particularly in the markets where this has been reflected in the most significant raises and the speediest unicorns. Despite ongoing pandemic uncertainty, a quarter of the UK’s 116 unicorn tech companies became unicorns during 2021. Investment climbed significantly, up to £26bn in 2021 [...]
Letter: Time to fund our fraud office January 27, 2022 [Re: UK is losing fight against fraud as anti-corruption watchdogs are ‘under-resourced’, Jan 25] This week’s report from Spotlight on Corruption correctly highlights the need for the Serious Fraud Office to be properly funded if we are going to see action in the fight against corruption. The Serious Fraud office was established with the primary [...]
Exclusive: CME crypto futures products a smash hit with investors January 26, 2022 Surging demand for crypto exposure amongst investors has created a bustling futures market according to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Could a green DAO allow blockchain to be used for climate action? January 26, 2022 Dr Jane Thomason asks if we use blockchain tools to collaborate on a global scale to address climate action?
How to master social media: Five tips for writing well January 25, 2022 Following the topic started in a previous article, here on City AM’s CFA Institute Talk, mentioning that whatever you write on social media, it is important to write it well, Eric Sim now shares some critical lessons on how to do that. When I was 14, I failed an important English literature exam at my [...]
Technical data suggests Bitcoin is at its most oversold since ‘Covid crash’ January 24, 2022 The rapidly-changing Federal Reserve policy in response to rising inflation has caused extreme fear in both legacy and crypto markets.
You too? Record 44m Brits may be in line for compensation as £2.3bn class action lawsuit against Facebook is launched in London court January 14, 2022 More than 44m people could be compensated over “unfair” terms and conditions being imposed on Facebook users if a multi-billion pound lawsuit against the social media giant is successful. Competition law expert Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen has launched the class-action lawsuit against Facebook’s parent firm, Meta, at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, accusing the technology giant [...]
Ollie Phillips: Connacht an underrated threat in this European weekend January 14, 2022 Though quarantine restrictions on foreign travellers have been lifted in France, we’re never quite sure – until players actually take to the field – that European games will go ahead. It’s a sign of the times we’re living in and events of Round 2 – where postponed games were awarded 0-0 results – will no [...]