Cutting edge tech at the Open: AI digital humans, private 5G, giant screens – and owls July 23, 2024 City A.M. goes behind the scenes at the Open Championship with NTT Data to hear why golf majors work for sponsors — and how owls keep the high-tech digital operation working. Where can you find the best men’s golfers playing against each other? It’s an increasingly relevant puzzle for sponsors, broadcasters and fans of the [...]
Paris 2024: Which events are there still tickets for at the Olympics? July 16, 2024 With the Paris 2024 Olympics just over a week away fans are still, incredibly, able to get their hands on hundreds of tickets. Some are for the biggest events while others are for lesser supported sports. Here at City A.M. we have broken where the value is, and where can you get bang for your [...]
Week in Sportbiz: Taxman cometh for football (again); BT Sport; Simone Biles; social media boycott; and NHS x NFL draft April 29, 2021 HMRC has cashed in by increasing scrutiny of the football industry, so perhaps it should be no surprise that the taxman has begun a new crackdown on players and clubs. Investigations into footballers almost tripled in 2019-20, while those concerning clubs more than doubled. The result was an increase from £35m to £73m in tax [...]
Focus On: Brighton – an investors’ paradise October 22, 2021 Thanks to the ability for many people to work from anywhere or pop into a central office on an ad hoc basis, increasing numbers of professionals are moving out of London in search of locations with a less frenetic pace of life – something the seaside city of Brighton will continue to benefit from. “Brighton [...]
Sunak says Israel has ‘right to defend itself’ as death toll mounts in Hamas attacks October 7, 2023 Rishi Sunak has said Israel has “an absolute right to defend itself” as the country’s prime minister said it was “at war."
King’s birthday honours: London Stock Exchange boss among business leaders recognised June 14, 2024 The boss of the London Stock Exchange, Julia Hoggett, has been made a dame today in a list of over 1000 “change makers and innovators” to receive gongs in the King’s birthday honours list.
Co-op profits hammered as challenges not expected to abate in second half September 29, 2022 Co-op profits have taken a dent in the first half of this year, with bosses describing a “highly challenging economic backdrop.” The retailer posted underlying EBITDA of £218m, with earnings subdued compared to the year prior when Co-op posted £248m for the first half of 2021. With arms spanning grocery, funeral, insurance and legal businesses, Co-op’s [...]
Wembley finals, M25 chaos and rail works: How to survive the busiest May bank holiday weekend ever May 26, 2024 A record 20m leisure journeys are expected to be made in the coming days, as Brits flock to the FA Cup and play off finals at Wembley.
Community Shield: Manchester City dominate Liverpool but fail to find finishing touch July 31, 2022 Manchester City’s new-look attack posed more threat than Liverpool’s but lacked its clinical touch in the Community Shield, writes Frank Dalleres. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is not a mantra by which either Pep Guardiola or Jurgen Klopp appear to abide. Not content with establishing a yawning gap to the rest of the [...]
Why do politicians put up with insults from pensioners? May 20, 2024 You’d expect the Prime Minister to be thick-skinned but when he has expended so much literal and political capital on pensioners only to be accused of hating them you wonder how he keeps his cool, says Joseph Dinnage Being a frontline politician, particularly in the age of the keyboard pundit, is not a job for [...]