Are UK venture capital firms missing out on an African tech boom? March 21, 2022 Are UK VCs missing out on a new generation of African tech firms with huge growth potential?
Burberry shares fall as boss Marco Gobbetti quits June 28, 2021 Shares in Burberry tumbled this morning after chief executive Marco Gobbetti announced he was quitting the British fashion brand to return to his native Italy. The company earlier said Gobbetti would be leaving at the end of the year to take up a position that would allow him to return to Italy, adding that it [...]
I went to Auschwitz with Holocaust survivors. It was shocking, but so memorable April 3, 2023 Survivors, now in their 90s, return to Holocaust sites to take visitors on tours for the annual March of the Living. Daniel Edward went along I’m not generally a nervous traveller, it would be something of a professional impediment, but I must admit to being nervous of visiting some of the most horrific sites of [...]
Business of Space: Big decisions for satellite giants – to merge or to share? June 24, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner offers up a roundup of the most important news across the space industry, every Friday. Inmarsat prepares for rival takeover SpaceX and OneWeb pledge cooperation NASA’s Artemis programme heads for major test Inmarsat: Nearly over the dotted line British satellite darling Inmarsat is getting increasingly closer to a successful takeover by US rival Viasat, as pressure [...]
Lessons from Lionesses: What English rugby can learn from Euros for 2025 World Cup August 9, 2022 The iconic Chloe Kelly goal celebration, the record attendance for a final, success on home soil; England Women’s Euro 2022 victory felt like a watershed moment for women’s sport. But in a few years’ time England will be doing it all over again. This time, however, it will be with the oval ball. It was [...]
Rolls-Royce Cullinan Black Badge review: Night rider April 25, 2022 The Cullinan Black Badge is an edgier kind of Rolls-Royce SUV, with more power and added attitude. Tim Pitt drives it.
Cricket round-up: Just who fills the gap when international stars retire? January 6, 2022 If one sport has matched the fireworks of New Year, it is cricket. In the space of a week, New Zealand’s Ross Taylor, South Africa’s Quinton de Kock and Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez announced their retirement from the sport. Each a key figure in their Test side, their impact on the game should not be underestimated [...]
Putin’s war in Ukraine must make us wonder about our military capabilities February 28, 2022 Last week all changed, changed utterly; on the eastern fringes of Europe, a war is now happening. Not a border skirmish or some cyber jousting—the Russian army has invaded Ukraine and men and women are losing their lives in a struggle for territory and power. Taken by surprise by this resurrection of old methods of [...]
EU and China sign investment pact after Merkel’s intervention December 30, 2020 The EU and China have concluded in principle negotiations on an investment deal, with Angela Merkel playing an “active role” in driving through the accord. The deal comes amid deep concerns about the Chinese government’s use of its economic clout to enmesh itself in western countries. A European Commission statement said the agreement is of [...]
Sustainability rank ripped from Korean palm oil company Korindo July 15, 2021 Korean palm oil giant Korindo has been booted from the global Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) following a breach of regulations. The FSC and Korindo had agreed to address allegations made against the palm oil company in 2017 by Mighty Earth, an environmental campaigning organisation, that the firm was deliberately setting fire to 30,000 hectares of [...]