British Gas boss secures £4.5m payout as Centrica wins over shareholders June 13, 2023 The hefty £4.5m proposed pay-packet for Chris O'Shea, the boss of British Gas owner Centrica, has been confirmed.
World Rugby accused of neglecting new fans after Squidge World Cup video removed November 6, 2023 The man behind one of rugby’s biggest fan video content producers, Squidge Rugby, has hit out at World Rugby after his satirical take on the World Cup final became the latest bit of content relating to the tournament to be struck down by copyright claims. The video, an analytical look at the final between South [...]
Andy Farrell should lead the British and Irish Lions on a tour which could humiliate Australia November 3, 2023 The World Cup is over and South Africa are champions, but given the schedule over the next four years I am already looking at the 2025 Lions tour to Australia. Australia are in freefall. It is a cesspit of uselessness at the moment where no one quite knows where to go and what to do. [...]
Where to watch the Women’s World Cup final in London, England v Spain August 17, 2023 The Lionesses have made it to the finals of the Women’s World Cup! They play Spain in the big decider on Sunday morning at 11.00am. The match will be streaming on BBC, but if you want to celebrate in London, here’s where to watch the Women’s World Cup final in the capital this weekend. VINEGAR [...]
Deepfake videos and artificial intelligence could be the rebirth of trust in media October 31, 2023 As we become more and more accustomed to seeing deepfake videos made by artificial intelligence, traditional media - shunned in recent times - will regain its former importance, writes Nick Baines
FC Barcelona: Regulators tighten loophole and cut Spanish giants’ spending power February 8, 2023 FC Barcelona are facing a setback to their on-field resurgence in the form of a crackdown on their exploitation of so-called “economic levers”, City A.M. can reveal. The Spanish club, on course to end their four-year wait for another LaLiga title, have attracted the attention of domestic and European regulators with their innovative capital-raising. Last [...]
Elon Musk sells $4bn in Tesla stock amid Twitter takeover April 29, 2022 Elon Musk has sold around $4bn (£3.2bn) worth of Tesla stock, a security filing has revealed, as the eccentric billionaire preps for his Twitter takeover. Musk, the man behind SpaceX, sold the shares over the past few days, adding in a tweet that he does not plan to sale any further shares. Tesla’s shares closed [...]
Viagogo defends reselling Oasis tickets for thousands of pounds as ‘legal’ August 31, 2024 Viagogo defended reselling Oasis tickets for thousands of pounds on its website following the Britpop group warning fans that passes would be “cancelled” if not sold on an official site.
Starmer’s illiberal smoking restrictions are just the start August 29, 2024 Freedom cannot be entirely indexed to smoking, but an administration’s approach to tackling it says a lot about how they plan to govern, says Joseph Dinnage Imagine you and your colleagues have just finished a day of graft on the trading floor and you’re all looking to relax. What to do? You all rightly decide [...]
City sounds alarm over Starmer’s ‘painful’ Budget warning August 28, 2024 City figures have sounded the alarm over the Prime Minister’s warning of a “painful” Budget this autumn, urging him not to “punish risk takers” and warning against “taxing wealth creators”. Sir Keir Starmer delivered his first major address from the No10 Rose Garden on Tuesday as he cautioned that the state of the public finances [...]