In pictures: Bugatti reckons its £1.7m Chiron, unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show today, will break world speed records March 1, 2016 As the Geneva Motor Show opened its doors today, Bugatti launched one of the most anticipated cars of the show: its €2.4m (£1.7m) Chiron. At a press conference, the company said its follow-up to the Veyron, the speed of which has been "limited" to 420km/h (260mph), is "ready for a new world speed record". "The Chiron is… very well-positioned to [...]
Best of the Brokers for 19 August 2015 August 19, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com BOVIS HOMES Peel Hunt and cut its rating for Bovis from “buy” to “hold” and kept its target price of 1,162p. The broker said the housebuilder’s half-year results, published earlier this week, indicated that the interims would show very little growth and said [...]
Statistics watchdog slams Vote Leave for £350m a week claim May 27, 2016 The UK's top statistician has blasted Brexit campaigners for sticking by misleading claims that the UK sends £350m a week to the EU saying it undermines trust in official statistics. Vote Leave have plastered the £350m figure across campaign literature and their battle bus. Email signatures of officials at the organisation even declare: "We send £350m [...]
Regent Street is home to more global retailers than homegrown, a new report claims June 19, 2015 There are more international retailers on Regent Street than homegrown names for the first time in the iconic road's 192-year history, a new report has found. Regent Street is now home to more than 50 international brands – a quarter of which are from the US – thanks to a flurry of openings in [...]
Grenfell Tower fire: Latimer Road Tube station is closed and Hammersmith & City Line and Circle Line part suspended due to Grenfell Tower safety concerns June 17, 2017 Latimer Road Tube station is closed and some London Underground services in the area have been suspended due to the risk of falling debris from Grenfell Tower following Wednesday’s fire. Transport for London (TfL) said services on the Hammersmith and City Line had been suspended between Edgware Road and Hammersmith from around 11.20am this morning [...]
Helping refugees is a tech challenge December 17, 2015 While there have been many causes worthy of our attention in 2015, the plight of Europe’s refugees and migrants has been the most visible. There are currently 20m people feeing violence and oppression around the world and many of them arrived on our continent’s shores this summer in the hope of a better life. Shocking [...]
The alchemists of time: How watch companies combine age-old techniques with cutting edge materials December 8, 2016 Let’s face it: a finely made timepiece is, in a rather nice twist of irony, a flashy anachronism. For starters, no one really needs a watch these days, finely made or not. Secondly, the delicate concoction of wheels, springs and levers driving a mechanical watch is based on an ancient principle – 200-year-old technology that [...]
As Apple’s iPhone 6S lands will mobile payments change the way we live? December 11, 2015 Today’s smartphones can do incredible things. Need a ride around London? Just tap the Uber app. Fresh flowers or food from a local restaurant delivered straight to your door? Try Bloom & Wild or Deliveroo. These apps are fantastic, but there's a new smartphone feature set to fundamentally revolutionise the high street and how [...]
Calculator: How much does the UK contribute to the EU budget? May 25, 2016 Statisticians have fired another shot in the war with Brexit campaigners over how much the UK contributes to the European Union – with an online calculator. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has this morning published a guide outlining what they feel are responsible estimates of how much the UK pays into the EU, one of the key battlegrounds [...]
New Look to launch menswear-only stores August 11, 2015 Fast fashion retailer New Look is to launch its own standalone menswear stores in the UK, with the first five branches expected to be open by the end of the current financial year. The retailer, which is in the middle of a turnaround under chief executive Anders Kristiansen, has been dipping its toe in [...]