India hit by vaccine shortage a day before it widened its jabs drive April 30, 2021 India has been hit by a Covid-19 vaccines shortage a day before it had planned to widen its nationwide inoculation programme, authorities said today. It comes as the world’s second-most populous country saw another daily record in new cases, reporting 386,452 infections in the last 24 hours. However, medical experts and journalists have warned that [...]
Lindsay Aamodt: The former ice queen now on fire in the metaverse April 21, 2023 Lindsay Aamodt, Head of Marketing at Upland, talks to Jillian Godsil about her love for ice skating and Web3.
Pub group Mitchells & Butlers seals £350m emergency cash raise March 11, 2021 Mitchells & Butlers today confirmed it has raised £350m in emergency funding after shareholders took control of the embattled pub group. The company, which owns Toby Cavery and All Bar One, raised £350.5m through an open offer that will see it issue 167m new shares. Mitchells & Butlers launched the cash raise last month after [...]
Bezos-backed firm to build nuclear fusion plant in UK June 17, 2021 A Canadian firm backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will build its first nuclear fusion power plant in the UK, it was announced today. General Fusion will build the prototype facility at Culham in Oxfordshire, the home of the UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA). Construction is anticipated to begin in 2022, with operations beginning approximately [...]
Ed Warner: The higher the price for Chelsea, the sooner their new owners will feel the strain April 21, 2022 Unless the media have been blindsided by a canny investment bank, it seems that there are no sovereign wealth funds or squillionaires left in the running to buy Chelsea. No Musk, Bezos, Chinese tech magnate or gas-rich autocracy. The three remaining bidders, as reported, are all consortia. Let the game theory commence. The selling bank, [...]
Crypto is a revolution built on economic and social incentives November 23, 2021 Crypto is built on economic and social incentives that make good actors of the mass majority of participants because it is transparent, says Dr Kacher.
Ginetta G56 GTA review: the real racing deal March 10, 2022 The Ginetta G56 GTA isn’t a supercar modified for the track – it’s a raw and uncompromising racer. Tim Pitt swallows a brave pill…
Coronavirus lockdowns turn UK’s Mindful Chef profitable June 15, 2021 The healthy recipe box service has been a pandemic winner, with locked-down customers driving sales up threefold to £53m last year. Mindful Chef today reported it is profitable for the first time, with 2020 sales figures up 230 per cent on 2019, buoyed by the pandemic shift to online food delivery. Customers for the Nestle [...]
Bitcoin gets seal of approval as Baillie Gifford ploughs $100m into London crypto firm April 21, 2021 One of the UK’s most well-know asset management firms has invested a hundred million dollars into UK-based cryptocurrency company Blockchain.com.
Misha and The Wolves review: A stunning mystery documentary September 2, 2021 Winning fans at Sundance this year was Misha and The Wolves, a documentary that covers a story that gained a lot of press coverage, but may be new to a number of viewers. It’s the 90’s, and an American publisher Jane Daniel believes she struck gold when she comes across the story of Misha Defonseca, [...]