WH Smith reduces cash burn after beating lockdown trading expectations March 9, 2021 WH Smith said this morning reduced its monthly cash burn forecasts, saying its trading performance had beaten its expectations during lockdown. The firm reported to stronger than forecast revenue across its high street stores and “significant” online growth. The newsagent chain said revenue in its high street business in January 2021 reached 74 per cent [...]
Richard Eyre: ‘Usually there’s a dark side to national treasure actors’ October 6, 2022 The number of over-60s around the world will almost double from 2015 to 2050, according to the latest data from the World Health Organisation. Amid this staggering rise, the NHS is facing constant calls for further funding, and health inequality widened significantly under the pandemic. For Richard Eyre, director of Iris and Notes On A [...]
Markets respond after Bitcoin pierces $50,000 to reach new all-time-high February 16, 2021 Crypto markets were catapulted into a frenzy today after Bitcoin briefly nudge over $50,000 to set a new all-time-high.
The table of two is a restaurateur’s worst nightmare. Our resident chef Mark Hix wants Valentine’s Day diners to team up February 13, 2018 Today, in case you needed a last minute reminder, is Valentine’s Day, the one day of the year on which we are bound by law to exchange flowers, chocolates and those little bears holding love hearts with insufferably twee phrases embroidered on them. Perhaps like me you try to avoid the whole ordeal. Or perhaps, [...]
Dating app Bumble boosts size of its IPO offering February 8, 2021 Bumble has boosted the size of its IPO by nearly $2bn bringing its valuation to more than $7bn when it goes public. The dating app, which competes with rivals such as Tinder and Hinge, announced it was looking to raise as much as $1.8bn in its stock market debut. It plans to boost its share [...]
DEBATE: Is Valentine’s Day just a commercial gimmick? February 14, 2019 Is Valentine’s Day just a commercial gimmick? Beatrice Timpson, a political communications consultant, says YES. Frankly, if he turns up on Valentine’s Day without a Cards Galore “Be mine forever” teddy, a bunch of garage-forecourt-fresh coronations, and a candle reeking of potpourri, ditch him. He’s clearly not serious. He’ll run off with Audrey the au pair before [...]
Texas blackouts: how a state celebrated for independence went into deep freeze February 23, 2021 Temperatures plunged to below freezing plate on Valentine’s Day in Texas, and much of the state was soon covered with four to six inches of powdery snow that many Texans had never seen before. The snow looked so out of place in my parents’ garden just south of Austin, piled on the cacti and agave. [...]
Dating app Bumble files for US stock market float January 15, 2021 Dating app Bumble has filed for a US initial public offering, joining a host of major tech companies expected to go public this year. The app, which is backed by private equity giant Blackstone, registered for a float of up to $100m (£74m), though this is a placeholder amount and is expected to change. Previous [...]
Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley to join the wave of institutions entering the Crypto fray. It begs the question – when $50,000 for Bitcoin? February 15, 2021 Crypto at a Glance It was an eventful weekend in the markets, though one characterised primarily by near misses. Bitcoin came within a nose hair of $50,000, Ethereum still hasn’t quite made it over the $2,000 line, and Cardano is yet to hit that dollar mark. The total market cap of all crypto markets did [...]
In pictures: Londoners gather at Essex Road vigil for ‘flower man of Islington’ June 1, 2021 A loud applause broke out at a vigil for a stabbing victim who was known as the “flower man of Islington”. Tony Eastlake, 55, died from a knife wound after being attacked in Islington, north London, on Saturday just before 5.30pm. A crowd of family, friends, customers, passers-by and neighbours gathered last night for a [...]