Cazoo Derby Festival: Reaction from connections as Oaks contenders get first taste of Epsom May 26, 2021 Three of the main protagonists for next week’s Cazoo Oaks had their first sighting of Epsom Downs racecourse on Monday and here are reactions of their connections ahead of the fillies Classic. SAFFRON BEACH – JANE CHAPPLE-HYAM “She was nice and relaxed. She was on the right lead and you would have to be happy [...]
Facebook Workplace takes on Zoom with video call rival during lockdown May 21, 2020 Caught out by the sudden success of Zoom as the world entered coronavirus lockdown, Facebook has introduced its own video conferencing tool on Workplace. The social network’s B2B business has seen its own jump in user numbers this year, as paid customers rose from 3m six months ago to 5m in March. By then coronavirus [...]
IFGS 2023 April 14, 2023 IFGS returns for its 9th year to the historic Guildhall in the City of London to welcome the brightest and best from the financial services and fintech ecosystem and discuss the key issues facing the sector now and in years to come. City AM and Impact AM will be onsite as media partners for the [...]
Pfizer boss sold $5.6m in stocks on day of vaccine announcement November 12, 2020 Pfizer’s chief executive sold shares worth more than $5.6m (£4.2m) on the same day the US drugmaker made the breakthrough announcement that its coronavirus vaccine was 90 per cent effective. Albert Bourla sold more than 130,000 shares on Monday as part of scheduled plans to offload some of his stake in Pfizer, according to a [...]
Boris Johnson confirms England’s pubs and non-essential retail will open Monday as vaccine passports given green light April 5, 2021 Boris Johnson has today confirmed pubs, restaurants and non-essential retail across England will reopen on 12 April as a large section of the country’s economy is released from Covid-19 restrictions. The government also confirmed that retail and hospitality businesses will be allowed to use new Covid vaccine certificates to determine whether people can enter their [...]
Exclusive: A heavy metal drummer working to infuse rhythmic harmony into the payments space May 3, 2021 Meet Tom Cregan, a heavy metal drummer and martial arts enthusiast who is on a mission to infuse rhythmic harmony into the world of global payments. The managing director and CEO of digital payments giant EML’s favourite part of any day as chief executive is, what he calls, finding a ”1+1=5 moment” by thinking and [...]
50 days after the Ever Given blocked the Suez canal, supply chains still have not recovered May 12, 2021 On the 29th of March, tug boats and dredgers freed the Ever Given from the banks of the Suez Canal. In just six days the blockage obstructed over $60 billion of global trade, sending disruptive ripples to every corner of the world. The beached container ship, weighing in at 220,000 tonnes and longer than the [...]
Looking to the “sunny uplands of recovery” February 3, 2021 David Smith, Fund Manager for Henderson High Income Trust, discusses the latest portfolio activity, the Trust’s recent performance and highlights the companies driving this performance. David also explains why he believes that by gaining the much-anticipated clarification on Brexit and COVID-19 vaccines, the UK equity market should look towards a positive recovery in 2021. Glossary [...]
How to help beat post-lockdown stress, by The Nue Co. founder Jules Miller July 6, 2021 In many ways, the past 18 months have come to redefine what it means to feel stressed. A recent survey that we conducted across people in the US and UK found 89 per cent have experienced more stress as a result of the pandemic, with over 93 per cent reporting being affected by stress either [...]
Britain’s tech industry needs to address its gender gap and invest in women June 16, 2021 With all major crises, comes opportunity. A chance to consider where we are and where we want to be. Crisis is a catalyst for change. As the tech industry takes a central role in helping the global economy rebound, it must seize the moment and be inclusively bold. We need every talented entrepreneur contributing to [...]