The last twenty years have not been kind to Eddie Murphy. Aside from the Shrek franchise, much of his output in the 21st Century has been immediately forgettable family fodder. …
Thames Water books £200m dividend bill as cash reserves dwindle
Thames Water is continuing to fight for survival as it searches for investment to help pay down its mountain of debt. In its annual results for the year to 31 …
Explainer: What just happened in the French elections?
Macron’s call for certainty has resulted in a confusing and concerning hung parliament in France, writes Lucy Kenningham Britain’s election result wasn’t hard to understand. France’s is the opposite – …
Markets continue to slide despite Bitcoin ETF inflows
Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. The story …
Who is Luis de la Fuente, the Spain coach behind Euro 2024’s most exciting team?
Euro 2024 has not, if we’re being brutally honest, been a vintage tournament full of champagne football but the glaring exception has been a vibrant Spain side coached by the …
New government must feel the need for speed
Labour have stormed out of the gates with new policy announcements, but in their first 100 days, they must deliver quickly too, says Joe Hill The investor Paul Graham wrote …
How realistic is Labour’s plan to reform the planning system?
Labour has promised to move fast and break things to get Britain building again, but will their plan actually work, asks Sam Griffiths Were elections a more humane sport, then …
Sir Nicholas Lyons to host secret pension summit in push to unlock £75bn investment
Some of Britain’s biggest pension firms, including Legal & General and Phoenix Group, will meet for a secret summit in the Square Mile this week to discuss how to pump …
Tony Blair urges new government to harness ‘truly revolutionary’ potential of AI
Tony Blair has urged the new Labour government to harness the “truly revolutionary” potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to help radically reform the provision of public services. The former Prime …
The Notebook: How Labour can make the UK a tech superpower
Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, Owen Thompson, CEO and co-founder at Cambridge Future Tech, takes the notebook pen to give insights from the startup world …