It’s here! It’s finally here! The start of 2024 has been the wettest on record but this weekend promises to be the warmest of the year to date, with the …
Jerry Seinfeld debut as director, Unfrosted, is a limp vanity project
Jerry Seinfeld is making his directorial debut aged 70, but from his promotion of the film he doesn’t seem too confident about it. During one interview he proclaimed “the movie …
Shakespeare’s Globe back in black after successful summer and demand for £5 tickets
A “particularly successful” summer season and its popular £5 ticket helped Shakespeare’s Globe achieved a surplus for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. Newly-filed accounts with Companies House have …
Long-term asset funds, or LTAFs, are sweeping the asset management world despite the fact that very few investors understand what they are. Schroders has been the biggest advocate of the …
New 999-year Millwall lease hailed as fantastic news for Bermondsey and London
Championship side Millwall have secured a new 999-year lease that should breathe life into London’s football scene. The Bermondsey club are one of 14 London clubs currently in the Premier …
Bank of England holds interest rates again but June cut on the cards
The Bank of England voted to maintain interest rates at their current level, but policymakers inched ever closer towards a summer rate cut. The decision, backed by seven members of …
Allica Bank chief bets on rapid growth to force improvement in SME finance
At Allica Bank’s headquarters in Bishopsgate, just a stone’s throw from Natwest, a bright orange bowler hat sits conveniently placed on the conference room table. Chief executive Richard Davies says …
Profits steady at Frasers Group-owned Jack Wills after store closures and job cuts
Profits remained steady at Jack Wills, the fashion brand owned by Mike Ashley‘s Frasers Group, as a raft of store closures and job cuts saw its revenue fall below £30m. …
Uefa silent after Bayern boss Tuchel fumes at officials’ ‘betrayal’ in Real Madrid defeat
European football chiefs Uefa have offered no comment on what Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel described as a “disastrous decision” by the on-field officials in the dying moments of their …
Boeing crisis: New whistleblower claims ‘up to 200 defects’ found with parts headed to planemaker
A Boeing whistleblower has claimed he often found up to 200 defects on parts being readied for shipping to the US planemaker by its largest supplier, Spirit AeroSystems. Santiago Paredes …