Paris’ Avenue des Champs-Élysées will shelve its reputation for designer shopping to prioritise sport these coming weeks, as the Paris Olympics sprint into action. The Victorian Grand Palais venue will …
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HS2: Cancelling northern leg will cost £100m – and make everything worse
Cancelling the northern leg of High Speed Two (HS2) will cost the government up to £100m and take around three years to complete, it has been revealed. A report from …
Prediction markets are starting to take off
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. Prediction markets …
Financial advisers are getting old. What happens when they retire?
With the average age of a financial adviser rapidly approaching 60, the industry is preparing for a reckoning as they frantically attempt to replace those departing. Recruiting financial advisers has …
Lawyers face problems with nearly 40 per cent of insurers considering pulling out of PII market
Law firms may face severe problems with the renewal of their professional indemnity insurance (PII) going forward as nearly 40 per cent of insurers have been considering pulling out of …
BBC to cut hundreds more jobs over next two years
The BBC has announced plans to make a net reduction of 500 full-time roles over the next two years as it continues its move outside of London. In its annual …
Fifa dragged into European legal battle over Club World Cup plans
The smouldering row over the Club World Cup and Fifa’s control of the football calendar has exploded after leagues and player unions announced a complaint to the European Commission. Fifpro …
‘A beneficiary of recent UK economic malaise’: Pawnbrokers are still doing well.
Britain’s biggest pawnbroker H&T reported strong sales in line with expectations for the first six months of the year despite improving an economic climate in the UK. The value of …
Raspberry Pi is a ‘buy’: Analysts compare British chip stock to Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia
Two top London investment banks are encouraging investors to get a slice of Raspberry Pi, the British chip company poised for growth reminiscent of other big tech stocks such as …
Number of new homes built plunges by a quarter as housing crisis grows
The National House Building Council (NHBC) has said the current rate of home building will need to more than double to deliver the Government’s promise of 1.5m homes constructed over …