Every week, Charlie Conchie sits down with the biggest name in tech, fintech and financial services. This week, it’s Robinhood’s UK president, Jordan Sinclair. Jordan Sinclair is a man with …
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Square Mile and Me – The Bank of London CEO Anthony Watson: It’s still revolutionary to be visibly gay in banking
Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Anthony Watson CBE, CEO of The Bank of London and LGBT rights activist, tells us …
R&D investment must be key priority for next government, audit body urges
The next government should boost research and development (R&D) investment and help smaller firms access finance as part of a broader strategy to spur economic growth, a leading business group …
FTSE 100 today: UK stocks set to open higher as rate cut odds strengthen; ECB in focus
Moving markets today: Asian markets rally with Wall Street surge, oil prices soar; Nvidia surpasses Apple with $3 trillion value; ECB policy decision in spotlight The US stock market saw …
Remembering D-Day is an exercise in not forgetting Ukraine
It has become something of a cottage industry in academia, and polite society, to denigrate the achievements of the past. And national myth-making deserves scrutiny, for it forces us to …
Campaign cock-up of the week: Milkshake brings all the boys to Farage
In this column, former No 10 advisor Giles Kenningham analyses the worst comms screw-ups of the election campaign. So what took the prize for the worst PR gaffe this week? …
Election 2024: Bigger tax breaks for veterans’ bosses, in Tory D-Day offer
Extended tax breaks for former armed services personnel’s employers will be on offer in a new Veterans Bill, the Tories have announced in an election pledge to mark D-Day. Proposals …
Richard Desmond’s firm slams ‘flawed’ process that handed National Lottery to Allwyn
Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell group has hit out at the “seriously flawed” procurement process that handed the National Lottery licence to Czech gambling group Allwyn Entertainment, a London court …
Wood Group engages with Sidara on latest takeover bid, extends offer deadline
Engineering and consulting company John Wood Group has said it is engaging with Sidara after the Dubai-based rival submitted a fourth and “final” bid for the FTSE 250 firm. Sidara offered 230p …
Last 10 women’s French Open finals as Andreeva reaches semis
Unseeded Mirra Andreeva, the 17-year-old Russian tennis sensation, sent tremors across Roland Garros yesterday with a brilliant 6-7 6-4 6-4 victory over second seed and two-time Grand Slam winner Aryna …