The billionaire co-founder of PayPal Peter Thiel has invested in the drug friendly alternative to the Olympics, the Enhanced Games. The Enhanced Games has promised the freedom to use banned …
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Bunq mulls London IPO as European neobank plots Monzo and Revolut UK challenge
European fintech and neobank Bunq has applied for a UK electronic money institution (EMI) licence as it looks to capture market share from the likes of Revolut and Monzo ahead …
UK Finance boss: City’s post-Brexit ‘challenger’ role takes ‘some getting used to’
David Postings is the man responsible for putting the country’s financial services industry on the government’s agenda. Despite well-reported headwinds, he’s optimistic for the future. Top of the world? That …
Moving markets: Five things shaping the FTSE 100 today
Moving Markets Today: Asian Stocks Firm Post Wall Street’s Record Highs, Oil Prices Surge Amid Middle East Tensions, Attention Shifts to Fed, BOE, and Q4 Tech Earnings U.S. stocks rose …
An ode to Spoons – a bastion of cheap pints and a steward of civic heritage
Come for the prices, stay for the history: in many of Britain’s towns, “Spoons” has become the chief steward of civic heritage, writes Adam Hawksbee You could easily miss The …
Valieva: Kremlin calls Russian skater four-year drug ban ‘politicised’
Kamila Valieva, who at 15 helped Russia win a team ice skating gold at the Winter Olympics before being found to have doped, on Monday received a four-year ban from …
Jamie George: I turned down overseas offers to play for England
Jamie George couldn’t quite believe it when England head coach Steve Borthwick told him he’d take over from Owen Farrell as captain of the national team. The 33-year-old Saracens hooker …
Billionaire-backed PTO Tour brings elite triathlon race to central London
The world’s top triathletes will race through the streets of central London this summer after the billionaire-backed PTO Tour added a date in the capital to its expanding calendar. The …
Flutter: The house always wins but can Fanduel’s gold rush last?
The US is looking like El Dorado for betting companies right now. Gambling giant Flutter’s secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today has gone down well with …
Renault cancels Ampere IPO due to poor equity market conditions
Renault has cancelled its much-anticipated Ampere IPO because of poor current equity market conditions, in a blow to the carmaker’s turnaround plan. “Renault Group considers that the current equity market …