Padel Takes Center Stage at Marble Arch: Play the World’s Fastest Growing Sport in an Iconic London Setting August 1, 2024 | City Talk Following the success of the Padel Tennis Festival in the City’s Crescent, EC1 in front of Tower Suites last year, a new initiative is now similarly encouraging workers back to their workplaces and attracting a new audience to London’s Central Activity Zone. This summer the Central London Alliance and in partnership with Marble Arch BID has capitalised [...]
Surfing the Thames: How Uber boats came to rule the river August 1, 2024 “Looking out at the river, I was struck by how empty it was,” Sean Collins tells me. This was in 1994, when he had just been made redundant from his previous role as an apprentice waterman on the Thames. All that empty water stretching through the middle of London – it was a “waste”. But [...]
EP: 288 Glorious Goodwood – Thursday July 30, 2024 The fillies take centre stage on Thursday at Glorious Goodwood in the Group One mile and a quarter Nassau Stakes at 3.35, accompanied by both the Richmond and Gordon Stakes on the third day of this year’s festival. CityAM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews today’s racing, once again looking at betting options in the World [...]
EP: 287 Glorious Goodwood – Wednesday July 29, 2024 The battle of the best 3-year-old milers takes place at Goodwood on Wednesday as the likes of Rosallion, Henry Longfellow and Notable Speech take on their elders in the Group One Qatar Sussex Stakes. The Oak Tree and Molecomb Stakes are also on the second day’s card. CityAM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the racing [...]
Coinbase UK Unit Fined for Insufficient Money Laundering Controls July 29, 2024 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. Coinbase’s UK arm, CB Payments Limited (CBPL), has been fined £3.5 million by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for breaching financial crime regulations. The fine was issued due [...]
EP: 286 Glorious Goodwood – Tuesday July 28, 2024 The 2-mile Goodwood Cup is the feature Group 1 race on the first day of Glorious Goodwood 2024. There are also the Group 2 Vintage and Lennox Stakes to look forward to at the gorgeous West Sussex venue. CityAM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the racing action on day one of the festival with an [...]
EP: 285 Ascot & York July 26, 2024 The exciting Group One King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes is the highlight of this weekend’s racing when they line up at Ascot at 3.40 over a mile and a half, with York also featuring on Saturday afternoon. CityAM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of this weekend’s racing action. Hosted by Chris [...]
HS2: Cancelling northern leg will cost £100m – and make everything worse July 23, 2024 The total cost of completing High Speed Two (HS2) could reach nearly £60bn, according to the National Audit Office.
Prediction markets are starting to take off July 23, 2024 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 allow users to bet money on specific outcomes. If run on the blockchain, they can be trustless, open and permissionless, meaning that in theory, they [...]
Considerations for Building a Secure and Resilient Bacs Payments Process July 22, 2024 | Sponsored In part one of this two-part series, learn how to mitigate threats and unlock automation to increase business stability and resilience By Liz Carroll, Senior Product Manager, Financial Marketplaces at Finastra Operational resilience is the lifeline that keeps businesses thriving through unforeseen disruption, with automation being a key component of a threat mitigation strategy for [...]