Looking for love? This is where all the high-achieving singles are in London April 8, 2016 Looking for love in the city? London may feel like a lonely metropolis when you're avoiding eye-contact with everyone on the morning commute, but there are singles out there – if you know where to look. Data from dating site Elite Singles, seen by CityAM, shows which parts of London have the most high-flying singles in the city. [...]
Londoners are sick of all the skyscrapers – we’ve mapped how many are planned near you April 5, 2016 From the Gherkin to the Shard, some of London's most well-loved landmarks are skyscrapers, but new research shows the capital's residents are getting sick of all the glass towers going up. A total of 430 new towers are planned for the capital, but a poll from YouGov has shown nearly half of Londoners – 48 per cent – think the [...]
Presented without comment: These are Britain’s cheapest cities for train travel April 1, 2016 The cost of train travel varies hugely depending on where you live in Britain, according to research released today – and although Londoners love nothing more than to complain vociferously about how much their train fares set them back, it turns out the cheapest places for train commuters are big cities. Glaswegians pay the least for their [...]
Here are the most popular credit cards of 2016 – and the rewards they offer April 1, 2016 The five most popular credit cards of 2016 have been revealed today and, unsurprisingly, it turns out customers love getting rewards for spending their money, with cashback cards topping the list. Train commuter, furniture-lover or jet-setter; there's a reward scheme to suit everyone. Here's a run down of the cards people have been searching for most on Which? Money Compare [...]
April Fool’s Day 2016: Here are the internet’s most groan-inducing gags April 1, 2016 April Fool's is the best day of the year for bored product designers: all the bonkers inventions that would never pass the pitching stage have made it onto the internet this morning. Here's our round-up of the best jokes the ad-men and women have thrown at us so far today. How gullible are you? Take our April Fool quiz [...]
Take that, banks: The UK’s online financial marketplaces attracted $253m in VC money last year as LendInvest, Transferwise and Funding Circle made their mark March 29, 2016 Financial marketplaces – crowdfunding platforms and other fintech sites – have proven irresistible to the City, it turns out, after figures released today showed venture capital funding for the sector has shot up five-fold in the last two years. Data released today by payment startup Stripe showed investors are backing developers in their bid to reshape how people buy and sell [...]
General Motors given the go-ahead to acquire driverless car startup Cruise Automation March 28, 2016 The Federal Trade Commission has green-lighted General Motors' purchase of Cruise Automation, a Silicon Valley startup that makes the technology behind self-driving cars. The FTC and Justice Department has granted the transaction "early termination", or quick antitrust approval. The acquisition of Cruise Automaton – which has only 40 employees – has been reported to be worth over $1bn in [...]
BAE systems wins £300m MoD contract to support Hawk aircraft March 28, 2016 Defence firm BAE systems has landed a £300m government contract to provide in-service support for military training aircraft, the Ministry of Defence said today. The five-year contract includes design advice and managing modifications on Hawk aircraft, which are used to by the UK armed forces to train pilots before they fly frontline planes such as Typhoons. The ministry said that [...]
Chemicals giant Ineos is moving back to the UK after six years in Switzerland March 28, 2016 Chemicals giant Ineos is moving back to the UK after basing its global headquarters in Switzerland for six years. The firm’s billionaire founder Jim Ratcliffe told the Daily Mail: “We will finish up back in the UK within the next three years. We are Brits aren’t we? It’s where we started and it’s where our hearts lie. [...]
These are the most highly-paid MBA graduates March 28, 2016 Graduates from Cambridge University’s Judge Business School are the most highly paid in finance and technology, according to data from salary benchmarking site Emolument. A fifth of Cambridge’s MBA graduates enter the technology industry where they earn on average £95,000. This rises to £110,00 for graduates in finance. London Business School (LBS) graduates in the finance [...]
