By Laura McGuire The City will be plunged into darkness on Saturday as some of the capital’s most iconic landmarks turn off their lights to raise awareness for climate change. From 8:30pm, the Barbican Arts Centre, the Central Criminal Court, the City …
Can private equity push Labour to ditch its carried interest reforms?
By Jessica Frank-Keyes As Rachel Reeves spoke with buyout bosses and venture capitalists in Leeds earlier this month, the mood was warm. Investors around the table laid out a boosterish pitch for private capital and its role in the economy and the Shad…
How the BBC’s fast-track prosecutions are sparking calls for reform
By Jessica Frank-Keyes “This is tick-box justice and we should totally reform the system.” Penelope Gibbs, a former magistrate and director of campaign group Transform Justice, was referring to the Single Justice Procedure, or SJP, and how it is being …
The Monetary Policy Committee can fight rate setting unease with greater coherence
By Andy Silvester Andrew Bailey did not have a lot of luck when he came to the table as the new Governor of the Bank of England, stepping into the job about the same time as a flu-like virus from a Chinese city nobody had heard of arrived at Heathrow. …
BlackRock chooses Ethereum for their tokenised investment fund
By Coinrule 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. Tuesday was another record day for the Bitcoin ETFs. This time,…
Manchester United flop now reaches three years without recognition, latest snub is no surprise
In this day and age you have to be cautious not to rush to judgement and brand a player a flop, after just a few months. Lisandro Martinez was dismissed by certain pundits after just two games, while Andre Onana received a barrel-load of criticism earl…
Manchester United flop now reaches three years without recognition, latest snub is no surprise
In this day and age you have to be cautious not to rush to judgement and brand a player a flop, after just a few months. Lisandro Martinez was dismissed by certain pundits after just two games, while Andre Onana received a barrel-load of criticism earl…
How Turkey’s Opposition Media Empowers Erdoğan
Image by Arzu Geybullayeva Complicity in perpetuating authoritarian rule has many faces. Undemocratic governance is propped up by politicians and big businesses as well as a complacent media ecosystem and an electorate who are wholeheartedly drawn to a…
Australia to build Boxer armoured vehicles for Germany in record deal
Australia signed a deal on Thursday to export more than 100 armoured vehicles to Germany, in an agreement being touted as the Australian defence industry’s biggest contract ever. Under the agreement, German arms maker Rheinmetall will build the Boxer h…
Australia to build Boxer armoured vehicles for Germany in record deal
Australia signed a deal on Thursday to export more than 100 armoured vehicles to Germany, in an agreement being touted as the Australian defence industry’s biggest contract ever. Under the agreement, German arms maker Rheinmetall will build the Boxer h…