September 2019 / 20 posts found
Meet the 23 fintech startups ready to scale up
London startups dominate the list of 23 fintechs that have joined government-backed Tech Nation’s 2019 growth programme. Sixty per cent of the new cohort of financial technology firms hail from the capital, while 40 per cent boast at least one female co-founder, Tech Nation revealed today. Read more: Fintech is all the rage, but is the bubble finally about to burst? Over the course of six months, the startup body will work with the companies to grow and scale their businesses at speed. The companies who made the cut for the latest programme were handpicked by fintech superstars including Starling […]
The unparalleled entertainment – and heartbreaking reality – of watching a court hearing – Spectator…
‘Barristers’ speeches vanish quicker than Chinese dinners, and even the greatest victory in court rarely survives longer than the next Sunday’s papers.’ So wrote John Mortimer in Rumpole of the Bailey. While no doubt true, a barrister delivering a well-honed speech is still something to behold. They are the last defenders of a rhetorical tradition that our politicians have all but given up on. Many QCs still use Cicero’s principles of oratory: to teach, to entertain and to move. The public are allowed to watch almost any court hearing, but few ever do. As a court reporter, I have been […]
Navigating Changes After Divorce
Let’s be real — divorce is TOUGH, and so is figuring out your and your family’s new life in the weeks and months that follow finalizing your split. And, there’s a case to be made for it being even tougher for those in the LGBTQIA+ community. Not only are you handling the sea change of divorce, your child custody arrangement may be impacted by the patchwork quilt of surrogacy and adoption laws. Your financial arrangements may have been influenced by the number of years you were married in the eyes of the law, which might be far less than your […]
Celebrities Who Split In 2019: 22 Biggest Breakups & Divorces – Hollywood Life
From cheating scandals to divorce filings that seemingly came out of nowhere, these celebrity couples’ splits buckled fans into a roller-coaster of emotions. Here’s a recap. As Neil Sedaka once sang, “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.” That 1975 ballad holds especially true in 2019, which saw some of the most wild splits in the history of celebrity romances. If you’ve lost count, don’t worry — we’re recapping the most major breakups, starting in January. Jeff Bezos, 55, rocked the world when the Amazon CEO and his wife of 25 years, Mackenzie Bezos, 49, announced their split on Jan. 9. […]
Divorce Injustice: It’s Just Not Fair!
Perhaps you are experiencing the end of a relationship, or maybe the death of someone you love, or possibly divorce injustice, or some other injustice in your life. Whatever the experience, I wonder how many times have you wanted to scream from the top of your lungs “IT’S NOT FAIR!!” That this is absolutely not what was supposed to happen, that you don’t deserve this, that you did everything right. How many of you want to scream out “WHY?!?!?? Why is this happening to me?!?!?!?” If you are anything like I was at the end of my marriage and when […]