How does a Pokemon card fetch £12m? Inside the lucrative world of rare trading cards Investing The Pokemon and Matchattax cards you had when you were a kid could fetch big bucks now. From multi-million price tags to Premier League brand deals, Matt Kenyon digs into this unlikely new asset class. At a glance, it looked a bit like Comic Con. But in reality, Fort Knox would have been a better [...]
Morning Wire Triathlon Team Challenge at T100 London hailed as great success Sport A successful London T100 Triathlon weekend saw Maurten UK come home first in the Morning Wire Triathlon Team Challenge. The London-based subsidiary of Swedish sports nutrition company Maurten AB came first out of 26 Morning Wire Triathlon Team Challenge teams in a time of one hour, 12 minutes and 47 seconds. The likes of Steph [...]
BNY Investments team get game face on for Morning Wire Triathlon Team Challenge Sport The Square Mile has long upheld the “work hard, play hard” mantra and the BNY Investments trio taking on the Morning Wire Triathlon Team Challenge this weekend are doing their bit to honour that tradition. Data analyst Matt Stearn, control and resiliency director Anthony Guinot and software engineer Ben Pudsey will be representing the global [...]
Formula E signs World Championship extension with FIA until 2048 July 25, 2025 Formula E has extended its exclusive contract with motorsport governing body the FIA, meaning it will remain the only all-electric single-seater World Championship until at least 2048. It comes ahead of the climax of Formula E’s 11th season in London this weekend, where Nissan driver Oliver Rowland is set to be crowned champion on home [...]
Formula E extends stay in London with contract extension April 23, 2025 Formula E will remain in the capital until 2026 after extending its deal with the ExCeL in east London. The all-electric racing series will return to the exhibition centre next year having stretched its deal by another 12 months to keep the Docklands landmark as host. It comes amid rumours that the series could up [...]
Formula E: Pascal Wehrlein wins title after epic London finale July 21, 2024 Pascal Wehrlein won his first Formula E world title yesterday after coming second to Oliver Rowland in the season finale at London’s ExCeL. The German looked like he’d need to settle for a championship podium but issues with both Jaguar cars – driven by Nick Cassidy, who retired, and Mitch Evans, who missed two key [...]