Gary Stevenson, City trader turned campaigner: ‘I made money betting on a disaster’ | Financial sector

Gary Stevenson, City trader turned campaigner: ‘I made money betting on a disaster’ | Financial sector

Gary Stevenson became a multimillionaire by “betting inequality was going to destroy our economy and make the poorest in society even poorer”. Growing up with his brother and sister in a cramped... Read more »
Hertfordshire trader sold illegally imported elephant hair

Hertfordshire trader sold illegally imported elephant hair

Published: 9:25 AM May 3, 2022 A Hertfordshire trader who sold jewellery containing endangered elephant hair has been fined. Maharaj Sivasundram, aged 40, sold the jewellery which contained the illegally imported hair at... Read more »
Statue of slave trader Robert Milligan to join Museum of London collection

Statue of slave trader Robert Milligan to join Museum of London collection

A statue of merchant and slave trader Robert Milligan will join the Museum of London Docklands collection where it can be “contextualised”. The controversial landmark was taken down from its plinth at... Read more »
Bitcoin trader, 23, takes own life after break-up and losing all his money

Bitcoin trader, 23, takes own life after break-up and losing all his money

Stefano Reale, 23, sent his ex girlfriend a photo of a tree with the words “remember this place” followed by a message “I’ve lost everything”, an inquest heard Stefano Reale, 23, sent... Read more »
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The London museum that has been boycotted because of a slave trader statue

Activists and residents in Hackney have launched a boycott today (October 19) of a local museum because of a statue of slave ship owner Robert Geffrye. The Museum of the Home has... Read more »