In 1998 she joined ITN as the Media and Arts Editor for ITV News and, at the age of 27, became the youngest newscaster on British national television since ITN’s creation in 1955.
For five years she covered showbiz events around the world and hosted the Classical Brit Awards four times. She then presented ITV Lunchtime News for six years and took a leading role as an anchor in the coverage of elections, royal weddings and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
This piece by Michael Hayman originally appeared in City A.M, see here Who’d have thought it? Turns out that marathons are good for you. New research last week revealed that one of the best ways to reduce your cardiovascular age is to get your jogging......
Seven Hills supported Strava with the launch of its 2019 Year In Sport – an annual report that analyses data from the world’s largest community of athletes. This year’s edition revealed the secrets to motivation, the gender divide in cycle commuting, the rise of ultra-marathons and......
This piece by Michael Hayman originally appeared in City A.M, see here “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.” As history buffs will know, the Battle of Bosworth Field didn’t work out well for Richard III, and with it the last of the......
James Chen, a philanthropist committed to solving the “global epidemic” in poor vision, has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Bath. The founder of charity Vision for a Nation, which has helped Rwanda to become the first low-income country to make eye-care......
Seven Hills launched the inaugural Future Forum event on behalf of Scotland House this month; the first of a new programme of monthly breakfast events looking at the future of business. The breakfast debate, ‘Innovating for Success: From Idea to Impact’, bought together leaders in......
This piece by Michael Hayman originally appeared in City A.M, see here You’d be forgiven for not having a moment to notice, but this is a decade that is fast running out of time. The 2010s began with the unease of the consequences of the......
This piece by Michael Hayman originally appeared in City A.M, see here Things can only get better — 1997, and not only a song for D:ream but an anthem that swept Tony Blair’s New Labour from obscurity to office. His hand-written message to the nation......
BGF rolled out the red carpet at the ODEON Luxe, Leicester Square on Thursday for its annual Portfolio Day. The event brought together CEOs from BGF’s portfolio companies alongside an array of business leaders to speak on the future of British business and enterprise. The......
Seven Hills hosted its flagship annual Change Makers summit in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in London on Thursday, bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, business leaders that are realising the positive potential of business. Change Makers 2019 spotlighted the partnerships delivering real societal change, and was......