Openreach calls on providers to set plan for full-fibre rollout March 21, 2019 Telecoms giant Openreach has launched a consultation to agree a plan for retiring the UK’s copper lines as it looks to begin the rollout of a new full-fibre network. Openreach is seeking opinions from broadband and telephone providers such as BT, Talktalk and Sky on how customers can be upgraded from existing copper connections to [...]
Hooked on a book, podcast or TV show? Here’s how the story changes you March 21, 2019 | City Talk Every holiday season, you have new worlds at your fingertips. Reading books, listening to podcasts, and watching films and TV shows can help you break away from the frenzy of everyday life, and journey into other possible worlds. As with any kind of travel, the journey affects you. The degree to which you become engaged [...]
Profit dips at Shore Capital ahead of its purchase of Stockdale Securities March 21, 2019 Profit dipped at corporate finance firm Shore Capital in 2018, in a year of rocky capital markets. Read more: Shore Capital snaps up Stockdale Securities to create broking powerhouse The figures The Aim-listed business said profit fell 11.1 per cent to £4.1m, which it blamed on increased investments. Revenue increased 3.4 per cent to £43.3m and its [...]
How field marshal May can get out of the Brexit trenches March 21, 2019 The name of field marshal Douglas Haig, commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force from 1915-18, is not one that usually trips off the tongue in connection with Brexit. But with the whole Brexit process having become mired in Flanders-type mud, and increasingly settling into First World War style trench warfare, he would seem a most apposite [...]
If Theresa May’s withdrawal deal passes, it will haunt the Tories forever March 21, 2019 Thank you John Bercow. I’m sure that the speaker had his own reasons for announcing that Theresa May cannot just keep bringing back the same motion to parliament so she can browbeat, blackmail and bribe her backbench MPs into supporting the abomination that is her withdrawal agreement. I’m sure he is hoping that, in whittling [...]
Go back to the drawing board and help UK businesses become top of the class March 21, 2019 If you walk into any classroom in the country, you will find a small group of diligent pupils at the front, hands raised, offering an answer to today’s problem. There’s also likely a second lot at the back of the class monopolising the teacher’s time. This leaves the majority of students in the middle who [...]
Renishaw share price drops as it issues profit warning March 21, 2019 Renishaw saw shares plummet this morning as it issued a profit warning, blaming weak demand in Asia. Read more: Meggitt spends £5m on Brexit stockpiling The FTSE 250 precision engineer now expects profit before tax to land in the range of £123m to £141m, a bracket lower than the £146m to £166m it predicted back [...]
Vodafone braced for EU competition warning over $22bn Liberty deal March 21, 2019 Vodafone is set to receive a warning from EU competition regulators over its $22bn (£16.7bn) takeover of Liberty Global assets, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. The warnings, which will take the form of a statement of objections, will be issued to the two companies shortly, according to the report. The deadline [...]
Wates Group profits on the rise as construction firm battles Brexit fallout March 21, 2019 Construction firm Wates Group’s profits rose slightly last year as it battled against a downturn in work caused by Brexit. The UK’s largest family owned construction firm said it had continued improving profit by sticking to its core sectors and regions, as it went into 2019 with a record order book. Read more: MJ Gleeson [...]
Fed up with bureaucracy? Might be time to reform your meetings March 21, 2019 Every organisation is either struggling with bureaucracy or terrified of becoming one as they grow. But when companies reach a certain size, it’s not uncommon for them to have countless policies, practices, and structures in place that have accumulated over time. Business leaders should think of this as an operating system. And just as a [...]