London has been named the least friendly place in the UK again (but it’s getting friendlier) March 6, 2017 No prizes for guessing what the UK's unfriendliest city is: yep, yet again, London has been given the dubious honour. But new figures suggest the capital, which has just been ranked bottom in a list of the UK's 30 friendliest cities suggest the capital has become marginally more welcoming in the past six months: the study, [...]
Chelsea enters the big league after Sadiq Khan signs off new £500m home March 6, 2017 Chelsea's £500m stadium expansion has been given the green light by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, paving the way for a 50 per cent increase in the ground's capacity. The club, currently sitting at the top of the English Premier League, will expand within the tight constraints of its Fulham-based home. Match-day capacity at Stamford Bridge [...]
British Land is offering enhanced shared parental pay after rejigging its shared parental leave policy March 6, 2017 Real estate giant British Land has announced it is upping shared parental leave (SPL) for employees, providing parents with equal benefits in terms of pay following the birth, or adoption, of a child. British Land said the approach will allow more parents to enjoy the benefits of SPL, as it goes "above and beyond" statutory requirements. [...]
Lonmin’s chief operating officer Ben Moolman has resigned after two years with the troubled miner March 6, 2017 Ben Moolman has resigned as chief operating officer and director of Lonmin, one of the world's largest platinum miners, citing personal reasons. Moolman, who joined the mining company in 2015, will leave with effect from 5 April 2017. Lonmin did not name a successor. Chief executive Ben Magara said: "My colleagues and I would like to thank [...]
Absolute rubbish: Waste entrepreneur Bruce Bratley on building his recyling empire March 6, 2017 Did you know that it takes 10 days to recycle a cardboard box, and for it to become a new cardboard box? When the material is too old to re-use in the same guise, it’ll become an egg box. Another recycling factoid: coffee grounds are recycled all over London and turned into biofuel. It’s easy [...]
No, YouTube.TV isn’t going to replace broadcast television. It’s New Coke March 6, 2017 I recently learned that in Scottish dialect the word “tube” is quite the insult – an idiot – and that when YouTube was first launched, many got the wrong end of the stick. “It’s on you tube!” could quite easily be interpreted as an invitation to fight. 12 years later and as far as established [...]
Ogilvy & Mather UK’s Annette King and Emma De La Fosse: “We’re not ‘women in power’ – we’re just the right people for the job” March 6, 2017 "It turns out there are a lot of women who just have a problem with women in power,” quipped Kellyanne Conway, de facto mouthpiece of the new White House in a recent interview. While they sip tomato juice and black coffee, I present the notion of “women in power” to Annette King and Emma De [...]
Uber drivers will transport non-emergency patients around in tie-up with social care start-up Cera March 6, 2017 Uber drivers will be trained to transport non-emergency patients around, according to social care start-up Cera, which has partnered with the ride-hailing app. The partnership will also enable Cera's London-based carers to use Uber to get to the people they are caring for as quickly as possible. It forms part of an aim to "bring greater independence and [...]
Comparethemarket owner bumps up sales giving Aleksandr and Sergei something to write home about March 6, 2017 The owner of price comparison website Comparethemarket today revealed double-digit revenue growth during the first six months of its financial year. The figures BGL, which also owns Beagle Street and Budget Insurance brands, said group revenue jumped 14 per cent. Comparethemarket.com revenue increased by 15 per cent, while lesfurets.com (literally, the ferets) revenues soared by 34 per [...]
The UK’s manufacturing sector is gaining ground rapidly post-Brexit March 6, 2017 British manufacturers beat expectations in the first quarter of 2017, helped by the fall in the value of the pound after the Brexit vote and a recovery in core European markets, a new survey found. The UK's factories are growing at their fastest pace in more than three years after initially taking a hit from the EU referendum, [...]