Asics blames hackers for pornography playing in its shop September 30, 2019 Sports shop Asics has blamed hackers after a screen above the entrance to it flagship store in Auckland played pornography for nine hours. The company said “an unknown person gained access to the screens above our Central Auckland store and some objectionable content was displayed on the screens. We would like to apologise to anyone [...]
Dame Inga Beale: I’m not surprised by Lloyd’s of London sexual harassment claims September 30, 2019 The controversial drinking culture at Lloyd’s of London is so entrenched that a former chief executive admits she does not know how to tackle it. Dame Inga Beale, who ran the historic institution for five years, spent much time trying to tackle behavioural problems among its staff. Read more: Nearly 500 Lloyd’s of London workers [...]
Revolut to hire 3,500 staff in global Visa expansion deal September 30, 2019 UK fintech Revolut is set to hire 3,500 new staff after striking a deal with card company Visa to expand into 24 new markets. The company plans to open in eight new countries, with the US, Japan, Canada and Singapore top priorities. Read more: Nik Storonsky on negative press, growing pains and what’s next It [...]
Chancellor Sajid Javid unveils £17bn no-deal Brexit cushion September 30, 2019 Sajid Javid will today unveil a package of spending pledges as the party goes on an election footing at its annual Conservative conference in Manchester. The chancellor will double down on Boris Johnson’s pledge to leave the EU with or without a deal on 31 October, promising a £16.6bn so-called no-deal Brexit guarantee to cushion [...]
Interview: City Football Group marketing chief Nuria Tarre on innovating at Manchester City and the future of the sports industry September 29, 2019 “My ultimate objective – day-to-day, the reason I wake up and enjoy doing the work that I do – is because I truly think we want to be there for the fans in an authentic way,” says Nuria Tarre, chief marketing officer of City Football Group. Since joining CFG in 2015 from her role running [...]
Protests ramp up as Hong Kong prepares for China’s national day September 29, 2019 Protests which have rocked Hong Kong for months intensified today as the city prepares for China’s national day this week. Police opened fire with tear gas canisters, rubber bullets and water cannon as protesters threw petrol bombs at authorities and into a government building. Protesters are demanding universal sufferage, and charges to be dropped against [...]
Ofgem looks at powers to block sales of energy customers September 29, 2019 Energy regulator Ofgem is considering plans which would allow it to block transactions between suppliers, as the industry worries that it is being left to pick up the pieces for failed companies. Rivals have picked the bones for left-over meat of some of more than a dozen energy suppliers that have gone bust in the [...]
Greta Thunberg pokes fun at trolls over ‘helpline’ September 27, 2019 Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg has hit back trolls criticising her campaign by sharing a video of angry callers phoning a Greta Thunberg Helpline. The 16-year-old shared a comedy video by Australian comedian Mark Humphries that pokes fun at “adults angry with a child”. Read more: Trump mocks climate activist Greta Thunberg Sharing the [...]
Wells Fargo poaches BNY Mellon chief executive September 27, 2019 Wells Fargo has named BNY Mellon boss Charles Scharf as its new chief executive. Scharf will join the firm in October, making him the lender’s third chief executive since the bank became embroiled in a sales scandal in 2016. Read more: Wells Fargo outperforms estimates as profits climb Scharf, who was chief executive at BNY [...]
DEBATE: Did Jacques Chirac leave France in a better state than he found it when he became President? September 27, 2019 Did Jacques Chirac leave France in a better state than he found it when he became President? Alastair Benn, news editor of Reaction, says YES. Jacques Chirac’s legacy is hard to define – he was certainly not a great President, and the old fox, as he was often known, never really shook off a (justified) [...]