Olympics on the move: Mobile traffic made up half of the BBC’s record online Olympics viewing August 24, 2016 It may have been Team GB's best Olympic medal haul in 100 years, but the Rio Olympic Games smashed mobile viewing records as well. The BBC has said just under half of the 29.3m users of its BBC Sport live online coverage tuned in via a mobile platform, while the dedicated BBC Sport app accounted for 10 per cent of its Olympics coverage – 2.9m [...]
UK banks’ share prices set new post-referendum highs August 24, 2016 Shares in UK banks are standing at a post-referendum high after a string of encouraging economic data has restored confidence in the health of the sector. Lenders with big domestic footprints were hit hard in the days after the 23 June referendum. Share prices fell by as much 40 per cent. Both Barclays and RBS suffered the [...]
US-Russia relations: Clinton to aggressively push “containment” in post-Cold War world while Trump could reset policy August 24, 2016 A Donald Trump presidency "would open the possibility of a significant improvement in US-Russia relations, albeit with some major caveats", according to BMI Research. Trump has espoused "an unusually Russia-friendly foreign policy, to the extent that his domestic opponents have labelled him as President Vladimir Putin's favoured candidate," BMI said in a new report. In July, [...]
Three at 3: The three stories you need to read right now August 24, 2016 We’re officially halfway through the working week – to celebrate, we’ve put together the top three stories of the day in bite-size form, just to make your life that bit easier. Time for a coffee break? Check out our three at three. Millennials to millionaires We speak to the experts and look at how even [...]
Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate oil prices slide on huge surprise increase in US crude stocks August 24, 2016 The price of US oil fell by more than two per cent this afternoon after an unexpected increase in crude stocks in the country reinvigorated worries about a global supply glut. Today the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released figures showing domestic crude supplies rose by 2.5m barrels in the week ended 19 August to a [...]
Facebook, Twitter and others are set to snatch £450m from news industry revenue by 2026 August 24, 2016 Internet giants like Facebook and Twitter could cost the UK news industry around £450m in revenue by 2026, a new report has suggested. Online “disruption” has cost the industry 46 per cent of its turnover in the last decade, according to estimates from OC&C Strategy Consultants. And the traditional newspaper industry, covering both national and [...]
Rents are increasing fastest in the South East and the East of England, not London August 24, 2016 Rising rents are a headache for Londoners who can't afford to put down a deposit on a home – but price increases are actually larger outside the capital. According to data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), rents grew 3.5 per cent over the past year in the south east, compared to a rise [...]
Cheers: Bellfield Brewery, the UK’s first dedicated gluten-free craft microbrewery, has secured distribution across the UK August 24, 2016 If you haven't already, you'll soon be able to raise a toast with free-from beer, as the UK's first dedicated gluten-free microbrewery has secured distribution with several country-wide operators. Edinburgh-based Bellfield Brewery's two brews, Lawless Village IPA and Bohemian Pilsner, have been taken on by several Scottish-based distributors and wholesalers including Craft Beer Clan Scotland, [...]
888 Holdings set to launch localised service in Romania week after failed William Hill bid August 24, 2016 Online gambling major 888 Holdings has announced it is set to launch a new, localised service in Romania a week after it walked away from a joint bid for bookmaking stalwart William Hill. 888's Romanian version, 888.ro, will unify its casino, poker and sport arms so that players can access all three brands from a single account when [...]