Second earthquake in two days strikes Greek island of Lefkada November 18, 2015 A second earthquake in two days has struck off the coast of Greece early this morning. Today's quake, 32km west-south-west of Nidri, on the island of Lefkada, registered as a 4.7 magnitude. This was smaller than the one which struck off the same island yesterday, in which at least two people have been killed. The US Geological Survey said [...]
UK weather: Storm Barney brings travel chaos to train networks including Southern, Southeastern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express, Abellio Greater Anglia, Stansted Express and London Midland November 18, 2015 Storm Barney landed last night, with severe gales of up to 80 mph in some parts of the country. As forecast, that is having a knock-on effect with a number of train networks this morning, with several lines reporting severe or minor delays as a result of the bad weather. A fallen tree has damaged [...]
Increasing use of pesky ad-blocking software means advertisers need to rethink their approach November 18, 2015 Increased use of consumers using ad-blocking software is posing a serious threat to brands and publishers and creative agencies. Self-playing videos and pop-up ads have given the medium a bad name among consumers, and one in five (20 per cent) of us uses the software – up about five percentage points from earlier in the [...]
Youtube launches “family-friendly” Youtube Kids service in the UK November 18, 2015 Youtube’s standalone app for family-friendly content lands in the UK today, ten months after its US launch. A welcome addition to the family for concerned parents, Youtube Kids blocks out the plethora of less child-friendly content available on the video platform. “We built the Youtube Kids app to be a safer version of Youtube, a [...]
Best of the Brokers for 18 November 2015 November 18, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com STANDARD CHARTERED Jefferies believes the $17bn revenues implied in Standard Chartered’s 2018 returns on an equity target of eight per cent will be “tough to achieve”, given the ongoing pressure at the bank. Five per cent returns would be more achievable in 2018 [...]
Deflation station: Fidelity International’s Maike Currie explains where to invest in a world of no inflation November 18, 2015 It is likely that I will have to write further open letters to you over the coming months…” If you think these are the words of a hopeless romantic penning a letter to their long-distance love, you’re wrong. It’s the Bank of England governor Mark Carney, writing to chancellor George Osborne to explain why [...]
Inside the psychology of your logo: There’s a reason Gap’s redesign was such a failure November 18, 2015 While they’re commonly called “intangible assets”, logos matter. Gap learned this lesson in 2010 when it attempted to change its logo, but quickly abandoned the endeavour after it met with a furious backlash from followers on Twitter and Facebook. What the retailer hadn’t realised was how the subtle aspects of its logo were perceived, and [...]
Liberté, égalité, fraternité: All for one and one for Dele Alli as England host France in emotional friendly at Wembley November 18, 2015 NULL
Energy demand to outpace National Grid supply in 2016 – Centre for Policy Studies November 18, 2015 The closure of energy plants across the country means the UK is on the verge of an energy crisis, according to a report published by the Centre for Policy Studies today. Coal-fired plants due to close in March next year mean that the 54,000 megawatts of forecast demand will not be covered by the National [...]
Engineers are urging the UK government to speed up in a space race worth up to £40bn November 18, 2015 The value of the British space industry could rocket to £40bn in the next 15 years, creating 100,000 new jobs in the process, but the government risks holding the sector back with restrictive regulations and insufficient investment, a report out today has warned. The UK's booming space sector is currently growing by around nine per cent year-on-year [...]