General Election 2019: How to watch the results on live TV December 12, 2019 The UK has been plunged into a political broadcast blackout today, with channels forced to put their election coverage on hold as Brits go to the polls. But when voting closes at 10pm, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky will all fire up their cameras to provide rolling coverage until the UK’s next Prime [...]
London City Airport cops flak for RAF base flights December 12, 2019 A commercial airport service run partly by London City Airport out of an RAF base is attracting complaints from local residents. VIP London Airport runs out of RAF Northolt in Ruislip, west London, offering “discreet and secure departure and entry into the UK”. Read more: Extinction Rebellion disrupt London City Airport flights The MoD allows [...]
New Look appoints ex-House of Fraser boss as CEO December 12, 2019 New Look has appointed former House of Fraser boss Nigel Oddy as chief executive, filling the top job for the first time in more than two years. Oddy, who joined the retailer as chief operating officer in April this year, will take on the role from the beginning of January 2020. Read more: New Look [...]
Premier League appoints Richard Masters as chief executive after embarrassing saga December 12, 2019 The Premier League today approved the appointment of interim chief executive Richard Masters to the role on a permanent basis. Masters’ appointment follows an embarrassing saga for the football body, which gave the job to two previous candidates, neither of whom took up the role. Read more: The Premier League’s incoming CEO has quit before [...]
HP accuses Autonomy boss Mike Lynch of lying in $5bn fraud trial December 12, 2019 Hewlett-Packard (HP) today accused British businessman Mike Lynch of lying to the High Court when he gave evidence in his $5.1bn (£3.9bn) Autonomy fraud trial. HP is suing Lynch, the founder of software firm Autonomy, and his former finance chief Sushovan Hussain, over claims they falsely inflated the company’s revenue for two years before the [...]
Serco returns to UK growth as outsourcer puts woes behind it December 12, 2019 Public services outsourcer Serco’s UK revenues have returned to growth for the first time since 2013. Six years ago, revelations emerged that the company had charged taxpayers to monitor released prisoners who were actually dead or still in jail with electronic tags. Read more: Serco fined £19m for government tagging contract fraud It became part of [...]
Manchester United’s attack looks reinvigorated with Anthony Martial allowing Marcus Rashford to flourish December 12, 2019 A lot can change in a week. Just eight days ago Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s position as Manchester United manager looked under serious threat: the club had won just six league games in the last 22 ahead of difficult ties against Tottenham and Manchester City, while Mauricio Pochettino appeared to be waiting in the wings. Today, [...]
Takeover interest mounts over Sainsbury’s £1.9bn mortgage book December 12, 2019 Grocery giant Sainsbury’s has reportedly received several offers for its £1.9bn mortgage book. The Big Four supermarket chain has attracted a number of bidders as it looks to quit the home-loans market, according to Sky News. The broadcaster said that Lloyds Banking Group is understood to be among the interested parties in the auction, which [...]
London media firm bags $100m for new film and TV projects December 12, 2019 The media firm behind hit shows such as Line of Duty today said it has secured $100m (£76m) of funding to help fund film and TV projects, while it will also look to build a new UK studio space. Great Point Media (GPM) has already committed $80m of its own funds to the investment, and [...]
Tossed owner Zest Food secures creditor backing for rescue plan December 12, 2019 Tossed owner Zest Food has secured the backing of its creditors to implement a rescue plan, which will allow its salad bar brand to continue to trade. The healthy fast food chain, which trades from 24 central London locations, said that no stores will need to close immediately, but it will seek to exit onerous [...]