WPP appoints Microsoft chief executive Cindy Rose to the board March 12, 2019 Advertising group WPP has appointed Microsoft UK chief executive Cindy Rose to its board as a non-executive director, the company said today. Rose, who has held a string of high-profile jobs in the media and technology sectors, will join the firm from the beginning of April and will serve as a member of the audit [...]
UK economy rebounds in January but longer term growth remains weak March 12, 2019 The UK economy grew faster than expected in January, with GDP expanding 0.5 per cent, newly released figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. This marked an improvement on December 2018, when GDP shrank by 0.4 per cent. Read more: OECD slashes growth forecasts and warns of no-deal Brexit recession January’s figure was [...]
Mothercare sells Early Learning Centre to The Entertainer March 12, 2019 Mothercare has sold the Early Learning Centre to the owner of The Entertainer for up to £13.5m. The struggling retailer sold the brand to Teal Group as it does not have the “necessary capital, resources or scale” to continue to invest in Early Learning Centre own-brand toys. Read more: Mothercare sticks to guidance despite falling [...]
World Wide Web: Google Doodle marks 30th anniversary of Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s invention March 12, 2019 It’s become such a fundamental part of our daily lives that it’s now almost impossible to imagine a world without the World Wide Web. But on 12 March 1989 the system we've come to rely on across the glove was just an inchoate proposal for an information management system, written by 33-year-old software engineer Tim [...]
The secret to being more likeable on first dates and job interviews revealed March 12, 2019 | City Talk People who need to make a good impression on dates or in job interviews should concentrate on communicating the hard work and effort behind their success, rather than just emphasising their talent, new research from Cass Business School has found. In Impression (Mis) Management When Communicating Success, published in Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Dr [...]
No more ties in the office? Suit yourself in a world beyond workplace dress codes March 12, 2019 “A man cannot dress, but his ideas get clothed at the same time,” wrote Lawrence Stern in Tristram Shandy in 1759. More recently, Caitlin Moran pointed out that when a woman says she has nothing to wear, what she means is “there’s nothing here for who I’m supposed to be today”. Clothes are text. From [...]
Google paid $105m to two executives accused of sexual harassment March 12, 2019 Google paid a total of $105m (£79m) to two executives after they were accused of sexual harassment, according to court documents released last night. The lawsuit, filed by shareholder James Martin, confirms previous reports that Android creator Andy Rubin was paid $90m after he allegedly coerced sex from a colleague. Read more: Fintech superstar Marta [...]
Domino’s profits hit by international ‘growing pains’ March 12, 2019 Domino’s saw profits fall last year as it suffered ‘growing pains’ in international markets, the pizza company announced today. Shares in the fast food firm were up 6.18 per cent to 247.5p this morning after it said it continued to perform well in the UK and Ireland, and revealed plans to break even internationally next [...]
DEBATE: Are smart speakers really a better measure of inflation for the ONS than envelopes? March 12, 2019 Are smart speakers really a better measure of inflation for the ONS than envelopes? Vicky Pryce, former joint head of the Government Economic Service and author of It’s the Economy, Stupid, says YES. It makes sense for the ONS to rethink its inflation basket. Fewer people write letters now, although parcels have increased with online [...]
The Conservative party needs to rediscover its economic way March 12, 2019 For most people, the Conservative’s 2015 “long-term economic plan” is now a distant memory. But as someone who was deeply immersed in that election campaign, I still sometimes wake up at night reciting its contents. Though much mocked for its repetition, the plan was more than just a catchphrase. From deficit reduction and tax cuts [...]