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BP renews controversial sponsorship of top London museums and galleries July 28, 2016 BP's sponsorship of several of London's leading cultural attractions will continue for another five years despite the firm's declining profits as it struggles with low oil prices and the continued fallout from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The £7.5m commercial deal puts the name of the oil company alongside The British Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Royal Opera House and the [...]
As chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigns, will Volkswagen survive the emissions tests catastrophe? September 23, 2015 Bill Blain, strategist at Mint Partners. style ‘Donut’, says Yes Speculation that Volkswagen is doomed is way-wide of the mark. Suffer? Yes. Dead? By no means. Markets overreact – at some point its deeply discounted share price and suddenly toxic bond issues will be a screaming buy. The question is when – and it’s not [...]
Co-op Bank gets set to reject even more businesses – but is its ethical policy viable? January 20, 2015 How seriously do we take this? Pretty seriously.” So says the stern man getting “ethics and values” tattooed on his back in the Co-op Bank’s cinema ad boasting about its ethical policies. Even more serious than a tattoo – which was not actually tattooed on to the actor, by the way – is the fact [...]