Volkswagen scandal: VW engineers admit manipulating CO2 emissions on affected cars November 9, 2015 A number of Volkswagen engineers have admitted manipulating the car giant's carbon dioxide emissions data, claiming the targets they were set by former boss Martin Winterkorn were too difficult to achieve. German newspaper Bild am Sonntag claimed VW enigeers had been tampering with tyre pressure and mixing diesel with motor oil to make them use less fuel [...]
From Sharm el-Sheikh and John Lewis’ Christmas advert to Remembrance Sunday and interest rate rises: Here’s what got us talking this week November 6, 2015 There was a march that turned violent. Middle age somehow got that bit longer. And in darkest Hounslow, people went nuts for bargain-basement housing. The Cenotaph service is open for anyone to attend (Source: Getty) 1) It's Remembrance Sunday this weekend How will you be commemorating the fallen? We have some ideas for you here. And [...]
Sharm el-Sheikh crash: Russian Metrojet A321, flight 7K9268 black box “confirms bomb”, according to French media November 6, 2015 Data extracted from the black boxes onboard Russian Metrojet A321, flight 7K9268 confirms the plane was destroyed by an onboard bomb, French media is reporting. The black boxes recorded the sound of an explosion during the flight, an investigator told France 2 this afternoon. The explosion did not come from engine problems or failure, removing the possibility of [...]
Thomas Cook flight MT2706 from Manchester to Sharm el-Sheikh diverted mid-air November 6, 2015 A Thomas Cook flight from Manchester to Sharm el-Sheikh has been diverted off its course mid-flight. Flight MT2706 had been heading to the Egyptian resort as part of efforts to help repatriate the thousands of British holiday-makers left stranded after the UK government suspended flights amid concerns that a Russian jet that crashed last weekend might have [...]
Christmas adverts 2015: John Lewis, M&S, Curry’s PC World, Asda or Argos – which retailer gets the gold star for best ad? November 6, 2015 The retailer race to be top of the tree this Christmas is on. Retailers including John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Iceland have been teasing their Christmas advertising for weeks, but now the majority of the campaigns are officially launched, who will be sitting pretty at the top of the Christmas list? This year it’s clear than [...]
The UK is great at supporting startups – so why can’t we do the same with scale-ups? November 6, 2015 The last five years have seen an unprecedented growth in the number of new, registered companies and we have now surpassed the rate at which even the United States produces startups. This is terrific progress, but when these businesses grow and try to move to the next stage – be that taking on more employees, [...]
Powerful explosion in Stockholm, cause unknown local media reports November 6, 2015 A "powerful explosion" in Sweden's capital Stockholm has been put down to a gas leak. The blast took place in the area around Brännkyrkagatan on Södermalm at 11:40am local time. Police deployed several patrols to the area and emergency services were also on the scene, but left around an hour after the explosion occurred. It [...]
Christmas adverts 2015: It’s not just about John Lewis – here are all the other adverts including Marks & Spencer, Burberry, Waitrose, TK Maxx, Curry’s PC World, Argos – but nothing from Tesco yet November 6, 2015 Yes, yes, we know, there's a mournful man on the moon and a girl with a telescope and the whole of the UK is crying. But Christmas is not just about the John Lewis advert. There are some other retailers with festive ads of their own to share. Here's the best Christmas adverts the UK [...]
John Lewis Christmas advert 2015: With Aurora’s cover of Half the World Away once again it has the right song, brand values and storytelling November 6, 2015 Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without retailers bombarding us with their festive fair. However, when you consider the serious amounts of time and money (£7m for last year’s Monty the Penguin) spent on first creating their Christmas campaigns and then on the media time to ensure we see them, many a retailer must be asking themselves, what [...]
EasyJet’s Sharm el-Sheikh “rescue flights” halted by Egyptian authorities November 6, 2015 EasyJet’s plans to run “rescue” flights out of Sharm el-Sheikh have been halted by Egyptian authorities, with the airline now urging customers to extend their stay for at least two more days. The budget airline had been planning to start flying some of the 20,000 Brits who have been stranded in the popular holiday destination since [...]
