Hungry for a sweet property deal? Lord Sugar puts City of London property on market September 9, 2014 Hungry for a sweet property deal? Lord Sugar has fired the starting gun on bids to lease his 40,000 sq ft property The Sugar Building and he is open for tempting offers from a single occupier. Looking at the accompanying image, the building is still under wraps – but interested parties should get [...]
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was pierced by “high energy objects” from outside the plane September 9, 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was hit by numerous “high-energy objects” that “pierced the plane at high speed”, according to a report published by the Dutch Safety Board this morning. The Boeing 777-200 broke up in the air as a result of the objects which “penetrated the aircraft from outside”, the report said. There were [...]
UKTV ratings and revenues up but earnings down as it moves “from challenger to contender” September 8, 2014 British broadcaster UKTV reached record ratings and revenues last year, as it upped its investment in original content. The group, which is co-owned by BBC Worldwide and Scripps, grew revenues to £278m in 2013 calendar year and claimed its best audience – an average share of 4.67 per cent of the total available across [...]
Is Westminster going to grant Scotland devo max powers if it stays part of the union? September 8, 2014 In a last-ditch attempt to woo swing voters, George Osborne has hinted Westminster will offer Scotland greater powers over taxes and spending if those going to the polls next week vote to keep the union intact. Speaking on the morning it emerged the Yes campaign had edged ahead for the first time during the [...]
Welsh cakes, whiskey and rugby balls: What’s in the Nato goody bag? September 5, 2014 US President Barack Obama, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko and German chancellor Angela Merkel were among the Nato leaders presented with a goody bag of Welsh goods today – and the contents certainly made us stop and look. No doubt Obama and Merkel bonded over the Welsh cakes they received. Maybe Poroshenko used the honey [...]
Watch: Is the Ikea Bookbook the launch which could leave Apple in the shade? September 5, 2014 Ikea claims to have launched the next big thing, and we think it could take some of the polish off Apple's iPhone 6 launch next week. The Bookbook is wireless, has an eternal battery life and can double its interface from its regular 7.5 by 8-inch size to 15 inches, notes chief design guru [...]
Cameron commits 1,000 British troops to Nato-wide “rapid” force September 5, 2014 David Cameron has committed 1,000 troops to a multinational “rapid” response force in the face of “new and evolving dangers”. Speaking at the second day of the Nato summit in the Welsh city of Newport, the Prime Minister warned about “an arc of instability [that] bends from North Africa to the Middle East”, while [...]
New Look sells French arm Mim to newly-created business Main Asia September 5, 2014 New Look has sold its French business Mim for an undisclosed sum, to a Hong Kong-based company about which relatively little information has been made available. Main Asia (HK) was established earlier this year to acquire Mim, and the main shareholders and management are “active in apparel and textile manufacturing and trading, along with [...]
Twitpic shutdown: The companies that could be vulnerable to Twitter’s trademark clampdown September 5, 2014 Is Twitter getting twitchy? Picture sharing site Twitpic has revealed it is shutting down to avoid being embroiled in a costly trademark dispute with the social media giant – and it's not the first one to have done so. According to Twitpic founder Noah Everett, the Silicon Valley corporation contacted Twitpic's legal team “demanding we [...]
Scottish independence: Miliband’s confusing #indyref speech September 5, 2014 Labour leader Ed Miliband today embarked on a word-bending tactic to win over Scottish independence voters today that is less “Better Together” and more “we're better than the Tories… honest”. The shadow leader was in Blantyre, near Motherwell, campaigning on behalf of the union by pushing the message that change can come from voting [...]
