Come fly with me: Wizz Air flew 3.62m passengers last month as holidays rocket May 3, 2022 Wizz Air said it has carried a staggering 3.62 million passengers in April, 542 per cent up on April 2021. For the week ending 2 May, Wizz Air reported an average of 722 flights per day, ranking seventh in Europe’s top 10 aircraft operators. The low-cost carrier beat legacy airlines such as British Airways (BA), [...]
Revenue dips for cyber firm Avast following Russian exit and acquisitions May 3, 2022 Revenue was down one per cent to $234.6m (£187.3m) for cyber security firm Avast as the firm rolls out new products and makes strategic acquisitions for growth.
Card Factory posts revenue growth thanks to store recovery and occasion boom May 3, 2022 Card Factory posted 28 per cent revenue growth this morning to £364.4m thanks to the steady recovery of stores following the easing of lockdown restrictions, alongside an online performance significantly ahead of pre-pandemic levels.
How TikTok saved the bookstar: Will the UK stay in love with reading after lockdown? April 29, 2022 A decade ago, the narrative of bookselling was of the surging popularity of digital book sales, with physical editions left on the shelf. Figures from the Publishers’ Association in 2012 saw digital book sales shoot up 54 per cent while physical book sales dipped five per cent. Fast forward to 2021 and UK publishing sales [...]
Three quarters of Brits are against Channel 4 privatisation April 28, 2022 Despite the government’s grand push to privatise Channel 4, new data has revealed that over three quarters of the public consultation respondents examining the subject said they wanted to keep the broadcaster public. Of the 50,000 people who responded to the government’s survey, 77 per cent felt that the government should not remove the publisher-broadcaster [...]
Apple gears up for another EU antitrust fine for mobile wallet April 28, 2022 Apple is set to be whacked with fresh European antitrust charges next week after it was accused of restricting rivals from accessing mobile payment systems. As reported by the Financial Times, the world’s most valuable firm will be accused of breaking EU law by unfairly blocking third party apps from the wallet. Apple currently requires [...]
M&C Saatchi extends ‘put up or shut up’ deadline once again for Murria takeover April 28, 2022 M&C Saatchi extended its “Put Up or Shut Up” deadline once again this morning for the AdvancedAdvT’s takeover bid, pushing the investment vehicle to either make a stronger offer, or walk away. It said that the current proposal undervalues the firm, and therefore wouldn’t be recommended to its shareholders. “While the company continues to facilitate [...]
IMAX chief banks £7m compensation as cinema makes steady recovery April 28, 2022 IMAX chief Richard Gelfond received $9m (£7m) compensation last year, up from $6.9m (£5.5m), as the cinema backs its experiential offering.
Maneater: Nelly Furtado on brink of music catalogue deal with Blackstone April 28, 2022 Grammy award winner Nelly Furtado is set to become the next artist to cash in her back catalogue of hits.
Piers Morgan’s TalkTV outshines GB News with 300k viewers for Uncensored April 28, 2022 Piers Morgan’s TalkTV show Uncensored show averaged 300,000 viewers in the UK, knocking BBC News, Sky News and GB News out of the park for prime time TV
