Tesco joins forces with Gorillas delivery app October 28, 2021 Tesco has announced it is launching a pilot with speedy delivery company, Gorillas. Supermarket customers will be able to order Tesco products to their doorsteps via the Gorillas app, from Thursday (October 28). Gorillas will set up micro-fulfilment sites at five large Tesco stores, to pick, pack and deliver to customers. The app’s first Tesco [...]
Thousands sign transphobia letter to the BBC October 28, 2021 More than 10,000 people have signed a letter accusing the BBC of transphobia.
Facebook crashes… again October 28, 2021 Hundreds have reported an outage on the Facebook platform this morning, just weeks after the site globally crashed for eight hours. Problems were said to start in the UK around 9am this morning but it’s currently unclear whether this was a Facebook-wide issue. Downdetector tweeted from its UK account: “User reports indicate Facebook is having [...]
Second home buyers dodge bullet of stamp duty rise for now October 28, 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak may have taken a last minute decision not to increase the stamp duty surcharge paid by landlords and second home buyers. The government had planned to hike the three percentage point surcharge on additional property purchases to four percentage points, first reported by the Daily Telegraph. In the economic and fiscal outlook, [...]
Sony has one per cent profit rise, despite PS5 supply complexities October 28, 2021 Japan's Sony Group announced a surprise 1 per cent rise in operating profit for its second quarter though costs from growing sales of its PlayStation 5 (console pressed on margins.
Letters: Beware Facebook’s delight October 28, 2021 [Re: Facebook delivers good Q3 but expects Q4 to be below estimates, October 26] One fascinating stat from this week’s Facebook earnings was the 22 per cent jump in the average price paid per ad on the platform. This will undoubtedly delight the social giant’s shareholders but should worry the thousands of brand advertisers reliant [...]
Supply chain woes: Virgin Wines stocks up for Christmas year in advance October 28, 2021 Virgin Wines revenue has jumped around a third to £73.6m in the past year, buoyed by strong levels of customer demand. In comparison with pre-pandemic figures, revenue has soared 73 per cent in the year to 30 June. Meanwhile, profit before tax and exceptional items has surged 86 per cent to £5.2m. The retailer has [...]
Downbeat Shell drags FTSE 100 lower October 28, 2021 A poor set of results from FTSE 100 big beast Shell pulled London’s premier index down during the opening session of trading today. The blue-index dipped 0.23 per cent to 7,236.77 points, with the oil megacap’s two listed shares falling more than 1.70 per cent. Shell published results this morning showing earnings slipped 25 per [...]
Tycoon Lord Rothermere requests yet another extension to make an offer for the Daily Mail Group October 28, 2021 With negotiations taking much longer than expected, newspaper tycoon Lord Rothermere has requested another one-month extension to make an offer for the group that owns the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Metro newspapers.
WPP’s revenue boom as they reshape their offer October 28, 2021 WPP, the communications and advertising holding company, reports a strong third quarter.
