Sky Sports: Premier League games could be presented by celebrities such as Holly Willoughby or James Corden on Friday nights March 26, 2016 Celebrities such as James Corden and Holly Willoughby are being considered as potential presenters for Sky Sports' Friday night Premier League games next season. The broadcaster is currently discussing how to differentiate the live Friday night games it will show next season from the rest of its output. One idea is a more relaxed, entertainment show [...]
EU referendum: Business groups hit back at claims by Boris Johnson that business support for remaining in EU is not as strong as commonly thought March 23, 2016 Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said that business support for the European Union is not as zealous as people commonly think, in a clash with senior Tory MP Andrew Tyrie. Speaking to MPs, Johnson said that he is aware that organisations such as the CBI and the British Bankers Association are in favour of [...]
Ofcom puts forward “strict new rules” for BT’s Openreach division, including cutting charges and boosting installation times March 22, 2016 Ofcom has put forward "strict new rules" that BT must adhere to if it wants to avoid having to carve off its Openreach business. The regulator told BT it must improve its high speed business lines performance and "significantly" cut its wholesale charges for these lines, as part of its review of the market, published [...]
BT plays catch up to Sky over on-demand TV March 20, 2016 Telecoms giant BT is looking into gaining further control over on-demand TV service YouView from TalkTalk in an attempt to build up its market share of the premium TV industry and catch leader Sky. BT has held informal talks with TalkTalk over the future of the joint business venture, which would allow BT to pour [...]
Telecoms giant BT hires former BG, AstraZeneca and Scottish Power finance boss Simon Lowth March 18, 2016 BT has hired BG Group's finance boss Simon Lowth as group finance director, taking over from Tom Chanmugam who is moving over to work on integrating EE into the wider business. Lowth, who is also being made an executive board director, will join on 4 July. He has held a range of roles in major firms, most [...]
Telecomms giant BT Group to name Simon Lowth, who has previously worked for BG Group and AstraZeneca, as new finance chief tomorrow morning March 17, 2016 BT Group is set to name Simon Lowth as its new finance chief tomorrow morning. Lowth was previously finance chief at oil company BG Group before it merged with Royal Dutch Shell earlier this year and, prior to this, he was finance chief at pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Lowth also sits on the board of Standard Chartered and has [...]
The UK is the sport industry capital of the world – its businesses must lead the way with corporate responsibility March 11, 2016 In case you hadn’t noticed, the UK is sport mad. We watch, discuss, engage and play sport with great passion. So it’s not surprising that we are pretty damn good at the business of sport as well. Led by the Barclays Premier League we have an industry worth an estimated £24bn per year. But more [...]
The best off the beaten track art shows in London March 10, 2016 Harmony Korine: Fazors Gagosian Davies St Harmony Korine may be best known for his lurid, colour-drenched films such as Spring Breakers and Gummo, but he’s also an established artist. This exhibition, “Fazor”, refers to “a musical swirl of oscillating sound that summons the hypno-psychedelic effects”. The result is a collection of jarring, hypnotic pieces based [...]
EE says it has fixed its outage problem after customers were left without access to Orange webmail service for two days March 9, 2016 EE has apologised to customers who were left with no access to Orange webmail services for almost two days and says it has resolved the problem. "We have now resolved the issues preventing some Orange webmail users from accessing their accounts through an internet browser," an EE spokesperson said. "We apologise to anyone affected for the [...]
City Moves for 4 March 2016 | Who’s switching jobs March 4, 2016 LIDA Digital direct marketing agency LIDA has appointed Trefor Thomas, executive creative director of SapientNitro, as its chief creative officer – a newly created role. Trefor’s brief will be to focus on furthering the agency’s direct, digital brand and innovation capabilities, while continuing to gear up LIDA’s loyalty credentials across new platforms. He boasts over two [...]