Any Other Business – 11/09 September 10, 2013 BT chief executive Ian Livingston served his last day at the telecoms giant yesterday, though he won’t be hanging up on the company just yet. The Capitalist hears that the Caledonian chief will be on hand to advise Gavin Patterson, his replacement in the hot seat, until November. Lord Livingston will no doubt continue to [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 06 September 2013 September 5, 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES Acxiom under transparency fire An effort to bring transparency to the shadowy world of consumer data brokers has backfired, as privacy advocates slam industry leader Acxiom for a new service that for the first time lets consumers glimpse what it knows about them. “Secrecy is never a good strategy,” Scott Howe, chief executive [...]
Bale: Waiting for Real mega deal was very stressful September 4, 2013 WORLD’S most expensive player Gareth Bale says he has endured a “very stressful” summer waiting for Tottenham to agree his £86m sale to Real Madrid. The Wales forward, who now earns £300,000 per week at the Spanish club, admits he grew frustrated by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy’s refusal to sign off the deal. Bale angered [...]
Football’s big spenders get ready for a final day’s shopping September 1, 2013 THE countdown to the football transfer deadline, which is at 23.00 tonight, promises much in terms of excitement and intrigue. Fuelled by a massive increase in broadcast revenues – Premier League clubs will share out £1.6bn, compared to £1.06bn last year – the country’s wealthiest owners are falling over each other to add to their [...]
G4S hires finance chief as its new boss gives interim report August 27, 2013 TROUBLED security firm G4s has hired Himanshu Raja as chief financial officer ahead of new boss Ashley Almanza’s presentation of half-year results today. Raja, who is quitting his role as CFO at Misys after only six months, has previously held senior roles at BT Group and Logica. He is set to join as G4S on [...]
September start for new BT chief August 20, 2013 BT’s incoming chief executive Gavin Patterson will formally take up the role on 10 September, the telecoms giant confirmed yesterday. Patterson, who heads the group’s retail business, will replace Ian Livingston, who is stepping down after five years to take a role in government as minister of state for trade and investment.
Letters to the editor – 21/08 – Sport competition, Best of Twitter August 20, 2013 Sport competition [Re: BT Sport has a mountain to climb in its bid to beat BSkyB, yesterday] David Hellier raises some interesting points about how consumers are buying converged TV, broadband and telephony packages. However, he misses two main points: BT is not looking to topple Sky Sports, and Sky TV customers can get BT Sport [...]
BT confirms chief executive handover date August 20, 2013 BT has confirmed the leaving date for current chief executive Ian Livingstone as 10 September 2013 following a board meeting scheduled for that day. Gavin Patterson, whose appointment was announced on 19 June this year, will immediately succeed Livingstone as head of the company. Patterson has served as chief executive of BT Retail and as [...]
BT Sport has a mountain to climb in its bid to beat BSkyB August 19, 2013 A COUPLE of friends of mine have spent most of their summer putting together what is certain to be an entertaining and enlightening show for Sky Arts called Portrait Artist of the Year. Presented by the comedian Frank Skinner, the series involves members of the public painting portraits of celebrities, including the actress Juliet Stevenson. [...]
BT Sport pulls in the fans amid £1bn Sky Sports war August 18, 2013 BT SPORT kicked off its bid to take on rival Sky Sports with a peak television audience of 764,000 for its opening day match on Saturday, it emerged yesterday. The number tuning in for the lunchtime fixture between Liverpool and Stoke City is on a par with opening day games shown on broadcasters ESPN and [...]