BT heads for top-line growth thanks to impending price rises May 20, 2022 Berenberg has estimated that BT will return to top-line growth thanks to inflation-induced price rises.
Exclusive: FTSE100 companies grossly overestimate their performance on diversity, equity and inclusion May 17, 2022 Nearly two years on from the BLM protests, companies of all sizes are failing to enact the cultural and operational changes that they promised at the time. An audit of the FTSE100 by agility firm Agility in Mind found that despite almost all (99 per cent) having an inclusive mission statement, less than half (48 [...]
Top pension funds throw weight behind emerging market net zero transition May 12, 2022 A group of the UK’s top pension funds have thrown their weight behind driving the net zero transition in emerging markets today, as pressure grows on pension scheme to decarbonise their investment portfolio.
BT’s Warner tie-up screams streaming opportunity for investors May 12, 2022 BT confirmed its new sports joint venture with Warner Bros Discovery for the UK and Ireland this morning, shifting focus away from its mediocre results and onto a brighter future.
The City View: Subpar UK economic figures, and more rate hikes to come May 12, 2022 Today Andy Silvester talks to City A.M.’s Economics and Markets reporter Jack Barnett. They go through the gloomy economic figures released by the ONS this morning measuring the economy’s performance, and explain what this will mean for rate hikes going forward. And in the news: BT has confirmed a joint sports venture with Warner Bros [...]
BT teams up with Warner Bros for new sports venture in UK and Ireland May 12, 2022 BT Group has agreed to form a new sports joint venture with Warner Bros Discovery in the UK and Ireland. The telecoms giant confirmed the deal as it also reported that trading is “on the right track” despite a dip in revenues for the past year. In February, BT said it was in exclusive negotiations [...]
Virgin Media O2 says investors on track to receive £1.6bn payout in 2022 May 11, 2022 British telecoms giant Virgin Media O2 confirmed it is on track to fork out £1.6bn to its shareholders this year.
Wings over the world as Blackbird flies high with unique technology May 9, 2022 It might be said that it was only a matter of time before London-based Blackbird plc won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Afterall it is a company that the world seems increasingly to need and as a consequence is growing rapidly, especially overseas, particularly in America. In the last year Blackbird has won a raft [...]
It’s wait and see for investors ahead of BT results this week May 9, 2022 Analysts in the City will be waiting nervously to see whether the cost-of-living crisis has seen an exodus in subscribers from telecoms giant BT when the company reveals its results on Thursday. US streaming rival Netflix said recently its own subscriber base had suffered as households cut back and investors in BT are hoping similar [...]
Forget a windfall tax, our pension funds need to give up their fossil fuel addiction May 6, 2022 Yesterday, Shell reported their highest ever quarterly profits after raking in $9.13bn. Only days before, BP had similar results, with the largest earnings in more than a decade. Even if you didn’t know much about the industry, with the surging price of oil and gas, you could have easily predicted this. Indeed, many politicians did, [...]