Coronavirus and sport: A guide to filling the void left by the cancellation of live fixtures March 16, 2020 You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. For many, sport is a steady, reassuring constant – something around which life revolves. Plans are made to accommodate it, socialising takes place alongside it, vast amounts of money is spent facilitating it, almost every hobby is connected to it, weekends are often entirely consumed by [...]
UK advertising exports jump to record-breaking £7.9bn March 16, 2020 International trade in British advertising services jumped 15 per cent year on year to hit a record £7.9bn in 2018, new figures have revealed. The sharp growth was significantly ahead of overall UK service exports, which rose by roughly two per cent, while the UK’s balance of payments surplus for advertising was Europe’s largest. The [...]
Sir Ian Cheshire to join BT as non-executive director March 15, 2020 Former head of department store Debenhams Sir Ian Cheshire is on the brink of being named as a non-executive director at telecoms giant BT. Sky News reported that Sir Ian’s appointment could be announced as early as this week, in a boardroom coup for Britain’s largest telecoms firm. Sir Ian, who currently chairs Barclays’ UK [...]
Coronavirus: Just Eat and Deliveroo offer contactless delivery March 13, 2020 Food delivery services have launched contactless delivery options to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Takeaway.com, the Dutch company that recently bought Just Eat, and Deliveroo have both committed to providing deliveries without physical contact. Takeaway said the measure is applicable to all restaurants on its platform throughout Europe. Drivers are being instructed to ring the [...]
BT chief executive diagnosed with coronavirus but will “work remotely” March 12, 2020 BT boss Philip Jansen has been diagnosed with coronavirus but will continue to work remotely. The telecoms group confirmed that Jansen had tested positive for Covid-19 this afternoon and as a result is in self-isolation. BT said it is now working closely with Public Health England to undertake a full deep clean of relevant parts [...]
Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia to quit as Salesforce UK boss March 12, 2020 Former Virgin Money boss Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia is set to quit Salesforce as its executive after just six months at the helm. Salesforce will announce tomorrow morning that Gadhia, who only joined the company last August, will step down as boss of the British business to become an adviser, according to Sky News. A Sky [...]
Budget 2020: Government confirms £5bn broadband boost March 11, 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak today confirmed that the government will pump £5bn into its plan to roll out full-fibre broadband across the UK. The broadband pledge formed a major part of the Conservatives’ election manifesto as part of its promise to “level up” the UK. Prime Minister Boris Johnson last year laid out an ambitious pledge [...]
Goldman-backed Neyber finalises sale to Salary Finance March 10, 2020 The Goldman-Sachs backed lender Neyber has finalised its sale to rival Salary Finance. The deal came after weeks of talks after BDO was appointed as an administrator. The takeover by Salary Finance creates a workplace lender with more than 500 corporate clients, including BT, the NHS and Virgin Active. Among the combined client base will [...]
Mobile networks reach compromise over rural mast-sharing plans March 8, 2020 The UK’s mobile networks have signed off on a deal to banish so-called signal not spots in rural areas, despite squabbling over how to split the costs of the venture. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to unveil the £1bn agreement in the Budget on Wednesday as part of a plan to improve 4G coverage across [...]
London broadband firm G Network eyes bumper funding boost March 8, 2020 London full-fibre broadband firm G Network is said to be seeking a huge funding boost as network providers race to roll out superfast internet connections across the UK. G Network, which targets affluent central London postcodes including Mayfair, Marylebone and Chelsea, has reportedly hired bankers from Rothschild to locate new funds over the coming months. [...]