UK advertisers have most faith in Paloma, who is enjoying the good life June 10, 2016 Paloma Faith sold out more than just concert venues last year. New research has today named her as the most popular popstar among advertisers. Faith was the artist of choice for four major brands – Calvin Klein, Dixons, Simply Be and Eastern Western – in 2015, according to research by Adbreakanthems and BPI. Read more: [...]
Eddie Jones opts for Owen Farrell instead of George Ford at fly-half in bid to make history Down Under June 9, 2016 England head coach Eddie Jones is convinced he has picked a side capable of making history after axing George Ford in favour of Owen Farrell at fly-half for Saturday opening Test against Australia in Brisbane. Farrell played every match of England’s grand slam-winning Six Nations campaign at inside centre but will now operate as the [...]
The Audi SQ7 is a torque monster and the world’s most powerful diesel SUV June 6, 2016 Torque: it’s easy to feel, but difficult to explain. As my physics teacher once told me, “power is the speed you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you”. If you do need to move a tonne of bricks, cemented or otherwise, the Audi SQ7 is the perfect choice. With [...]
Brexit would lead to a shake up of working time rules, according to one QC June 1, 2016 A Brexit vote would lead to "predictable" changes to the rights of workers, according to a QC, who argues that reforms to working time rules may be the first in line. In an analysis published by the TUC, Ford wrote that following separation from the EU, the UK government would have “pretty much unconstrained freedom” in relation to [...]
SME overdrafts fall off as banks adhere to new rules May 22, 2016 LENDING to small businesses via overdrafts is falling by £100m a month as SME bank overdrafts die out, says Funding Options, the online business finance supermarket. At the end of March this year, SMEs were borrowing £12.1bn in bank overdrafts, compared to nearly £14bn at the end of September 2014, a fall of 13 per [...]
Tuilagi and Farrell included in England’s squad to tour Australia despite injury May 22, 2016 England head coach Eddie Jones admits Manu Tuilagi’s involvement in next month’s tour of Australia remains on a knife-edge despite naming the powerhouse centre in his travelling party. Tuilagi, who has been restricted to just one Test appearance in almost two years by a combination of injury and suspension, hurt a hamstring in the Tigers’ [...]
Uber’s driverless cars have hit the roads May 19, 2016 Uber is the latest company to get its driverless car plans into gear, with test vehicles hitting the roads of Pittsburgh, the location of its Advanced Technologies Centre. The billion dollar startup is embracing more technology with Ford Fusion cars which drive themselves. The head of the research centre John Bares told the Pittsburgh Tribune [...]
Keydata’s former compliance officer banned by watchdog, but £200k fine dropped May 19, 2016 The City watchdog has today banned the ex-compliance officer of Keydata Investment Services from performing any function related to regulated financial activities. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that Peter Johnson failed to act with integrity, and misled the Financial Services Authority (FSA) – the FCA's predecessor – on a number of occasions. Johnson also would have been fined £200,000, [...]
History suggests robots won’t cause mass unemployment: But is this time different? May 19, 2016 Martin Ford’s book, The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment, makes for scary reading. Ford argues that any job that is in some way routine will eventually be automated. In Ford’s new world, intelligent algorithms will eat their way through white collar employment, making legions of occupations obsolete. And this [...]
These are the UK’s most attractive employers May 13, 2016 Rolls Royce has topped a list of big companies that Britons want to work for. The automotive aerospace giant fared well on criteria such as salary and employee benefits, long-term job security and a pleasant working atmosphere. British Airways and Marks & Spencer took second and third place respectively, followed by car companies BMW and Jaguar Land [...]