Big brands doing big deals show the UK sports sponsorship industry remains in rude health January 14, 2019 January is typically the time to look forward, to forecast and predict what will happen in the coming year. To understand the state of the UK sponsorship industry, however, it’s more worthwhile to look at what happened in the months leading up to Christmas. Rewind to the week after Black Friday in December and big [...]
Britain’s economic hopes rest not on productivity, but happiness January 14, 2019 They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. Thank you, Dickens, for words that capture the daily diet of our much-divided Britain. Happiness seems to be much on our minds, mainly because it seems so difficult to attain and then maintain. Next week we face Blue Monday, allegedly the most depressing [...]
Global cyber attacks soar by 63 per cent in three years as criminals harness AI January 11, 2019 The number of significant cyber attacks has grown by more than 50 per cent in the last three years, with artificial intelligence increasingly being used as a cyber security threat, Linklaters has warned. A new report from the global law firm has revealed that there were 67 significant cyber incidents worldwide in January to October 2018, [...]
Volkswagen deliveries fall year-on-year in December January 11, 2019 Volkswagen deliveries fell by 9 per cent year-on-year in December, the car maker revealed today. Worldwide deliveries to customers shrunk to 540,600 cars from 594,200 in December 2017. However, overall deliveries were up by 0.2 per cent to 6.24m last year – hitting a new record – the group said. The ongoing trade war with the [...]
These are the world’s coldest jobs – here’s how much you could get paid to work at minus 39 degrees celsius January 11, 2019 Now that it’s January, you may be thinking about switching up your CV and getting a new job to kick off the new year. If you’re a big fan of winter and the accompanying freezing weather conditions, then one of the world’s coolest careers might be your next step to chasing the snow. Even in [...]
Stop being defeatist, Britain is still a geopolitical powerhouse January 10, 2019 Over the past few years, the drumbeat of British declinism has grown steadily louder. Last year, former Prime Minister Sir John Major claimed that the UK was going to become a “middle-sized, middle-ranking nation”, while Sir Simon McDonald, the head of the diplomatic service, described the country as “medium-sized”. True, the declinist rumble has haunted the [...]
Oil prices continue strong start to 2019 as Saudi cuts exports further January 9, 2019 Oil has ticked upwards again today for its eighth straight session as Opec cuts in the New Year and hopes US-China trade talks pushed prices up. Brent crude smashed back through the $60 per barrel milestone for the first time in three weeks as it gained 2.8 per cent by mid afternoon. However by 4pm [...]
Rod Rosenstein, key figure in Trump probe, set to leave US justice department: reports January 9, 2019 US deputy attorney-general Rod Rosenstein, a key figure in the probe into Russia’s role in the 2016 US presidential election, is set to leave the Department of Justice in the coming weeks, according to multiple reports. Rosenstein is likely to leave after the appointment of William Barr, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Jeff Sessions [...]
Military to dismantle Sergei Skripal’s Salisbury home to get rid of any traces of Novichok January 8, 2019 Military experts are set to partly dismantle the home of a former Russian spy who was targeted with Novichok as part of ongoing decontamination works. Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were poisoned by the nerve agent at his home in Salisbury in March when it was sprayed on the front door handle. [...]
SFO scales back probe into Rolls-Royce January 7, 2019 The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has dropped its investigation into a number of individuals associated with British engineering giant Rolls-Royce. Sky News originally reported that a number of people who were suspects in the SFO's investigation have been informed that they are no longer under investigation. Rolls-Royce entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the SFO [...]