New London map: How to build a model city April 22, 2015 A view of London from the sky, without the hassle of boarding a plane? Yes, please! This map was unveiled at the New London Architecture Galleries yesterday. The model is 12m long, covers 85 square kilometres of London, 19 Boroughs and approximately 170,000 buildings.
Playtime for the mayor and PM April 22, 2015 IT was all fun and games for Boris Johnson and David Cameron yesterday morning at a nursery in southwest London. The mayor and the Prime Minister met pupils of the Advantage Children’s Day Nursery for puzzles, playtime and art. The students are unlikely to vote on 7 May, but their Kingston constituency is a Tory target. [...]
Sky scopes out price hikes as loyalty increases April 21, 2015 BROADCASTER Sky opened the door to further price hikes for viewers yesterday as it reported the best customer retention numbers in 11 years. Sky boss Jeremy Darroch said there was scope to raise prices more in future as the group introduced better services and products for viewers. “We think generally the prospect for a little [...]
Analyst Views: What did you make of Sky’s quaterly results? April 21, 2015 IAN WHITTAKER | LIBERUM The results read very well, especially on the subscriber metrics, although significant changes to KPI disclosure make reading of longer-term trends hard. However, there are some signs the quality of the subscriber base might be coming under pressure. JULIEN ROCH | BARCLAYS Churn is again low, confirming that the connected boxes [...]
Strong Arm and a sunnier Sky lift the FTSE close to record – London Report April 21, 2015 THE TOP share index advanced yesterday towards a recent record high, with shares in ARM Holdings and Sky rising sharply after the companies announced strong profits. The blue-chip FTSE 100 was up 10.80 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 7,062.93 points by the close, after gaining 0.8 per cent in the previous session. However, the [...]
Sky share price touches 14-year high as profit and customers jump after splashing billions on Premier League rights April 21, 2015 Shares in Sky jumped as much as five per cent in early trading, touching a 14-year high, after the firm announced it had grown profit, revenue and customers The figures For the nine months to the end of March, Sky operating profit was up 20 per cent to £1.025bn on revenue of £8.453bn, which also grew five per [...]
General Election 2015: Labour victory would threaten UK’s credit rating argues Henderson chief exec April 20, 2015 The chief executive of Henderson Global Investors has warned that the UK's AAA credit rating would be under threat in the event of a Labour victory at the General Election. Andrew Formica, head of the FTSE 100-listed investment management group, also warned that a Tory victory and the possibility of a referendum on EU membership [...]
Sky vs customer: The best moments from one man’s 96-minute attempt to cancel his Sky package April 20, 2015 Many have tried it, but few have succeeded: and alas, Sky TV customer Gavin Hackwood found himself in the latter camp last month following a 96-minute, 3,800-word attempt to cancel his Sky package so he could move to Virgin. In an episode not dissimilar from the plight of Ryan Block, the US Comcast customer who [...]
Labour tells SNP, vote us down if you dare: Ed Balls slams claims of post-General Election deal with Scottish Nationalists April 20, 2015 Shadow chancellor Ed Balls insisted yesterday that the Scottish National Party (SNP) will have no involvement in his first Budget, should Labour be the largest party after May’s election yet fail to have a majority of MPs. Balls said that there would be an “absolute 100 per cent total firewall” between the SNP and a [...]
Vince Cable warns of potential hiccup in Lloyds Bank shares sell-off April 20, 2015 A competition enquiry could upset Conservative party plans to sell billions of pounds of Lloyds Banking Group shares to the public by May 2016, Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable said yesterday. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is set to publish its final report on the personal current accounts and small business banking markets [...]