IT consultant ordered to pay £50,000 after being accused of stealing Soho House members’ personal details
Genel Energy to reshuffle its executive team February 1, 2015 OIL FIRM Genel Energy will announce a shake-up of its executive team this morning. The four-year-old company, which is led by former BP boss Tony Hayward, is to reveal that Julian Metherell is stepping down as chief financial officer, according to Sky News. Metherell, who was previously a partner at Goldman Sachs, is expected to [...]
Dixons Carphone to launch mobile service for Internet of Things plans through Hutchison Whampoa’s Three February 1, 2015 Dixons Carphone is the latest to jump into the mobile ring with plans to launch its own mobile service to customers. The retailer has made an agreement with Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of mobile network Three, to provide a mobile service to its customers who are increasingly buying connected devices. Dixons Carphone previously outlined its [...]
Tony Hayward’s Genel snaps up Ben Monaghan for chief financial officer February 1, 2015 Genel Energy has snapped up one of the City's most respected bankers in the oil and gas sector. Sky News' Mark Kleinman reports the company will make a statement tomorrow that Ben Monaghan will replace Julian Metherell as the company's chief financial officer. Monaghan was managing director and head of EMEA oil and gas at [...]
Business, politics and film: Who are Britain’s most admired people? February 1, 2015 Monarchs, business people and politicians. These are the categories that make up Britain's most admired people. Polling company YouGov gathered responses from across 34 countries to reveal the most admired people in the world. The countries polled account for almost two-thirds of the world's population. The results for Britain are heavily concentrated around movie stars [...]
From Greek elections and Apple’s record-making profits to Thameslink floods and Afren’s misery: Here’s what got us talking this week January 30, 2015 News was dominated by results from the US this week, but it was Apple that really made waves with its history-making profits of $18bn in one quarter. Here are five things that put that into perspective. (Hint: It's huge). Meanwhile as the results of the Greek election began to sink in, investors started reacting. [...]
Game of phones: £22.5bn worth of deals transforming UK mobile, broadband and TV markets January 29, 2015 Britain raced further towards a future where you might buy your mobile, landline, TV and broadband all from the same supplier yesterday after Sky revealed it will add mobile to its offering next year. The European pay-TV giant said a partnership with O2 will allow it to launch a so-called quad play offering next year, [...]
Guinness-owner Diageo may take over as lead Premier League sponsor January 29, 2015 Drinks group Diageo could be the latest company seeking the highly-coveted rights to the title sponsorship of the Premier League. A bid is likely to be tabled in the coming weeks, Sky News reported. A spokesperson for the company said: “With global brands such as Guinness, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker, sponsorship plays an important role [...]
Fed up with London’s insane property market? A houseboat could be the answer to your prayers January 29, 2015 Young couples faced with the daunting task of establishing a foothold on the property ladder can be forgiven for wanting to jump on a boat and sail as far as they can from the glittering circus of estate agents, sky-rocketing prices and penury caused by endless saving. Anyone who follows through with this escapist urge [...]
Sport Comment: Players turned pundits can earn a packet after football January 29, 2015 FOOTBALL pundits: don’t you just love them? Well, maybe you do, perhaps you don’t. They are there to curry debate, adding their professional perspective to TV and radio coverage of our great game. Only yesterday, we woke up to reports that former Spurs and England schemer Danny Murphy was facing a £2.5m tax bill. Now [...]
London snow: TfL has stockpiled 110,000 tonnes of salt, got a fleet of road gritters and put an action plan in place to keep the capital moving January 29, 2015 Transport for London and London Councils have stockpiled 110,000 tonnes of salt ahead of the snowy weather as the capital braces itself for the arrival of cold weather. Forecasts predicted that snow and sleet would hit the capital by this afternoon – and it looks like the skies have punctually obliged. A fleet of [...]