TfL and MySingleFriend.com bring love to London’s cable cars and river buses February 2, 2015 All aboard, singletons! The capital’s river buses and cable cars are set to transport Londoners on a journey to love – and all in time for Valentine’s Day. Transport for London (TfL) and website MySingleFriend.com plan to host a date night on board MBNA Thames Clippers and the Emirates Air Line on Thursday 12 February. [...]
Ed Miliband hits back at “unholy” alliance of Boots boss Stefano Pessina and Conservative Party February 2, 2015 Labour leader Ed Miliband has hit back at Alliance Boots boss Stefano Pessina at a question and answer session hosted by Sky News at Facebook's London headquarters. Over the weekend, Pessina told the Telegraph that a Labour government would be a "catastrophe" for Britain. Pessina's company boasts 2,500 stores and employs 70,000 staff. Miliband told [...]
Dixons Carphone signs deal with Hutchison Whampoa’s Three to offer mobile services February 1, 2015 DIXONS Carphone has struck an agreement with network provider Three to offer mobile services that will also seek to help customers link up their devices and appliances. Under the terms of the agreement with Three’s owner Hutchison Whampoa, the company will offer mobile contracts that will let customers tailor their price, minutes and data to [...]
Powell pitch to young voters February 1, 2015 ED MILIBAND’S campaign chief Lucy Powell has called on Labour to engage with young voters, urging activists to take their campaign to “the pubs and the clubs and so on”. In an interview on the Sky News Murnaghan programme, Powell also said that her party had to get their message on to social media to [...]
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, [...]