Sky and Talk Talk are the latest in the frame to buy O2 from Telefonica January 20, 2015 Sky and Talk Talk are the latest to join the queue of apparent bidders to snap up UK mobile business O2 from Telefonica. Talks between the Spanish telecoms firm and Sky and Talk Talk are said to be taking place, according to reports, just days after it was revealed China’s Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of [...]
These are the coolest offices in the UK, according to Adzuna January 19, 2015 It's the stuff of dreams for those of us who spend our days toiling in grey offices, badly-lit offices. While we're trying to find a modicum of joy during a break-time chat around the water cooler, this lot are sliding and table-tennising their way to creative nirvana. Yep, it's "cool office" time: job search engine [...]
John Laing due to float for the second time January 18, 2015 INFRASTRUCTURE investment group John Laing was silent yesterday on reports that it is to float on the London Stock Exchange again, seven years after it went private. The company, which has been owned by asset management group Henderson since 2006, is expected to raise tens of millions of pounds if it successfully completes its listing, [...]
Opec is dead: The oil war could crown America as the global swing producer January 18, 2015 I well remember suffering through my college macroeconomic class, steeling myself to stay awake through the consumption of gallons of coffee. However, one of the rare things that piqued my interest was the theory of cartels. Properly defined, an efficient cartel possesses three basic properties: the ironclad discipline of its membership; a commanding market position; [...]
Eurostar suffers 11 new cancellations in wake of Channel Tunnel Fire January 18, 2015 Eurostar has cancelled six services today due to "ongoing technical issues". The delays will cause even more inconvenience for travellers after the Eurostar cancelled services on Saturday after smoke was detected in the Channel Tunnel. A spokesman for Kent police said yesterday: The fire was at the French end of the tunnel and is being [...]
Ofcom puts BT under pressure to cut broadband cost to rivals January 15, 2015 Ofcom yesterday warned BT that it might be forced to raise broadband prices for customers or slash what it charges rivals to use its network, under tough new tests. The proposal is designed to ensure that BT cannot price rivals such as Sky and TalkTalk out of the market. Under current rules, BT allows rivals to [...]
Sport Comment: Constrasting fates of England prospects explains Defoe deal January 15, 2015 WE’RE halfway through January and I’m sure I can hear Sky Sports’ Jim White gargling with Dettol (why does he shout into the camera lens whereas Des Lynam rarely registered more than a purr?) Yes, the end of the transfer window is in sight. This week saw a typical January story unfold. Jermain Defoe’s return [...]
A third bolt just snapped on the Leadenhall building, aka the Cheesegrater January 14, 2015 Not a great couple of weeks for the capital's skyscrapers. After Londoners discovered their promised "park in the sky", aka the Walkie Talkie's Sky Garden, will be ticketed – and moaned vociferously about it – another bolt has snapped on close neighbour the Cheesegrater. That's the third to break so far. Eeeek. British Land, the [...]
Watch: Exclusive look inside the Walkie Talkie’s Sky Garden January 13, 2015 After many moons of waiting, the Walkie Talkie's Sky Garden was launched to the public yesterday. At 38 storeys high, the garden was one of the conditions of the Walkie Talkie's (or 20 Fenchurch Street, to give it its correct name) planning permission, but it's received heavy criticism after it emerged visitors will need a [...]
This year’s best paid graduate jobs will be in accounting, law and finance professions January 12, 2015 Young people disheartened by sky-high university fees should set their sights on a career in the City, with accounting, law and finance professions set to pay the highest graduate salaries in 2015. Anyone about to embark upon their first year in investment banking could take home £45,000. Wannabe lawyers and ambitious financiers can expect to [...]