UK tech giant finds missing Malaysian flight March 24, 2014 BRITISH satellite firm Inmarsat has been put into the spotlight after its technology helped track down flight MH370, as officials said yesterday the missing Malaysia Airlines plane had crashed into the Indian ocean. New satellite data from Inmarsat, which was handed to the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch on Sunday, has revealed Flight MH370’s final [...]
How much of the Green Belt would 190,000 houses take up? March 24, 2014 The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) released its latest update today, two years on from some of the Coalition’s modest efforts to liberalise the planning system. One of the main contentions of the report is that the local plans adopted under the new framework mean land for 729,000 homes has been allocated in England [...]
Moya Greene’s pay deal faces a political revolt March 24, 2014 MOYA Greene’s pay rise could be limited to three per cent this year, if business secretary Vince Cable gets his way, it emerged yesterday. The minister reportedly wants to cap the Royal Mail chief’s raise at the same level as that of the workers in the company. The government sold the majority of its stake [...]
Tory MPs lobby Cameron to tone down anti-immigration stance March 24, 2014 CONSERVATIVE MPs are preparing to launch a new group to lobby the Prime Minister over his anti-immigration rhetoric. Conservatives for Managed Migration will launch tomorrow and be headed up by City MP Mark Field, in a bid to soften the Conservative party line on migration ahead of the European elections. Field told Sky News yesterday [...]
Hyperlocal advertising: Technology is a game-changer for small firms March 23, 2014 @LiamWardProud THINK of an iconic advert – Coca-Cola, Guinness, Lynx? The brand is almost certain to be a giant global player with a massive marketing budget to match. It’s been this way for years. Media agencies have typically worked on high-profile campaigns delivered through TV and other wide-reaching platforms, while much smaller companies have been [...]
Deutsche Bank’s Anshu Jain sees the light? March 20, 2014 ASIDE from announcing a swathe of redundancies, Deutsche Bank has also released its annual report this week. Perhaps the only thing in the report more interesting than the increase in pay for its co-executives is this curious photo of co-chief executive Anshu Jain (as spotted by eFinancialCareers). Where is he looking? Has he seen the [...]
These excursions put the treat into corporate retreat March 20, 2014 Forget the cringeworthy connotations of team-building, these outings are team-tastic TeamSport go-kartingFrom £24.99 per driver, team-sport.co.ukBoost your employees’ competitiveness and drive by pitting them against one another on a race track. TeamSport has just opened a new 800m track in Charlton, and they’ve bought up a shiny fleet of 270cc LPG karts that can reach [...]
England fans face early start as sevens hit land of the rising sun March 19, 2014 NERVE-SHREDDING rugby did not end last weekend with Brian O’Driscoll and Ireland’s Six Nations triumph, as the HSBC Sevens World Series fires back into life on Saturday in Japan. Now in its third year, the Tokyo Sevens paves the way for the main event of the calendar, the Hong Kong Sevens on 28 March, followed [...]
Henao pulled out over blood results March 19, 2014 CYCLING: Team Sky have withdrawn rider Sergio Henao from competition after abnormalities were found in blood tests carried out at altitude. The Colombian rider will now be subject to an altitude research programme.
Carney worried regulators don’t work together March 17, 2014 THE VARYING arms of the Bank of England will be pushed to work together more closely as part of major reforms expected to be unveiled by Mark Carney tonight. Under Carney the Bank has significant new regulatory powers, and the governor is worried staff in different units are too distant from each other. Last year’s [...]