The three leadership skills to take your business digital April 14, 2016 It would often seem that, to succeed in the digital world, you need to be a young manager in a startup born with digital DNA, like Alibaba, Uber or Google. This is not the case. Research I have conducted indicates that many traditional companies are successfully transitioning to become digital companies, steered by executives with greying [...]
Lazy, selfish? Millennials are actually more outward looking than any other generation April 13, 2016 Some say millennials are apathetic, self-centred and obsessed with social media – but they're actually more outward looking than any generation that has come before them, according to new research. Nick Blunden, global managing director at the Economist, praised the selfie-generation at the Millennial 20/20 summit, saying: "They manage their own personal brands not just as an ego trip, but [...]
Predrinks, anyone? Here’s how brands are getting to grips with Generation Y’s favourite drinking trend April 13, 2016 Anyone who went to university in the past 15 years knows about the phenomenon of predrinks – essentially, getting tanked up before going out in order to save money. But it turns out brands are still working out how to tackle the generation who would rather drink at home than in a club. At the Millennials 20/20 Summit [...]
How Argentina’s finest Malbec eventually won over our wine columnist April 13, 2016 If I were to choose an acronym to promote my luxury product, WMD wouldn't be my first choice. It’s hardly redolent of balmy days spent quaffing a glass of full bodied vino. But World Malbec Day – now sheepishly retooled as Malbec World Day – celebrates its third anniversary on 17 April. Malbec is officially [...]
PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year nominees unveiled – Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool feature but Leicester players dominate April 13, 2016 Three Leicester City stars have been nominated for the PFA Player of Year award in recognition of their team's incredible Premier League season. Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy and N'Golo Kante have all been nominated for the gong by their fellow players after standing out in the Foxes' rise to the summit of English football. Second-placed Tottenham, [...]
EU referendum: “Talk to Gran” campaign launched by pro-Remain group April 13, 2016 A pro-EU group has launched its "Talk to Gran" campaign in an effort to shore up support from older generations by asking younger voters to try and sway their grandparents. Britain Stronger in Europe, the pro-Remain campaign, wants its younger supporters to send postcards to their older relatives telling them why they are voting for continued [...]
Birdseye needs its Captain to come to the rescue April 13, 2016 Birds Eye has reintroduced the famous and much-loved Captain Birds Eye character to its advertising campaign – 10 years after he was cut adrift by the frozen food provider. The return of the well-known, white-bearded seafarer is part of an £8m campaign which will coincide with the re-launch of some of Birds Eye’s key products [...]
EY has now banked over $500m from the 2009 Nortel bankruptcy as legal fees continue to balloon April 12, 2016 EY, previously known as Ernst and Young, has now raked in over $500m (£354m) in fees from the collapse of Canadian tech giant Nortel over the last seven years, the London based accounting giant has confirmed. The total fees to all legal parties in the long-running case over how to divvy up the $7.3bn remnants of the [...]
Jade Dernbach interview: I’m more mature now, have a different outlook and ready to regain my England spot April 11, 2016 He may have been a lightning rod for criticism and a byword for promising bowlers tossed on the international scrapheap, but Surrey seamer Jade Dernbach is desperate to defy what some might consider lengthy odds and resurrect his England career. It has been a rocky road over recent years for the Johannesburg-born quick, who has [...]
Finca International: Chief executive Rupert Scofield talks assassination, booze and changing the world April 11, 2016 When I spoke to Rupert Scofield, he’d just got in the door from Malawi. His company, Finca International, was celebrating its thirtieth birthday two years late – and marking the launch of its bank in the country. “We had a marching band, all our staff were there. And we’ve opened up right opposite the central bank,” [...]