Britain needs to up its R&D spend or we will get left behind in innovation race November 3, 2015 The success of small and medium-sized businesses is vital to the UK’s economic success, and our ability to compete on the international stage. They make up 99 per cent of companies in the UK, yet they face a highly challenging environment in which to succeed. Even with the best will in the world, estimates show [...]
Britain’s creative industries can be even greater – if we learn to understand their true value November 2, 2015 The Oscar-winning film producer Lord Puttnam recently warned of a “worrying fall in investment” in the arts, news and drama on television. This comes at a time when the future of both the BBC and Channel 4 is under debate and public sector funding of the arts is threatened by yet another round of cuts. [...]
Making the most of mobile: Fetch’s James Connelly talks the death of Crazy Frog and the land of opportunity November 1, 2015 It is only after lengthy tenures that most marketing entrepreneurs feel ready to start their own agency. Fetch founder James Connelly took the plunge when he was just 23 in 2009. His mobile first agency was sold to Dentsu Aegis Network last year. Connelly’s success is a testament to the indefatigable rise of mobile [...]
Pinpointing the potential of geolocation strategies November 1, 2015 Location-based targeting has become a real asset for mobile marketers. Unlike on desktop, cookies have never been a reliable way of tracking and optimising mobile campaigns. Dependent on the device itself, the environment and how the user splits their usage between the mobile web and apps, marketers have relied on log-ins, app software development kits [...]
Sony shares tumble despite second quarter profit from PlayStation 4 sales surge October 29, 2015 Sony's restructuring is starting to pay off as the company reported it was back in black, but shares have tumbled by as much as five per cent. The figures Profit for the three months to the end of September came in at 33.6bn yen (£182m) compared to a loss of 136bn yen in the same quarter last [...]
Restaurant review: There’s more to Palm Court than afternoon tea, thank god October 29, 2015 If I could click my fingers and banish one element of our national cuisine, it would be afternoon tea. It’s a dreary throwback to a time when we felt the need to ape our social betters, in this case by eating wildly overpriced cucumber sandwiches. Its emergence is often credited to Anna Maria Russell, the [...]
The decline of cash is on the cards: City A.M. speaks to MasterCard’s Ann Cairns October 28, 2015 Some sports fans carry the burden of their teams’ fortunes around on their shoulders, often for days after a heroic victory or a dramatic defeat. You know the type I mean – we’ve all worked with them, dated them, got married to them… Hell, some of us are them. The football obsessive who springs into work after a [...]
Wall Street up as December hike signalled – New York Report October 28, 2015 The Federal Reserve’s decision yesterday to hold interest rates, amid signals that it might raise them in December, helped to push Wall Street sharply upwards. Stocks initially sold off following the statement, with the S&P 500 erasing close to a one per cent gain, but quickly rebounded to end at the day’s highs as investors [...]
Apple share price rises on record results October 28, 2015 Apple's share price has risen 2.89 per cent as markets opened in the US after record breaking results, which the company reported yesterday. The company had expected earnings per share for the three months to the end of September to hit the $1.87 – $1.88 mark, but beat expectations by a long way, with the figure coming in [...]
Apple released its full-year results and broke records October 27, 2015 Here are the five facts you need to know about Apple's record results: Apple made more than $1bn a week in profits in the last 12 months. Apple's $234bn full year revenue dwarfs Ireland's GDP (of $227bn). And Greece's, which is $139bn. Perhaps it could lend a hand with some debt relief? And even oil-rich [...]