Rivals raise eyebrows over BT’s Openreach price cuts December 14, 2022 BT’s Openreach has said it plans to offer cheaper rates to its wholesale clients like Sky and TalkTalk as it tries to push Brits from copper to full fibre. The move will benefit big internet providers that do not have their own fibre networks, but has raised eyebrows amongst the firm’s biggest rivals. The main [...]
The New Oil December 14, 2022 ESG reporting has faced massive growth and increasing reputational issues, including greenwashing, in the last few years. Critics claim poor transparency, a lack of accuracy, and the inability of companies to commit to long-term accountability. Recent headlines have brought this ever more into the fore, including the UK advertising watchdog, ASA, holding HSBC to account [...]
Brits face advertising blitz with Government energy saving campaign December 14, 2022 Brits face an advertising blitz over Christmas from the Government, urging them to save energy by turning down boilers and radiators.
Price of Bitcoin looks to be heading back towards $18,000 December 14, 2022 Bitcoin is trading around $17,820 this morning, after yesterday coming within a hair’s breadth of $18,000 with a new monthly high of $17,926.
‘At last!’: City cheers signs of UK inflation passing its peak December 14, 2022 The City has cheered fresh figures out today that revealed this year’s historic inflation surge may have finally turned a corner. Prices accelerated 10.7 per cent over the year to November, down from a 41-year high rate of 11.1 per cent in the previous month, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The fall [...]
KPMG chief snubs global split as consulting arm drives growth in revenues December 13, 2022 The global head of KPMG today slapped down suggestions it might follow EY in pursuing a global split, in claiming the accounting firm’s strong financial performance “validates” its current approach. KPMG chief executive Bill Thomas rejected plans for a split in claiming the Big Four firm’s results “validates an unwavering commitment to deliver services… through [...]
Decade high 400k working days lost to strike action in October December 13, 2022 Over 400,000 working days were lost to strikes in October, the highest since November 2011, official figures from the Office for National Statistics out today reveal. Britain has been hit with a wave of industrial action by railway, postal and health workers sparked by pay and working conditions disputes. Working days lost to staff walk [...]
In a world first: New Zealand imposes lifetime tobacco ban on anybody born after 1 January 2009 December 13, 2022 New Zealand today passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes. The law says that tobacco cannot ever be sold to anybody born on or after January 1, 2009. It means the minimum age for buying cigarettes will keep going up and [...]
Environmental populism puts greener future at risk, warns North Sea boss December 13, 2022 The Government is damaging the North Sea industry through 'environmental populism' argued OEUK boss Deirdre Michie.
We don’t need more puppet devolution with Whitehall still holding the purse strings December 13, 2022 There is no doubt in my mind that devolution is the right way forward for local politics and for the UK as a whole. As a former Mayor and local politician, I know that if you want to make a difference to your local community, and if you want to improve the place where you [...]