British Basketball Federation hands 15-year licence to Glickman April 2, 2025 The British Basketball Federation (BBF) has defied Super League Basketball (SLB) clubs by signing a 15-year deal with Marshall Glickman’s GBB League Ltd (GBBL) to operate the men’s professional league from 2026. SLB clubs warned last week that they would take legal action to block the sale of the licence, which they say is illegal. [...]
Three’s ‘best value’ ads probe cleared after Vodafone complaint April 2, 2025 The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled in favour of Three UK, rejecting Vodafone’s challenge that the mobile operator’s ads for its iPhone 16 Pro deal were misleading. Vodafone had argued that the telecom rival’s claim of offering ‘The UK’s best value unlimited iPhone deal’ could mislead consumers into thinking it was based on more [...]
Can AI and gamification fix disengagement in the ‘bored room’? April 1, 2025 Corporate training has long suffered from a fatal flaw: disengagement. The rigidity of traditional, monotone presentations, and the passive nature of slide-heavy training sessions, have turned workplace education into a mundane obligation, rather than an opportunity for professional growth. And in today’s hybrid work landscape, where distractions are just a browser tab away, the traditional [...]
Explainer: What could a UK-US trade deal look like? April 1, 2025 US President Donald Trump is expected to impose new tariffs on imports from countries around the world this week, with the UK set to be affected by the global tax changes. No10 has confirmed the government is “actively preparing for all eventualities” ahead of Trump’s announcement on April 2, and that we “expect the UK [...]
Welsh wine is no April Fools joke – and it’s delicious April 1, 2025 Firstly, I promise this isn’t an April Fool. Welsh wine is a real thing. Historically of course, they have always liked a drink. Welsh bards, poets and wordsmiths have dedicated their talent to the power and beauty of wine. As far back at the 6th century there are references to mead being drunk by warriors [...]
W1M CEO: I didn’t want to be mocked like Abrdn in our rebrand March 31, 2025 The CEO of W1M, formerly Waverton Investment Management, has said he was conscious of other failed rebrands like Abrdn while selecting the firm’s new name. Waverton’s merger with London & Capital last year left CEO Guy McGlashan searching for a name that could unite both firms without excluding either. Eventually it landed on W1M, the [...]
Will NBA Europe’s format and salary cap comply with EU law? March 28, 2025 It wasn’t quite the papal white smoke, but the NBA made the clearest statement yet this week that it intends to launch a new league in Europe. In a joint appearance with the head of Fiba, basketball’s international governing body, NBA commissioner Adam Silver spoke of the “enthusiastic support” within both organisations to push ahead [...]
Has art saved your life? TfL wants to hear March 28, 2025 Art can save lives, sometimes literally (see above), TfL's art scheme is more than worth celebrating, writes James Reed.
US tariffs: Trade secretary won’t rule out cuts to digital services tax March 27, 2025 Jonathan Reynolds has refused to rule out cutting the digital services tax on major tech firms, amid the prospect of looming US trade tariffs. The business and trade secretary insisted the UK government was “committed to ensuring tech companies pay a fair amount of tax in the UK”, but added that the digital services tax [...]
ITV pays its CEO the most in a decade as profit spikes March 27, 2025 ITV has paid its chief executive the most it has done in a decade after profit more than doubled in 2024. Carolyn McCall took home a pay packet worth almost £4.1m for the FTSE 250 group’s latest financial year, up from the £3m she received for 2023. The latest total is the highest an ITV [...]