Christmas ads by John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, M&S and Tesco bring festive spend to record £9.5bn November 9, 2023 AA commercial director Sharon Lloyd Barnes said: “Christmas advertising is an integral part of the festive season.
Bird watching: What’s going on with X/Twitter’s Community Notes? November 9, 2023 It’s always embarrassing to be called out on a lie. That’s the cruel genius behind Twitter’s Community Notes feature, which brutally exposes mistruths with a cool, simple fact box. As Labour’s shadow foreign secretary David Lammy recently found out, the hard way. He tweeted “As I said on Radio 4 Today this morning, it is [...]
Why won’t banking chief execs talk about artificial intelligence? November 9, 2023 Banks are slowly waking up to the potential of artificial intelligence, but the City CEOs are still reluctant to talk about it, writes Alexandra Mousavizadeh
Where to eat in London: Ramael Scully on his favourite restaurants November 8, 2023 Scully St James’s chef-patron Ramael Scully tells us where he likes to eat in London on his days off.
What the King’s Speech means for digital assets November 8, 2023 Lord Holmes highlights the bills involved in the King's Speech that he'll be directly working on, and how they affect digital assets.
ITV advertising revenue falls by £96m — and it’s not getting better November 8, 2023 ITV said its advertising revenue fell in its third quarter this year and is set to drop even further by the end of the year.
It’s not just ping pong, Wework brought lonely millennials together November 7, 2023 WeWork, which has filed for bankruptcy, brought workers together with entertainment that was much-mocked but had real value, argues Adam Bloodworth
An easy pill to swallow: Meet the entrepreneur making pill boxes cool November 7, 2023 Lucy Rout needed something stylish to keep her medication to hand. She couldn’t find it, she tells Jennifer Sieg – so she launched Tabuu herself. Lucy Rout had one mission when on her route to entrepreneurship: to open up conversation around medication. After being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the age of 25, Rout realised [...]
A toast to the pubs, restaurants and cafes that keep London alive November 7, 2023 Many people harbour a secret – and not so secret – desire to run a restaurant, a pub, or a teashop. Many who make the leap find it rather more difficult than they’d expected; the margins are non-existent, the hours are often utterly miserable and thanks to the rise of anonymous reviews, social media and [...]
Smart #1 review: the Smart car grows up November 6, 2023 A fully electric, family-sized crossover, the Smart #1 is a sensible car with a silly name. Tim Pitt gets behind the wheel.