Guardian to axe 180 jobs as revenue plunges July 15, 2020 The Guardian has announced plans to cut 180 jobs in both its editorial and commercial departments, after revenue plunged more than £25m during the coronavirus crisis. The newspaper group said the job cuts will mostly affect its advertising, Guardian Jobs, marketing and Guardian Live departments, with 70 additional redundancies in its editorial unit. The job [...]
Asos sales soar during lockdown as fashion firm looks set to smash forecasts July 15, 2020 Asos has said it expects to smash growth forecasts for the year after group sales hiked 10 per cent during lockdown as customers around the world were forced to shop online. The British retailer said costs cuts and “rigorous” business management helped offset the slump in demand for outerwear and party gear, as customers stayed [...]
Give me Liberty or Give me TikTok July 14, 2020 Bytedance’s superstar mobile app, TikTok has risen to hero status becoming the go-to source of entertainment during lockdown. Viral dance challenges, comedic skits and short snippets of video content have grabbed the attention of over 1 billion monthly users. In a time where uncertainty and boredom reigns, a bit of creative romance is received with [...]
Major UK mobile networks vow not to reintroduce roaming charges after Brexit July 13, 2020 The UK’s four major phone networks — EE, Three, Vodafone and O2 — have vowed not to reintroduce roaming charges when Britain leaves the bloc in January, after the government today urged Brits to check with their mobile carriers for price changes ahead of the Brexit transition period deadline. The UK government today called on the [...]
Huawei: Will the government ban the Chinese vendor tomorrow? July 13, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to decide whether to ban Huawei from the UK’s 5G infrastructure tomorrow, following intense pressure from MPs and US President Donald Trump to U-turn on a deal with the Chinese vendor over national security fears. In January, Johnson struck a deal with Huawei to build technology for the UK’s [...]
Labour to boycott Facebook for one month over BLM concerns July 12, 2020 Labour has begun an advertising boycott of Facebook, after the platform has been accused of not removing racist posts in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. The party, which spent more than £1m on Facebook advertising during the last election, will not use the social media giant to place ads for the next [...]
Top civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill hits out at ‘sniping’ from inside government July 8, 2020 Britain’s outgoing top civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill has hit out against the culture of off-record media attacks in Westminster that saw him recently sustain a barrage of public criticism. Sedwill had been the victim of numerous off-record briefings to the media about his role in the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. It has [...]
London ad campaign could be a sign of things to come July 8, 2020 How do we begin again when we’ve lost so much? Ronel Lehmann has a pertinent example ‘It’ll be just like starting over,’ John Lennon once sang. I’ve been humming that song this week, as beginning again is precisely what we’re all doing now. Nothing in the song – or in the news over the past [...]
JK Rowling among 152 celebrities to criticise ‘cancel culture’ in open letter July 8, 2020 JK Rowling, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie are among 152 public figures across the political spectrum who have signed an open letter warning that the spread of “censoriousness” and “cancel culture” has led to an intolerance of conflicting views. The letter, published in Harper’s Magazine, hit out at how a “panicked damage control” is leading [...]
Cardano leapfrogs Bitcoin SV, Litecoin & Binance July 8, 2020 Following a successful Virtual Summit, Cardano is on a charge taking sixth place on the Market Cap league table and at the time of writing is valued at US$3.5bn (Source: CoinMarketCap). The summit itself had the most amazing UX/UI – simple to use and navigate – which opened my eyes to a new way of [...]