Storm Dennis causes travel disruption around the UK February 16, 2020 A record number of weather warnings have been issued in England as Storm Dennis continues to batter the UK. The Met Office has a yellow warning for much of the UK which extends to amber in parts of Southern England. Most train companies have reported disruption to their services and several incidents have occurred on [...]
Scrap the TV licence, the BBC should just stick to the national news February 15, 2020 It is good that the BBC model is being disrupted by social media — allowing isolated individuals threatened by brown envelopes and sinister demands to be united in their opposition to the multi-billion pound media enterprise. Essentially, the broadcaster needs to be radically stripped down to just one channel: BBC News and Weather. All other [...]
City Moves for 14 February – Who’s switching jobs at Takumi, C5 Capital and Shutterstock? February 14, 2020 Today’s City Moves includes Takumi, C5 Capital and Shutterstock Takumi London-based influencer marketing service Takumi has announced the appointment of Mary Keane-Dawson as group chief executive. Mary is globally recognised as a successful digital agency entrepreneur and business growth expert, having worked in the sector for over 30 years, and has previously held leadership roles [...]
Don’t frame it as a front in the culture war, BBC reform can be in everyone’s interests February 14, 2020 With the announcement last week of a consultation on decriminalising non-payment of the licence fee, ministers boycotting core programmes following accusations of bias, and veiled threats from the government about its potential demise, fans of the BBC would be forgiven for thinking that their treasured broadcaster is under attack. But by framing this as a [...]
Barclays boss Jes Staley ‘deeply regrets’ Jeffrey Epstein links February 13, 2020 Barclays chief executive Jes Staley has said he “deeply regrets” his connection with Jeffrey Epstein after it emerged that British regulators are investigating his links with the convicted sex offender. Staley admitted this morning that he maintained contact with with the disgraced financier, who took his own life in a New York jail last year [...]
Exhibition giant Relx boosts profit but coronavirus risk looms February 13, 2020 Relx today posted a rise in revenue and profit for the full year, but warned it could not predict how the coronavirus outbreak would impact its business in China. The FTSE 15 publishing and exhibitions giant reported revenue of £7.9bn in the year to the end of December, up four per cent on an underlying [...]
BP’s plan is far bigger than a PR move February 13, 2020 The closest thing to a boastful holiday snap on Bernard Looney’s new Instagram page is a rather dreary image of Bonn. BP’s new boss was in the German city last week, so the caption tells us, to meet the head of the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change. It should have come as no surprise [...]
Extinction Rebellion to target Barclays, PwC and News Corp in new wave of protests February 12, 2020 Climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion said today it would target the financial industry in a new wave of protests this year. The group’s co-founder said Barclays Bank, Big Four accountancy firm PwC and media group News Corp would be among the targets of direction action. Gail Bradbrook told Reuters that “the economic system is [...]
Business groups blast new Ofcom powers to police social media February 12, 2020 Business groups have hit out at Nicky Morgan’s plans to give Ofcom an expanded role in regulating the internet, calling the plan “unrealistic” and saying it would create “uncertainty”. The culture secretary announced that the broadcast regulator would be beefed up to tackle social media firms over “online harms”. Ofcom’s new role, first mooted in [...]
Ofcom set for role as ‘online harms’ regulator February 12, 2020 A beefed-up Ofcom will be responsible for tackling social media firms over “online harms”, culture secretary Nicky Morgan will announce later today. The broadcasting regulator will become Britain’s first internet watchdog, the Financial Times reported, as the UK attempts to crack down on illegal material on sites such as Youtube and Facebook. Ofcom’s new role, [...]