MLB London Series: Baseball sending big-hitters Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees to woo UK audience June 23, 2019 Almost 70 years after Glasgow-born Bobby Thomson hit baseball’s Shot Heard ‘Round the World, the echo has finally reached London. This weekend, Major League Baseball will join its cousins from the NFL and NBA in offering British fans the opportunity to see regular season games live on their own turf. Given the New York Giants [...]
Friends, then rivals: Boris Johnson has the last laugh over Michael Gove June 20, 2019 First they were friends, then they were rivals, and now, Johnson is the victor. The lives of Boris Johnson and Michael Gove ran parallel for many years, before becoming intertwined during the EU referendum and split apart by an act of betrayal in the 2016 leadership contest. Johnson has now got his revenge for Gove [...]
Japan 0-2 England: Lionesses pass the test but still have things to work on at Women’s World Cup June 19, 2019 Phil Neville has made clear his desire to shape England into a possession-based side. By this evidence it remains a work in progress. After unspectacular wins over Scotland and Argentina, the Lionesses were faced with their biggest test of the Women’s World Cup against Japan in Nice. They passed the test – but, despite the [...]
Cannes Lions: How culture is catching up with adland’s notorious knees-up June 19, 2019 As the plane touches down on the hot tarmac at Nice airport, the butterflies start to set in. My neighbour, a senior media executive, has given me a disconcerting pep talk. “Trust me, it’s worse than Glastonbury,” he says with a smile. As we disembark, it’s clear everyone is headed for the same glimmering town [...]
Trump’s 2020 re-election bid: Four key takeaways June 19, 2019 The Donald has formally kicked off his 2020 campaign. Speaking before thousands of supporters in the key battleground state of Florida last night, the businessman-turned-politician launched his bid to be re-elected to the White House, officially kicking off what is set to be another heated presidential race. In a speech lasting almost 80 minutes, Donald [...]
Tory leadership hopefuls face new vote after TV clash June 19, 2019 The five remaining candidates in the Tory leadership race face another round of voting today, as MPs react to their performances in last night’s TV debate. Yesterday former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab was knocked out of the contest after he failed to secure the necessary 33 votes from MPs. The candidates now face a third [...]
City Moves for 19 June – Who’s switching jobs? June 19, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Draper & Dash, Omnicom and Palm Capital. Draper & Dash Healthcare data analytics innovator Draper & Dash announces the appointment of entrepreneur and pharmaceutical industry specialist Natalie Douglas as non-executive director to drive its ambitions to transform how medicines are deployed for the benefit of patients, physicians and hospitals. Natalie started [...]
Tory leadership results: Raab crashes out as Johnson storms through June 18, 2019 Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has crashed out of the Tory leadership contest after failing to secure the support of enough colleagues and bringing in just 30 votes. Read more: Tory leadership vote: How the second round works Meanwhile Boris Johnson’s march towards Downing Street picked up speed as he cemented his place in the [...]
Ad industry ‘faces brain drain’ amid creativity crisis June 18, 2019 The advertising industry could face a brain drain as employees increasingly look outside adland for their fill of creative work, according to a report published today. Research by ad agency Impero revealed 62 per cent of people in the industry have interviewed for a job in another sector over the last 12 month, while the [...]
Social media firms team up with advertisers to fight online harms June 18, 2019 Social media giants including Facebook and Google have formed a new alliance with brands and ad agencies in a bid to crack down on harmful material online. A total of 16 brands, including Unilever, Diageo and Procter & Gamble, have signed up to a new working group that will lobby publishers and platforms to remove [...]