Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido calls for biggest protests in country’s history May 1, 2019 Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has called for the “largest march” in the South American country’s history to take place today, the day after a dramatic coup attempt. Read more: See Venezuelan crisis first hand, Colombian envoy urges Maduro's UK backers Yesterday saw Guaido take to the streets of Venezuela’s capital Caracas alongside dozens of National [...]
Guardian turns profit for first time in 20 years as turnaround plan pays off May 1, 2019 The Guardian has posted a small profit for the full-year, marking the first time the media group has been in the black since 1998. Read more: Mirror publisher Reach expects to benefit from Facebook's fake news fight The figures Guardian News and Media (GNM) posted a profit of £0.8m in the year to April, up [...]
Nanny knows best: UK floats near top of lifestyle ‘interference’ rankings May 1, 2019 Facing stiff competition from the Baltics this year, Britain dropped down the league tables in one of its favourite pastimes, big government nannying. The UK fell two spaces on Epicenter’s annual Nanny State Index to fourth, overtaken by Lithuania and Estonia, which romped up the table. Read more: UK sugar tax squeezes Fevertree margins even [...]
City Moves for 1 May – Who’s switching jobs at Mirriad, Discoverie Group and SCS Group? May 1, 2019 Today's City Moves includes Mirriad, Discoverie Group and SCS Group. Mirriad Mirriad, the computer vision and AI platform company, has announced abBoard change as Stephan Beringer, chief executive officer, continues his strategic refocusing of the business. John Pearson is appointed to the role of non-executive chairman, with effect from 30 April. He was previously appointed [...]
Juan Guaido urges public and military to join Venezuela uprising against President Maduro April 30, 2019 Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido today called for a military uprising to begin the "final phase of operation freedom" to end the reign of the country's veteran leader President Nicholas Maduro. Read more: See Venezuelan crisis first hand, Colombian envoy urges Maduro's UK backers Guaido, who leads Venezuela's national assembly and has been recognised as President [...]
The Mercedes-AMG GT 63S 4-door serves up supercar pace in a more practical package April 29, 2019 Pity the poor Mercedes-Benz salesperson. The world’s oldest car company lists no fewer than 33 separate models on its UK website, from A-Class hatchback to S-Class limousine. Factor in engines, trim levels and optional extras, and the list of potential combinations is… a lot. Such bountiful choice results in overlap between many models, too. Want [...]
Sir Martin Sorrell was paid £140,000 by S4 Capital in 2018 April 29, 2019 The executive chairman of S4 Capital – Sir Martin Sorrell – was paid £140,000 in 2018, a fraction of the £13.9m he was paid by WPP in 2017 before his shock exit. An annual report from Sorrell’s new company shows he received £61,000 in salary, £61,000 in bonus and £18,000 in pension payments from his [...]
In 50 years, dead users will outnumber the living on Facebook April 29, 2019 At least 1.4bn Facebook users will die before 2100, meaning the number of dead people on the platform could outnumber the living by 2070, according to a new study. If membership of the platform continues growing at the current rate of 13 per cent each year, then there could be as many as 4.9bn dead [...]
Online car dealer firm Auto Trader announces board shakeup with retirement of CEO April 29, 2019 Online car ad group Auto Trader has promoted its finance boss as its new chief executive following the decision of the incumbent Trevor Mather's decision to retire. Mather will retire from the positions of CEO and director on 31 March 2020, allowing Nathan Coe, who is the current chief operating and financial officer, to take [...]
Revealed: Tesco and Metro are the worst challenger banks, according to customers April 29, 2019 Tesco Bank and Metro Bank are the worst challenger banks in the eyes of consumers, a new sentiment index has revealed. A new report into the sentiment of UK challenger banks by data firm Brands Eye found that Monzo and Atom Bank led the way. Read more: Tesco Bank slapped with £16.4m fine for data breach [...]