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Mental health issues can be difficult to discuss – here’s how staff and bosses can broach this thorny subject October 11, 2018 Of all the conversations you can have with your boss at work, having one about mental health is arguably the most difficult. However, with 48 per cent of people having experienced a mental health problem in their current role, it’s a conversation that we have to get more comfortable having. While yesterday’s World Mental Health [...]
Theresa May launches consultation into forcing firms to report ethnicity pay figures October 11, 2018 KPMG, WPP and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) are among a number of businesses to have signed up to a new charter by Theresa May that aims to improve the recruitment and progression of ethnic minority employees. Alongside the charter the Prime Minister has also launched a consultation into mandatory ethnicity pay reporting, following last [...]
Snap to challenge Netflix in new turn to original scripted content October 10, 2018 Snap has today announced it has expanded into the realms of original content, with 12 new shows lined up from the creators of popular TV shows such as Riverdale and Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Each of the 12 series will release new episodes daily, and be monetised by up to six seconds of unskippable advertisements. [...]
James Murdoch quits Sky as Comcast officially confirms takeover of media titan October 9, 2018 James Murdoch has resigned from Sky's board after Comcast confirmed it was now officially the owner of the UK media titan. The chief exec of 21st Century Fox Murdoch stepped down from the board alongside six other directors after Comcast said it had officially acquired 75 per cent of Sky's share capital. The chance of Comcast [...]
WPP loses major Ford advertising contract to US rival Omnicom October 9, 2018 WPP has been dealt a major blow as it lost a key Ford advertising contract to the agency of one of its biggest US rivals, Omnicom. The news will be a major setback for new chief exec Mark Read, who was only appointed at the start of September. Ford was one of WPP's longest-standing advertising partnerships, as [...]
Sail GP: Larry Ellison and Sir Russell Coutts attempt to sell sailing to the masses October 8, 2018 Sailing is a difficult sport for the spectator. By its very nature the action happens out on the water, away from the eyes and ears of those attempting to enjoy it. Last week a new $1m competition was launched which attempts to address that problem and in the process “redefine sailing”. Spearheaded by American tech [...]
Why ‘customer-centric’ is the latest designer label we all need October 8, 2018 I'M NOT NORMALLY a fan of surveys, but the Interbrand Best Global Brands Report is, for me, an interesting read. This year’s report has made the headlines because the top-performing sector is the luxury fashion and accessories sector, which has grown by 42 percent since 2017. Why are designers doing well, and what can my clients [...]
Getting into the flow of it: Cuadrilla’s CEO on safety, earthquakes and political hypocrisy as the company gears up to start onshore fracking October 8, 2018 Not since the debate about nuclear power has an energy issue proven as controversial as fracking. Hydraulic fracturing, the process of blasting a mix of water, sand and chemicals deep into the earth to extract shale oil and gas, has riled parliament, rallied campaigners and grabbed headlines. But ask the boss of the first company [...]
Could YouTube star Joe Sugg win Strictly Come Dancing? October 8, 2018 When Strictly Come Dancing unveiled its 2018 lineup, I imagine there would have been more than a couple of blank faces at the name Joe Sugg. While reality stars frequently feature on the show, Sugg is the first social media celebrity to ever appear. But if Strictly’s core fanbase aren’t familiar with him, plenty of [...]
Brand Boris: Johnson needs to shed his disrupter image if he wants to become a leader October 8, 2018 There was a particularly pithy Tweet doing the rounds just after the Conservative party conference last week: “in summary: Boris’s speech not good enough for him to take over; May’s not bad enough to be kicked out”. So, was Boris Johnson really just one speech away from leadership? Possibly. Because Boris, just like Donald Trump, “has [...]