Ticket touts threatened with unlimited fines March 11, 2017 Ticket touts who bulk buy music concert tickets and them re-sell them online will be hit with unlimited fines under new government plans. The department for culture, media and sport (DCMS) is making it illegal for touts to hack ticket-buying websites to buy more than the maximum amount of concert tickets normally available to consumers. [...]
London’s best places to buy a pied-a-terre: Thinking of selling up for a landing pad in the city? Here are the best locations March 10, 2017 For those disenchanted Londoners considering a move to the country, but afraid of spending half their lives on commuter trains, buying a pied-à-terre could be the solution. For a fraction of the price that you would sell a family home in London, hard-working city executives can hole up close to the office during the week, [...]
All firms should fear the coming consumer protection crackdown March 10, 2017 There are normally a few government reviews that businesses seem to be obsessed with. Recently, this was the government’s industrial strategy; now, it is the Taylor Review into employment practices in the modern economy. But one set to increasingly occupy the minds of businesses this year is the review being conducted on consumer protection – [...]
Editor’s notes: Hammond falls down the cracks between politics and policy, the bigger threats to the media than Rupert Murdoch and why the UK needs a new army of trade negotiators March 10, 2017 There are plenty of people willing to defend the chancellor’s controversial raid on the self-employed, not least the chancellor himself who was out and about yesterday claiming that the government faced “some new challenges” and that it has “to pay for these things somehow”. As opposition to the move grows on his own backbenches, he [...]
Hit Makers by Derek Thompson: Read this book if you want to learn how to write March 9, 2017 I have a confession to make: I don’t like reading books about consumer culture. I often find the subject slight, the writing bland and the overall effort insubstantial. But I read Hit Makers by Derek Thompson. Thompson, a senior editor at The Atlantic, is a distinct voice in liberal American journalism, and Hit Makers, his [...]
“Microinfluencers” could hold the key for marketers when trust in media is thin March 9, 2017 Trust is the currency of the Internet. At a time when trust in media is thin on the ground there is one group of publishers who are followed by many for their authenticity. No wonder brands are now interested in “microinfluencers”. Early each year, communications agency Edelman issues its “Trust Barometer”. It measures public [...]
International Women’s Day: 12 of the most awesome women in the City March 8, 2017 With International Women's Day upon us, what better time to celebrate some of the City's brightest and best, from business bosses to economists? Here's a run-down of 12 of the most awesome women in the City… 1. Jayne-Anne Gadhia – chief executive of Virgin Money Jane-Anne Gadhia has been chief executive of Virgin Money since 2007 [...]
Spring Budget: The OBR is still too pessimistic about UK growth this year March 8, 2017 The biggest story in the Budget wasn’t big news. It had been well flagged in advance that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) was revising up its GDP growth forecast to 2 per cent in 2017. In November last year, the OBR expected just 1.4 per cent GDP growth this year. HM Treasury’s latest monthly survey [...]
Celebrating International Women’s Day March 8, 2017 There is no doubt that more work needs to be done to close the gender gap across many industries, from the military to elected office to tech to asset management. Raising awareness is one step along this path. To that end, today — International Women’s Day — communities across the world will reflect on the [...]
Celebrating International Women’s Day March 8, 2017 There is no doubt that more work needs to be done to close the gender gap across many industries, from the military to elected office to tech to asset management. Raising awareness is one step along this path. To that end, today — International Women’s Day — communities across the world will reflect on the [...]