One Reddit user said Zuck was visiting Oculus’ offices a month ago – and everyone ignored him March 26, 2014 The latest addition to Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook empire has gotten many of Reddit's users very heated up. A part of the messageboard dedicated to Oculus Rift, which the social media giant announced it would be acquiring yesterday, is filled with anti-Facebook entries. Maybe that's why one user was ignored when he reported that the Facebook [...]
Great culinary feats can still be achieved, even if you only have a microwave in your office kitchen March 25, 2014 FOREVER associated with the processed, the prepackaged and the unsophisticated, the microwave gets a bad rep within foodie circles. The microwave meal has come to symbolise everything that’s wrong with today’s food culture. They make our cooking easy and unhealthy, fast and fatty, and facilitate our tendency to prioritise convenience over care, The way that [...]
Majestic shares dumped after profit warning March 20, 2014 INVESTORS uncorked their shares in Majestic Wine yesterday after the specialist wine retailer warned that a dry spell in February sales had flattened full-year profits. Chief executive Steve Lewis said that trading conditions since the more buoyant Christmas period have been “challenging” and that with just two weeks to go until its year-end, it now [...]
Co-op reshuffles management in group’s first wave of reforms March 19, 2014 THE MANAGEMENT team at the Co-op was reshuffled yesterday in the embattled group’s latest bid to show the leadership is serious about reforming its structure. It came as the mutual delayed its annual results and general meeting from next week to 17 April. The shake-up is the first stage of a series of reforms which [...]
Care specialist Cambian set to float in London March 19, 2014 CARE homes and specialist schools operator Cambian is to join the London stock market in a float that is believed to value the firm at north of £500m. Cambian announced its initial public offering yesterday, after a rise in outsourcing from local authorities and the NHS has given the firm a major chance to expand [...]
How to beat that afternoon slump March 18, 2014 Battling to keep your eyes open at 3pm? Here’s how to boost your post-lunch productivity EMPLOYERS are going to great lengths to keep staff alert throughout the day. Google and P&G have invested in “EnergyPods” – chairs designed for power naps in the office. Others are creating “social workplaces,” with afternoon ice cream contests and skateboarding competitions. [...]
Pace director back from sail race March 13, 2014 Set-top box maker Pace has rehired Mike Inglis as a non-executive director, a year after he stepped down to take part in the Clipper Round the World yacht race. Inglis, who served on the Pace board from 2008 to 2013, also left his post as chief commercial officer of Arm Holdings last year as he [...]
Meet the UK’s professional mermaids March 12, 2014 LinkedIn, the internet’s answer to a our hatred of networking events, has passed a notable milestone (ahem, as has the internet, “happy 25th birthday internet”). The business-friendly social network now has 15m members in the UK. That’s a relatively impressive 23 per cent of the UK. But what is perhaps more impressive, is the [...]
Barratt Developments snaps up Dixons boss March 11, 2014 Barratt Developments has announced the appointment of Dixons chairman John Allan, as a non executive director and chairman designate. Allan will join Barratt's board on 1 August, and will succeed Bob Lawson who has been chairman since 1 July 2008 following the company's AGM on 12 November. Commenting on the appointment, Bob Lawson, chairman, said: [...]
War breaks out in Co-op boardroom March 10, 2014 CO-OPERATIVE chief executive Euan Sutherland yesterday launched a furious attack on members of his own board after a suspected leak revealed details of his £3.66m pay deal. Sutherland took the unusual step of posting on social network Facebook to lash out at the “individual, or individuals” on the Co-op board who he said were determined [...]