The sour notes from the Sainsbury’s boss show that business must do better May 4, 2018 “We’re in the money.” Lyrics made famous by Ginger Rogers and 42nd Street, more recently appropriated by Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe in an unguarded off-mic moment at ITV. But whereas the musical focused on the travails of those trying to make it on Broadway in the depths of the Great Recession, for Coupe it came [...]
Minicab drivers protest outside TfL headquarters over ‘institutional racism’ May 3, 2018 Minicab drivers have launched a surprise flash demo at Transport for London’s (TfL) headquarters today to protest against “institutional racism”. The United Private Hire Drivers (UPHD) branch of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has accused TfL of pushing policies that have added “crushing new costs” to drivers such as regulations including additional [...]
Which? reveals worst companies to rent a car from April 28, 2018 Pushy sales people, broken cars and long waits at the airport – renting cars can often be an arduous task. But the very worst firms to get a car from have been revealed in research released today. Consumer watchdog Which? asked consumers for their opinions on a number of rental companies to compile a list [...]
In the modern world of marketing, lost tools are being reinvented for the digital age April 23, 2018 THE SCANDALS surrounding Cambridge Analytica and Facebook have brought the issue of data privacy into focus for politicians and the public alike. But there is another group that is becoming increasingly concerned: the advertising industry. Advertising has experienced seismic change as a result of digital media and the use of personal data, according to tech [...]
Facebook prepares to reveal extent of the Cambridge Analytica damage in first quarter results, with Amazon and Alphabet (Google) also up for scrutiny April 22, 2018 Facebook is preparing to reveal the damage caused by recent data scandals on Wednesday, in a week which will also see Amazon and Google’s parent Alphabet lift the lid on their latest figures. Just weeks after the news broke that Cambridge Analytica had potentially used data mined from Facebook without users’ knowledge to influence elections, [...]
London’s technology powerhouse needs to look in the mirror and promise to do better April 19, 2018 As Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the hot seat in the US Congress to provide evidence on the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, the tech industry once again found itself under scrutiny, scorn, and suspicion. Was this the death of the stereotype of the eternally optimistic and ambitious tech entrepreneur? 2017 was cited as the annus [...]
Businesses dealing with more cyber attacks than ever before April 10, 2018 UK businesses are having to deal with more cyber attacks than ever before, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned. In its report, Cyber Threat to UK Business Industry 2017-2018, published today, the NCSC said that the scale and number of data breaches increased rapidly in 2017. The centre also named a number of [...]
Facebook’s Icarus needs to come down to earth before it’s too late April 9, 2018 Mark Zuckerberg is facing his Icarus moment. The tale of the boy who flew too close to the sun would make uncomfortable reading for the Facebook founder. “Move fast and break things” was the mantra that made Zuckerberg such a totem of sky-high success. But lax privacy controls and the leaking of the information of [...]
Uber appoints two new non-executive directors in board shakeup April 6, 2018 Uber has appointed former travel head of Acromas Susan Hooper and media entrepreneur Roger Parry as non-executive directors to its UK boards. Hooper, who currently holds a number of non-executive roles on the boards of Wizz Air, the Department for Exiting the European Union, the Rank Group and Affinity Water, was previously the chief executive [...]
Millennials are killing the TV licence April 6, 2018 Millennials are constantly being accused of “killing” things. Not people, thankfully, but the auto industry, lunch, marriage. Here’s another for the ever-growing list: in between never owning a home, avocados on rye, and leeching off my parents, somehow I find time to not watch the BBC. An Ipsos MORI poll for the Beeb warns that [...]