New directors join Bank of England court from Experian, TalkTalk and Drax July 21, 2014 Three business heavyweights were yesterday hired as non-executive directors on the court of the Bank of England, the Treasury has announced. Controversial Experian chairman Don Roberts has been given one of the positions. He faced a shareholder rebellion earlier this month, as a series of investors objected to his move from chief executive to chairman of the credit data [...]
TalkTalk teams up with Sky to square up to BT April 15, 2014 TALKTALK and Sky will bypass BT’s national fibre broadband network, which they complain overcharges and under-delivers, with a trial of their own dedicated fibre network in York. Sky and TalkTalk will both plough £5m into the new joint venture, in partnership with CityFibre, which they say will surpass speeds offered by BT. “This is a [...]
TalkTalk customer base hits 4m as it signs new Sky Sports deal February 4, 2014 TALKTALK will begin offering its customers £9.99 pay-per-day access to Sky’s sport channels as part of a new three year wholesale deal with the satellite broadcaster. The deal was announced along with TalkTalk’s third quarter results which showed a 5.1 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue to £436m, and 175,000 new TV customers during the [...]