Ryanair profits nosedive 21 per cent in first quarter July 29, 2019 Ryanair’s profits tumbled 21 per cent in its latest quarter as the airline was battered by higher fuel and staff costs coupled with lower fares, it revealed today. Read more: Ryanair warns of summer 2020 problems due to Boeing 737 Max ban The figures Profit before tax fell 24 per cent year on year to [...]
MateBook 13 review: An great value ultrabook that rivals Apple’s MacBook Air April 3, 2019 Last year’s Huawei Matebook X Pro marked the Chinese firm’s hard-won graduation from “oh, they do laptops too?” to producing a best-in-class device that comfortably squares up to Apple’s MacBook Pro in performance, build quality and minimalist design aesthetic, while roundly beating it on price. If you wanted your Windows 10 cornflakes served in a [...]
British Gas owner Centrica ‘may slash dividend’ after challenging start to the year May 13, 2019 Analysts warned that a dividend cut is on the horizon at British Gas owner Centrica after several external factors hit performance in the opening months of 2019. Centrica said that the government’s new energy price cap had dented its figures, including a one-off £70m impact in the first quarter. Read more: British Gas owner Centrica [...]
Finalist November 9, 2022 Start-up of the Year supported by World Mobile Swash Swash is reinventing data ownership through new incentivisation streams and a collaborativedevelopment framework, governed by the ethos of Web 3. It enables individuals, developers, and businesses to cultivate new realities of data ownership and value creation. It is the largest data unionin the market with over [...]
Music royalties firm PPL collects record revenues of £247m for artists May 14, 2019 Music licensing company PPL has reported its highest-ever annual revenues as it paid out to a record number of musicians and rights holders. PPL, which is one of the UK’s two main royalties agencies, collected revenues for its members of £246.8m in 2018, up 13 per cent on the previous year. Read more: Hipgnosis snaps [...]
Woodford winds down: Stockpicker’s troubled investment empire collapses October 15, 2019 The investment empire of former star fund manager Neil Woodford came crashing down tonight after a bruising day which saw him sacked as manager of his flagship fund and resign from the remaining two, cementing the embattled stockpicker’s spectacular fall from grace. The closure of Woodford’s Equity Income Fund (WEIF) was announced this morning by [...]
Boris Johnson blasts ‘terrible collaboration’ between MPs and EU August 14, 2019 Boris Johnson has blasted pro-Remain MPs for a “terrible collaboration” with the EU to prevent a no-deal Brexit, during his first ‘People’s PMQs’. The Prime Minister used a live Facebook stream to answer pre-posted questions from members of the public, the first of which was about Brexit. Johnson said: “There’s a terrible collaboration, as it [...]
The New Oil December 14, 2022 ESG reporting has faced massive growth and increasing reputational issues, including greenwashing, in the last few years. Critics claim poor transparency, a lack of accuracy, and the inability of companies to commit to long-term accountability. Recent headlines have brought this ever more into the fore, including the UK advertising watchdog, ASA, holding HSBC to account [...]
Bitcoin is bigger than the Swiss Franc – is it time to consider crypto in your portfolio? November 10, 2021 As Bitcoin becomes bigger than the Swiss Franc, Gavin Brown asks 'is it time to consider crypto in your portfolio?'
Heathrow third runway: Businesses react as High Court blocks expansion February 27, 2020 Climate groups reacted joyously this morning after the Court of Appeal upheld their challenge to the planned third runway expansion of Heathrow Airport. However, business groups expressed their “bitter disappointment” at the decision. In a seismic decision for environmental campaigners, the court found that the government’s policy statement for the third runway was “unlawful” as [...]