My Sporting Life: Landor’s chief creative officer Peter Knapp on West Ham, archery and the Olympics September 16, 2018 Peter Knapp, chief creative officer at global branding and design agency Landor talks West Ham, lower league football, archery and the Olympics. What is your sporting passion? My passion, my obsession and therefore my depression, is West Ham United. From a very early age, despite all of my family supporting Tottenham, fate decided that I’d be [...]
My Sporting Life: Landor’s chief creative officer Peter Knapp on West Ham, archery and the Olympics September 16, 2018 Peter Knapp, chief creative officer at global branding and design agency Landor talks West Ham, lower league football, archery and the Olympics. What is your sporting passion? My passion, my obsession and therefore my depression, is West Ham United. From a very early age, despite all of my family supporting Tottenham, fate decided that I’d be [...]
Alternative finance lender Oakam is trying to help the unbanked November 30, 2018 Payday loan companies get a bad rap. And it’s easy to see why, considering the predatory businesses practices and extortionate interest rates charged by lenders like Wonga, which collapsed into administration this year. High-interest, short-term loans were back in the news this week, with the announcement that the fintech startup Monzo is considering offering such [...]
‘A kick in the teeth for commuters’: The industry reacts to the rail fares hike November 30, 2018 Rail fares are set to increase by an average of 3.1 per cent in the new year, affecting millions of people and increasing many passengers' season tickets by around £100. The rise in the cost of travelling by train comes despite calls for a price freeze following a year of disruption that saw Network Rail fined [...]
Opinion: How do you know when you’ve got a terrible property managing agent and what do you need to do about it? September 24, 2018 It’s fewer than 100 days until Christmas so now’s the time to ask Santa to bring you better estate managers for 2019. The process of changing agents tends to take at least three months, which is a long time to put up with under-performance but if you start now, you and your neighbours could start [...]
Comedian and writer Paul Whitehouse on fishing, mental health and why the BBC needs to take more risks February 7, 2019 Last year, Paul Whitehouse appeared alongside his lifelong friend Bob Mortimer in Gone Fishing, a BBC Two show in which the comedians travelled the riverbanks of the UK in search of rare species of fish. In contrast to an increasingly bleak news cycle, it was relentlessly genial television, uncomplicated, familiar, cheerful and good-natured. Both men [...]
Royal Mail faces regulator Ofcom fines threat after blaming industrial dispute for missing service targets May 11, 2018 Royal Mail today blamed a bitter spat with postal workers for failing to meet its annual quality of service targets. Postal regulator Ofcom, which said it was “concerned that Royal Mail has fallen short” will now consider whether to slap it with fines of up to 10 per cent of “relevant turnover”. Last year Royal [...]
Brexit in 2019: The only certainty is uncertainty January 4, 2019 Predicting what will happen in the world of politics is a notoriously difficult task at the best of times, but in the current all-bets-are-off climate, surely only a fool would give it a go. City A.M.’s Owen Bennett is that fool, and here are his tips for what to look out for. Brexit May's Brexit [...]
Ryanair profits slide as strikes, cheaper fares and higher fuel costs impact bottom line October 22, 2018 Ryanair saw half-year profits decline this morning to round off a troubled few days at the budget airline. The results Cheaper fares, higher fuel costs and strikes all hit Ryanair’s bottom line, taking post-tax profits down seven per cent year-on-year to €1.2bn (£1.1bn) for its crucial April to September trading period. Read more: Photo of Ryanair crew [...]
Poundland follows controversial Christmas naughty elf campaign with some risqué Easter ads March 26, 2018 Poundland got into hot water last month with the Advertising Standards Authority for its naughty elf Christmas adverts, which were branded offensive and unsuitable to be seen by children. But that hasn’t dampened the discount retailer’s spirit. In fact, it has recently kicked off a new campaign for Easter, featuring a fluffy rabbit and chick. [...]