Email trail shows Hunt’s closeness to Murdoch Jr April 24, 2012 E-MAILS showing culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s close relationship with News Corp during a probe into the firm’s BSkyB takeover were released by the Leveson inquiry yesterday. The 163-page trail of correspondence shows that Frederic Michel, News Corp’s director of public affairs in Europe, was in frequent contact with Hunt’s advisers from before the culture secretary [...]
Yet another self-inflicted wound as Cameron’s gamble fails April 24, 2012 WHEN David Cameron set up the Leveson inquiry into the media, he thought it would be a clever way of deflecting attention from the disgrace of his former head of communications, the ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson, and his own lack of judgement in hiring him. He did this knowing full well that [...]
George Osborne celebrates the start of new City base for UBS at Broadgate March 1, 2012 CHANCELLOR George Osborne yesterday broke new ground to mark the start of construction work on UBS’s new headquarters at 5 Broadgate. The occasion marks the beginning of three years of building work overseen by site owners British Land and Blackstone, and the success of a campaign by City A.M. to allow the £850m development to [...]
UBS commits to Broadgate development January 30, 2012 INVESTMENT bank UBS committed to a future in the City yesterday, after it finalised a pre-let agreement to move into British Land’s new Broadgate development. The deal is the final seal of approval for the £850m project, which was last year threatened by an application for listed status of the original estate by conservation group [...]
UBS commits to Broadgate development January 30, 2012 INVESTMENT bank UBS committed to a future in the City yesterday, after it finalised a pre-let agreement to move into British Land’s new Broadgate development. The deal is the final seal of approval for the £850m project, which was last year threatened by an application for listed status of the original estate by conservation group [...]
Government splashes out £750,000 on 2012 tickets November 7, 2011 SECRETARY of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt has defended the Government’s decision to spend nearly £750,000 on tickets for next summer’s London Games. Hunt’s department applied for and have been allocated 8,846 tickets to the Games, including 213 tickets to the Opening Ceremony at a total price of £194,525. The allocation, [...]
London 2012 IMAGE OF THE WEEK October 27, 2011 LONDON 2012 | OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC VILLAGE With the announcement that more than 2,012 of the athletes’ apartments have now been completed, culture and Olympics secretary Jeremy Hunt visited the construction site to see the progress. After the Games, the apartments will be adapted for permanent use, creating 2,818 new homes. Between now and the [...]
MURDOCH NO-SHOW AT GRANDEES GATHERING November 10, 2011 THE SELECT Committee hearing into the News of the World phone hacking scandal took precedence over RLM Finsbury’s annual party for News Corp heir James Murdoch, a guest at the event in previous, happier, times. But the day’s invigilator, John Whittingdale MP, did make it after the day’s ordeal to the Millbank venue, where a [...]
Jeremy Hunt defends role in clearing News Corp bid March 13, 2011 JEREMY Hunt, the culture secretary, was yesterday forced to defend his role in News Corp’s bid for BSkyB, after an alliance of media companies accused him of acting in an “unprecedented manner”. The alliance, which is made up of BSkyB and News Corp rivals like BT and the Telegraph Media Group, said the culture secretary was wrong [...]
BSkyB beats forecasts with record profits May 2, 2012 BSKYB yesterday shrugged off the furore surrounding its parent firm News Corp to post a record profit for the nine months to March. As rumours swirled about the firm’s future following a parliamentary report criticising News Corp and owner Rupert Murdoch, BSkyB delivered operating profit of £908m. Pre-tax profit rose 27.5 per cent to £899m. [...]