Storm Lilian: British Airways cancels flights as Leeds Festival shuts two stages August 23, 2024 The impending chaos from Storm Lilian is already causing massive disruption across the UK as millions of Brits look to get away for the Bank Holiday Weekend. Weather warnings have been issued on Friday as the tail-end of the hurricane has brought strong winds exceeding 70mph to northern parts of England and Wales on Friday, [...]
John Fury bleeding as Tyson seen on crutches ahead of Usyk bout May 13, 2024 The build up to Tyson Fury’s fight against Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk got off to an explosive start in Riyadh with the Brit’s father John allegedly headbutting one of the opposition crew. Tyson Fury was also seen in one social media video using what appeared to be crutches in Saudi Arabia. It comes as the highly [...]
Sales Director – City AM September 16, 2024 About THG We’re a fast-moving, global technology group that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers. We’re home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all of which are powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity. We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, [...]
England footballers probed by advertising watchdog over promotion of Supreme CBD July 25, 2023 Three former England footballers are the subject of investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority over their promotion of CBD products. Ex-internationals Paul Merson, Chris Kirkland and Alan Thompson have collectively posted almost 200 tweets about the Supreme CBD brand. The CAP Code, which applies to influencer marketing, requires anyone promoting a brand on social media [...]
Gloucester and Ospreys to battle in hope of finding consistency April 12, 2024 If, at the turn of the new year, you thought Gloucester would win one of the three competitions they were competing in, many would have laughed. They were on a rotten run in the Premiership but unbeaten in the domestic and European cup competitions. A season of inconsistency. That has continued, in part, through until [...]
THG boss Matt Moulding lashes out at media, investors and analysts in six minute video that includes quotes from Nelson Mandela April 18, 2023 THG’s chief executive Matt Moulding published a lengthy video on Instagram Tuesday night taking aim at the media, institutional investors, stockbrokers and analysts in the latest escalation of his war with the City’s financial services sector. Moulding’s video quotes extensively from the Wolf of Wall Street, whilst also seeming to compare THG’s expansion in the [...]
‘Fanciful’ – EE’s legal claim against Virgin Mobile given brutal rebuff by High Court August 2, 2023 The High Court has dismissed EE’s legal claim against Virgin Mobile, describing it as “fanciful” with “no real prospect of succeeding”. British telecoms company EE attempted to sue Virgin Mobile for a reported £24.6m over a contract dispute back in August 2022. In a decision ruling in favour of the applicant, the court proclaimed EE’s [...]
Shell’s refusal to answer questions is an affront to ordinary shareholders September 25, 2023 Shell has told journalists it will only be answering analyst questions at its next trading update. That's bad for the City, and ordinary shareholders
DS Smith shares soar: Amazon cardboard provider could be one half of biggest City deal in years February 8, 2024 Should it come to pass it would be another major tie-up between London-listed operations, with housebuilders Barratt and Redrow looking to turn two listed firms into one.
Explainer-in-brief: Tampax joins the losers of social media PR November 23, 2022 Tampax is facing a boycott after a Twitter post that was branded as blatant misogyny and accused of sexualising periods. The company is not the first one that has tried to be funny or to leverage social media and completely failed. American fashion brand Kenneth Cole attributed the “uproar in #Cairo” during the Egypt revolution [...]