London Taxi Company now London Electric Vehicle Company loses black cab trademark appeal November 1, 2017 The London Taxi Company, now renamed the London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC), has lost its latest attempt to trademark the shape of the capital’s black cabs. The Court of Appeal upheld a decision made by the High Court last year that the shape lacked “distinctive character”, and was not a “valid registered trademark”. London Taxi [...]
Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham: Fortune favours the Reds as they go back top of the Premier League March 31, 2019 The title race remains on. It looked very much to be slipping away from Liverpool, but as the ball trickled over the line at the Kop End it was clear fortune favoured the reds. Rather than one of their own players, Liverpool fans were left celebrating the mistake of an opponent, as Hugo Lloris inexplicably [...]
There’s a human cost to fetishising entrepreneurs like Elizabeth Holmes March 28, 2019 According to the documentary director Alex Gibney, the success of Elizabeth Holmes can be put down to Silicon Valley’s “fetishisation of the entrepreneur”. Holmes’ story is depicted in his latest film, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, released last week. But her story has caught the imagination of just about everyone who has [...]
The perfect brand name doesn’t exist, so stop searching for it January 28, 2019 Naming a brand is often a tortured process, full of impassioned argument and furrowed brows. Everyone wants to find that silver bullet: the simple, unique name that crystallises everything important about the brand. Well, stop looking. Because you won’t find it – and you don’t need to. Names matter, but never as much as they [...]
Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle: Aaron Ramsey’s virtuoso display leaves bittersweet taste for Emirates crowd April 1, 2019 It was all about Aaron Ramsey. Mesut Ozil may have brought some tricks and flicks, Alexandre Lacazette some bustling approach play and a neat finish, but for Arsenal fans leaving Emirates Stadium the performance of their Welsh midfielder – and all that it meant – was what had tongues wagging. Strangely for a virtuoso, all-action, eye-catching [...]
WH Smith: High-flyer divides City April 24, 2019 By Graeme Evans from interactive investor. Latest results are fuel for another assault on a record high. Here’s why Smith splits the Square Mile. With £1 billion worth of dividends or buybacks since 2007, WH Smith (LSE:SMWH) shareholders can have few complaints about the retailer’s tried and tested strategy when it comes to selling stationery, [...]
Europe’s capital market must become ‘more resilient’ after Brexit, stock exchange report finds September 25, 2018 Europe's capital markets must become “stronger and more resilient” after Brexit to realise the economic potential of the continent's businesses, a London Stock Exchange report has found The stock exchange has identified the 1000 fastest-growing high-growth potential firms in Europe in a bid to inspire other businesses and entrepreneurs. The top 100 firms have [...]
Isle of Dogs review: More bark than bite, but Wes Anderson’s stop-motion adventure is adorable fun September 28, 2018 Wes Anderson’s latest film takes place in a hyper-stereotyped, near-future Japan, in which dogs have been cruelly banished to a trash island under the invented pretence that they’ve succumbed to a mix of highly infectious dog flu and “snout rot”. The director’s second stop-motion project (the Roald Dahl adaptation Fantastic Mr. Fox being the [...]
Coke frightens Monster with plans to launch Coca-Cola Energy drink November 8, 2018 Coca-Cola plans to launch a new line of energy drinks under its Coke brand, putting it in direct competition with Monster, in which it owns a 17 per cent stake. The drinkmaker told Reuters that Coca-Cola Energy and Coca-Cola Energy No Sugar will be made with natural caffeine and guarana extract. However, it did not [...]
Slaughterhouse Rulez is a British horror-comedy that needs more horror, and more comedy November 2, 2018 Simon Pegg and Nick Frost star in this British teen-horror flick that bears some of the hallmarks of the comedy duo’s glory days, while reminding you that they were, in fact, some time ago. There are nods to the Edgar Wright directed “Cornetto Trilogy”, comprising Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End, [...]