Watch: The best parodies of John Lewis’s Man on the Moon Christmas advert 2015 November 7, 2015 If you're one of the 6.4m people who have already watched John Lewis's new Christmas advert, Man on the Moon, you might enjoy some of the parodies that have cropped up across the web over the last 24 hours. 1. Star Wars How much more fun would everything be with bit of Star Wars excitement [...]
These are the best Black Friday drone deals November 24, 2016 Drones – annoying and prohibitively expensive? Maybe not by midnight. Well, drones may still be annoying, but they will be a lot cheaper tomorrow, because it's Black Friday. Read more: John Lewis just announced its Black Friday deals – check them out Website Drones Direct (yes, it's a thing) is offering up to 44 per cent off [...]
The Midlands Engine is getting a small but significant transport boost October 3, 2016 The Northern Powerhouse may be clinging on for survival at the moment, but its trendier, younger cousin, the Midlands Engine, has received quite a bit of attention lately. Not only has it received public support from Theresa May and a great deal of talking-up from John Lewis boss and wannabe Birmingham mayor Andy Street – but [...]
Eh? Rolls-Royce and Game are among the 25 best UK companies to work for. Supposedly. November 23, 2016 An engineering giant which has issued a string of profit warnings, two retailers which recently came out of administration and a bank which was the centre of a major scandal this year are among UK employees' 25 favourite companies to work for, according to new research. Rolls-Royce came top of jobsite Indeed's Top Employers in Britain list. The [...]
Black Friday 2015: Argos quashes outage rumours as John Lewis website goes down November 27, 2015 Argos has quashed talk of an outage on its website, saying it has already had 2.5 million visits to its website – just as John Lewis' website collapsed under the pressure as Black Friday's shopping frenzy continued apace. In a statement, Argos said its website had "not crashed or seen any outages at any point today". "We are seeing [...]
Lego “not planning any future promotional activity” with Daily Mail amid protests at recent coverage November 12, 2016 Lego is “not planning any future promotional activity” with the Daily Mail, in an apparent protest at its editorial content. Stop Funding Hate, a group campaigning for companies like John Lewis and Waitrose to pull advertising from certain tabloid newspapers, has claimed the move by Lego as a victory. DMGT, the owner of the Daily Mail, [...]
Christmas adverts 2015: Aldi has just spoofed John Lewis’ Man on the Moon ad November 26, 2015 As day is followed by night, so too is John Lewis' Christmas advert followed by a series of spoofs. So far the selection has been pretty dark, including imagining the Man on the Moon as the evil Emperor from the Star Wars trilogy (and blowing up Earth once he can see where it is). Now Aldi has [...]
Fenwick family takes out £5m dividend despite warning on new cost pressures October 23, 2016 The Fenwick family has taken a £4.8m from their department store chain while warning about the pressure government is placing on the retail sector. According to accounts for the year to the end of January 2016, the company's sales rose by 1.2 per cent in the past year, reaching £431.7m. Pre-tax profits were up by a quarter [...]
Revealed: The best places to work in the UK December 7, 2016 Businesses can breath a sigh of relief – the trend of trying to emulate Google's particular brand of work environment with bean bags, slides, hot desking and food freebies might just be over. The tech company has slipped out of the top 10 best places to work list for the first time, coming 13th in the annual ranking by [...]
Next’s shares tumble after company issues profit warning January 4, 2017 Next's shares have taken a hammering today after the retailer issued a profit warning. The retailer cut its profit forecast for 2017-18 to a range of £680m-£780m. Analysts had estimated the forecast would be £784m. Following the announcement, Next's share price tumbled by 12 per cent. Next's shares have now fallen nearly 50 per cent since [...]