Alibaba eyes Hong Kong primary listing as US audit row continues July 26, 2022 Alibaba is seeking a primary listing in Hong Kong as the e-commerce giant attempts to lure in more mainland Chinese investors.
Amazon withdraws from Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus February 9, 2020 Amazon has withdrawn from an international telecoms conference in Barcelona scheduled for later this month due to the coronavirus outbreak. The e-commerce giant said it will not attend Mobile World Congress 2020, which will take place between 24 and 27 February. “Due to the outbreak and continued concerns about the new coronavirus, Amazon will withdraw from exhibiting [...]
Why there’s doubt over Royal Mail’s fourth chief in five years, before she’s even started April 4, 2024 Royal Mail's incoming chief Emma Gilthorpe has not yet stepped foot in the door but she already faces scepticism about her credentials.
Three quarters of Brits are against Channel 4 privatisation April 28, 2022 Despite the government’s grand push to privatise Channel 4, new data has revealed that over three quarters of the public consultation respondents examining the subject said they wanted to keep the broadcaster public. Of the 50,000 people who responded to the government’s survey, 77 per cent felt that the government should not remove the publisher-broadcaster [...]
Tech titan Deborah Sherry joins Lookers’ board as car dealership plots expansion April 6, 2022 UK motor retail group Lookers has appointed Deborah Sherry to the Board of Lookers as a Non-Executive Director.
Labour’s spending promises have been backed into a corner by a frail economy October 2, 2023 Starmer’s U-turn on the charitable status of schools is the latest about-turn on key Labour policy as the party finds its commitments backed into a corner by a fragile economy, writes Eliot Wilson
Why Manchester United sale could fetch the Glazer family even more than their £6bn asking price – despite Cristiano Ronaldo exit January 11, 2023 The Glazer family’s hopes of achieving a record valuation for the sale of Manchester United have increased after the football club’s share price reached a four-year high. Some analysts believe it could push the price of a takeover towards $10bn (£8.2bn), in excess of the American owners’ original $7bn (£5.8bn) asking price. United’s share price [...]
Morrisons push ahead with plans to open automated grocery store as ‘pingdemic’ continues to hit supermarkets July 19, 2021 Morrisons are said to be close to unveiling an unmanned pilot store to the public “within months”, as they look to follow Amazon’s lead in modernising the approach to grocery shopping. The store will rely on shoppers to scan their smartphones upon entry before having digital cameras follow their every step in store to check [...]
“You’ve got the power to choose.” Sustainable steak with M Restaurants September 21, 2023 The food industry gets a lot of environmental flak. Agriculture is responsible for a quarter of the world’s greenhouse emissions, according to the United Nations. Meat seems to be a particular problem, with 77 per cent of agricultural land given over to livestock despite them accounting for only 17 per cent of all the calories [...]
Goldman Sachs ‘in talks’ to partner with Amazon on small business loans February 3, 2020 Goldman Sachs is reportedly in advanced talks with Amazon to offer small business loans in the US, as the Wall Street giant looks to the tech titan in a bid to break into the mainstream areas of financial services. Goldman Sachs has begun building technology that would allow it to offer loans to small and [...]