Internet meme queen Grumpy Cat dies aged 7 May 17, 2019 The internet sensation known as Grumpy Cat has died aged seven, her owners revealed on Friday. A post on the cat's instagram, which has more than 2.4m followers, announced her passing and the family's "unimaginable heartbreak". Read more: BT has redesigned its logo and Twitter hates it (Source: Instagram) (Source: Getty) (Source: Getty) “Despite care from top [...]
Which telecoms companies have the worst customer service? April 30, 2019 Talktalk has been named and shamed in a report into customer satisfaction at UK telecoms firms, ranking bottom of the table for the third year running. The latest report by regulator Ofcom revealed which broadband and phone companies have the most and least satisfied customers, based on the complaints it received last year. Read more: [...]
Revealed: The broadband provider most likely to cut you a better deal March 18, 2019 Consumers have long discussed the craftiest ways to negotiate the best deal from their broadband providers. But new research from check and challenge site Ismybillfair.com has revealed how likely broadband providers are to cut you a better deal. Read more: Satellite firm Inmarsat boosts revenue due to in-flight broadband demand According to the survey, Virgin [...]
Customers can walk out of slow broadband contracts, Ofcom’s new rules say February 28, 2019 Broadband firms will have to be more honest about connection speeds before customers sign new contracts under new rules coming into force tomorrow. Read more: Ranked: The phone and broadband providers with the most complaints Regulator Ofcom's new protections will mean broadband providers have to give customers a minimum guaranteed speed at the point of sale. [...]
Lloyds Bank stars as FTSE 100 rockets in Q1 April 9, 2019 By Graeme Evans from interactive investor. After a great first quarter for stock markets, we assess the best and worst blue-chips of 2019 so far. It’s been a storming start to 2019 for the FTSE 100 index, with popular interactive investor stocks including Lloyds Banking Group (LSE:LLOY), Next (LSE:NXT) and Tesco (LSE:TSCO) among those on [...]
City grandee Bob Wigley sued over collapse of Yellow Pages-owner Hibu August 7, 2019 City grandee Bob Wigley has been named in a multi-million dollar lawsuit relating to his time as chairman of Yellow Pages-owner Hibu and the company’s collapse in 2013. The lawsuit, which was filed last week in the US, accuses Wigley and other directors and officers of the former FTSE 100 firm of deliberately crashing the [...]
Openreach calls on providers to set plan for full-fibre rollout March 21, 2019 Telecoms giant Openreach has launched a consultation to agree a plan for retiring the UK’s copper lines as it looks to begin the rollout of a new full-fibre network. Openreach is seeking opinions from broadband and telephone providers such as BT, Talktalk and Sky on how customers can be upgraded from existing copper connections to [...]
Outsourcer Interserve went into administration owing more than £100m to creditors June 10, 2019 Interserve owed more than £100m to firms including accountants, local authorities and IT suppliers when it went into administration in March. The outsourcer owed its unsecured creditors £50.5m, while its secured creditors were due £55.4m, according to documents filed with Companies House. Read more: Interserve kicked off government’s late payments scheme Among the biggest losers [...]
City Fibre appoints Goldman Sachs’ senior partner Simon Holden as COO March 1, 2019 Goldman Sachs has strengthened its hold on UK telecoms company City Fibre after announcing one of its senior partners will become the firm's new chief operating officer. Simon Holden will take up the newly created role on City Fibre's board from 1 March having worked as a partner at Goldman for 18 years. Read more: Excessive [...]
BT share price rises as regulators raise wholesale price caps February 23, 2018 BT investors were buoyed this morning by a regulatory announcement on the price it can charge its rivals to use its network. With shares rising almost four per cent, BT was one of the FTSE 100’s biggest gainers. Ofcom said it would not regulate the prices charged by infrastructure arm Openreach on its fastest broadband [...]