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Tag Archives: British brands

30Aug/17

Murdoch switches off Fox from UK’s Sky

August 30, 2017Media21st Century Fox, British brands, Chris Beauchamp, Companies, Company: Fox, Country: United Kingdom, Fox Corporation, Fox Networks Group, Fox News, Fox News Channel, Keith Rupert Murdoch, Laura Frykberg, London boroughs, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Murdoch, Murdoch family, News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, Sky, Sky Deutschland, Sky plc, Sky Television, Sky UK, Television, The Walt Disney Company, TWENTY - FIRST CENTURY FOX, United Kingdomsmbale

Rupert Murdoch has pulled his Fox News channel from the Sky platform in Britain, where the government is assessing a bid by the media mogul to buy the broader Sky pay-TV company for $15 billion. Laura Frykberg reports. Continue reading →

28Jul/17

Phantom: Rolls-Royce unveils its “pinnacle of luxury”

July 28, 2017TransportAutomotive industry, BMW, British brands, Business/Finance, Car classifications, Cars, China, Company: Bentley Motors, Economy of the United Kingdom, Fred Astaire, Full-size vehicles, John Lennon, Limousines, London, Luxury vehicles, Motor vehicles, Phantom, Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce Holdings, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Rolls-Royce Motors, Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII, Sedans, Transport, United Kingdom, Volkswagen Groupsmbale

LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (JULY 26, 2017) (REUTERS) – Its founder once said “take the best that exists – and make it better”, and that’s what Rolls-Royce Motors says it’s done with the eighth version of the Phantom. Continue reading →

27May/17

Passengers left in confusion as BA cancels flights after global IT outage

May 27, 2017SecurityAviation, Bahrain, British Air Transport Association, British Airways, British brands, Company: British Airways, Expansion of Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow, Heathrow airport, Heathrow Airport Holdings, London, London Borough of Hillingdon, London boroughs, Roshni Burt, United Kingdom, US Airwayssmbale

HEATHROW AIRPORT, LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 27, 2017) (REUTERS) – British Airways has cancelled all its flights from London’s two biggest airports until Saturday (May 27) evening after a global computer system outage caused confusion and chaos.
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18Apr/17

Weetabix to be sold to U.S. firm in $1.76bln deal

April 18, 2017FinanceAlpen, Barbara, Breakfast cereal, Bright Food, Bright Food Group Co Ltd, British brands, British culture, Business/Finance, China, Companies, Company: Bright Food Grp, Company: POST, Company: Weetabix, Food and drink, JEREMY COOK, Legg, Post Consumer Brands, Post Holdings, Ready Brek, United Kingdom, United States, Weetabix, Weetabix Limited, Wheat, world firstsmbale

U.S. cereal company Post Holdings has agreed to buy British brand Weetabix from China’s Bright Food Group Co Ltd in a 1.4 billion pound ($1.76 billion) deal that will expand its international business. Sonia Legg reports Continue reading →

10Apr/17

Bank of England says won’t publish Libor details until fraud probe over

April 10, 2017FinanceBanking, Barclays, Bob Diamond, British brands, Business/Finance, Company: Barclays, Country: United Kingdom, Finance, financial services, Interest rates, John McDonnell, Libor, Libor scandal, London, Money, Paul Tucker, Swaps, Systemic risk, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, United Kingdom, United States housing bubblesmbale

The BBC releases a recording of an October 2008 phone call between two bankers at Barclays in which one said he was under “serious pressure” from the Bank of England to set an artificially low rate for Libor, an inter-bank borrowing rate.

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20Mar/17

Google apologises to ad clients for YouTube content fiasco

March 20, 2017MediaAdvertising, Alphabet Inc., Argos, British brands, Business, Business/Finance, Communication design, Companies, Company: Google, Company: HSBC Hldg, Company: M&S, Digital marketing, Economy, Google, HSBC, HSBC Bank, Marketing, Marks & Spencer, Matt Brittin, Online advertising, Product design, RBS, Sainsbury's, Service industries, Technology/Internet, United Kingdom, United States, World Wide Web, YouTubesmbale

Google apologises for allowing ads to appear alongside offensive videos on YouTube as more high-profile firms such as Marks & Spencer and HSBC pull advertising for British markets from Google sites.

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17Feb/17

London Fashion Week kicks off amid Brexit uncertainty

February 17, 2017FashionAlice Temperley, Anya Hindmarch, British brands, British culture, British Fashion Council, Burberry, Cara Delevingne, Caroline Rush, Clothing, Company: Burberry Group, Company: Fashion Council, Culture, Fashion, Fashion design, Fashion show, Fashion week, LFW, London, London Fashion Week, Milan, New York, New York Fashion Week, Paris, United Kingdomsmbale

After New York, London kicks off its Fashion Week with 51 different shows including Versus and Burberry.

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12Dec/16

Fox’s bid for Sky hits a snare

December 12, 2016Media21st Century Fox, Austria, British brands, Broadcasting, Business/Finance, Chris Beauchamp, Companies, Fox, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Corporation, Fox News, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jo Webster, News Corporation, Reuters, Rockefeller Center, Rupert Murdoch, Sky, SKY COMPANY, Sky Deutschland, Sky Group, Sky plc, sky tv, Sky UK, Television, The Walt Disney Company, TWENTY - FIRST CENTURY FOX, United Kingdomsmbale

A major shareholder in British pay-TV company Sky tells Reuters it will vote against Twenty-First Century Fox’s $14 billion takeover bid in its current form. Jo Webster reports. Continue reading →

20Sep/16

London fashion week professionals comment on Brexit

September 20, 2016FashionAftermath of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Amy Molyneaux, Brexit, British brands, British culture, British Fashion Council, Burberry, Business, Caroline Rush, Christopher Bailey, Culture, Fashion, France, Gay men, Italy, Japan, London, Marco Gobbetti, New York, Rose Marie Bravo, Susanna Lau, United Kingdom, United Kingdom and the European Union, United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, United Statessmbale

British fashion professionals including Christopher Bailey from Burberry and Caroline Rush, the CEO of the British Fashion Council give their take on how Brexit might impact the UK fashion industry.

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08Aug/16

UK opens corruption probe into Airbus jet sales

August 8, 2016TransportAirbus, Airbus Group, Articles, BAE Systems, Bribery, British Aerospace, British brands, Chris Beauchamp, Companies, Company: Airbus, Company: Airbus Group, Company: SFO, Corruption, Crime, Crimes, Deception, Fraud, Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, Law/Crime, Political corruption, Politics, Serious Fraud Office, The Airbus, Tort law, United Kingdomsmbale

Britain’s Serious Fraud Office launches a formal investigation into suspected fraud, bribery and corruption in connection with commercial plane sales by Airbus.

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