As far back as 2016, diginomica was deeply skeptical about the ‘King Canute’ like comments of Fedex founder and CEO Fred Smith about the disruptive impact of e-commerce – and particularly Amazon – on his business: The concerns about industry disruption continue to be fuelled by fantastical – and let …
Read More »EDF edges closer to £110m Pod Point deal – reports
Pod Point CEO Erik Fairbairn says UK on cusp of major electric vehicle boom, while EDF is reportedly moving closer to sealing a £110m deal for the firm French power giant EDF is on the cusp of sealing a deal for electric vehicle charging firm Pod Point, according to reports. …
Read More »Princess Anne is set to take over Prince Harry’s role in the Royal Marines, reports claim
Princess Anne is set to make royal history by taking over Prince Harry’s military role in the Royal Marines, the Sunday Times reports. The hard-working Princess Royal, 69, who lives at Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire, is already associated with 65 military organisations and currently Chief Commandant for Women in the …
Read More »Coronavirus: Private school shut as pupil’s family put in isolation
A private school has been closed today after the family of some of their pupils were put in isolation over fears they may have contracted coronavirus. St Mary’s Independent School in Southampton, Hampshire, which charges up to £10,500 a year, is currently on lockdown after they showed symptoms of the …
Read More »Director dealings: Midwich MD makes share purchase
Fenby, who took over as MD at Midwich back in 2010, bought the shares on Friday at an average price of 500.0p each, for a total transaction value of £1,000,000. Midwich chairman Andrew Herbert’s wife Sharon also snapped up 3,000 ordinary shares in the firm. As of 1635 GMT, Midwich …
Read More »Shutting Jumpshot was a slam-dunk decision for Avast | Business
Avast has had to work quickly to plug a hole below the waterline. Last month, the cybersecurity company got caught plundering the personal information of 100 million users and selling it to advertisers. Its frothy share price duly sank. Superficially, the reaction looked severe, however hair-raising the revelations. Jumpshot, Avast’s …
Read More »Kantar Announce Appointment of Adam Crozier as Chairman.
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kantar, the world’s leading research and consulting company, announces today the appointment of Adam Crozier as Non-Executive Chairman. Mr Crozier has extensive experience across the media, creative, consumer and technology industries having served as CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, the English Football Association, The Royal Mail and, most recently, …
Read More »Spalding area’s John Ward: “Home delivery is always possible
On a frequent basis we get ‘junk mail’, like most of us do that own a letterbox as having one does make us collectively a target for such deliveries at the best of times. Quite pointless printed material as it goes straight into the recycling bag. A regular flyer is …
Read More »ON THE BOARD: Adam Crozier made chairman of research firm Kantar
ON THE BOARD: Former ITV boss Adam Crozier made chairman of research firm Kantar By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51, 10 February 2020 | Updated: 21:51, 10 February 2020 Former ITV boss Adam Crozier has been made chairman of research firm Kantar. The company said the 56-year-old, …
Read More »Partnership set to recycle millions of coffee cups in Glasgow
DS Smith and Keep Scotland Beautiful are teaming up on the Cup Movement in Glasgow initiative to tackle coffee cup recycling in the Greater Glasgow area. Last year alone, Scotland used 500 Million single use coffee cups, with Greater Glasgow contributing approximately 95 Million to that staggering total. With cup recycling rates …
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