Image copyright Vodafone Adverts for Vodafone broadband have been banned for misleading customers over speeds and reductions in bills. The television and radio ads, featuring actor Martin Freeman, stated: “Vodafone guarantee your home broadband speeds or money off until it’s fixed.” But the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints – including from rival BT – …
Image copyright Reuters The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has lowered its UK growth forecast, and warns by 2020 the economy will have experienced its second-weakest decade. The BCC has lowered its GDP forecast for 2018 from 1.3% to 1.1% and in 2019 from 1.4% to 1.3%. Its forecast for 2020 is unchanged at 1.6% …
Image copyright Eli Zaturanski Image caption The young couple are said to still own 45% of their $160m business The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Jamie Beaton and Sharndre Kushor, founders of online tutoring company Crimson Education. When Jamie Beaton and Sharndre Kushor …
TimeOut, the worldwide events and culture publication, is 50 years old this month. However, when Julio Bruno took over as chief executive three years ago it was making heavy losses. He realised he couldn’t turn the group around just by sitting behind his desk and by barking orders. So instead he says he assumed the …
Image copyright Getty Images Amazon is investigating claims that its employees accepted bribes in exchange for leaking confidential sales data. Independent sellers were also allowed to delete negative reviews and restore banned accounts for payments of between $80 (£61; €69) and $2,000, according to allegations in the Wall Street Journal. The Journal said the practice …
Image copyright Sammer Tang Image caption The screens at the airport stopped working on Friday morning Bristol Airport has blamed a cyber attack for causing flight display screens to fail for two days. An airport spokesman said the information screens were taken offline early on Friday to contain an attack similar to so-called “ransomware”. They …
Image copyright PA Sports Direct has denied claims that it wants struggling retailer Debenhams to collapse so it can buy it cheaply. Reports had suggested Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley could block Debenhams attempt to raise cash by selling its department store chain Magasin du Nord. A spokesperson said the suggestion was “irresponsible and incorrect”. …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar Decades of ethnic and religious tensions, a sudden explosion of internet access, and a company that had trouble identifying and removing the most hateful posts. It all added up to a perfect storm in Myanmar, where the United Nations says Facebook …
Image copyright Getty Images Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson has apologised after receiving a warning over a post on social media. The advertising watchdog said it wasn’t clear an Instagram story she posted was an advert promoting a beauty brand. Louise said she was unaware that she should include the word “#ad” to her …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Draft EU regulation is being planned to force social media to act more swiftly over terror content Google, Facebook and Twitter must remove extremist content within an hour or face hefty fines, the European Commission’s president has said. In his annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament, …