We all know that corporate culture has a significant impact on how businesses are perceived by customers, so its interesting to see how BA are reacting following the difficulties with the launch of Terminal 5 and UK’s Heathrow airport.
With two of its senior management “falling on their swords” following recent difficulties it seems that […]
The BBC are running a news story today (here) that puts the cost of the worldwide credit crunch at approximately $1Trillion dollars.
These figures come from the IMF (International Monetary Fund) who has warned that as the credit crunch seeps into other areas such as business debt, consumer credit and commercial property losses will deepen.
Now while […]
A few days after city analysits are bigging up Apple (analyst rates iphone sales up whopping 350% comes news that RIM makers of the infamous exec tool the Blackberry has reported an increase in profits for the first 3 months of its trading year.
While we’re sure this doesnt have anything to do with the reported […]
While we all love a gadget – sales of Apples must have iPhone look to continue to soar says the NY Post. Seems that analyst Piper Jaffray is estimating that upto 45 million iPhones will be sold in 2009.
Apple have expanded its international offering of the iPhone considerably in recent months and this […]
January 2nd No sooner have the new year celebrations finished and the first business news stories start surfacing and it’s not all good news. Over in the UK the CBI organization is saying that the UK will face a difficult year with increased pressure over credit losses, rising food and energy costs.
The CBI welcomed […]
14 November 2007 OFWAT the UK’s economic water regulator looks set to fine Southern Water upto £20 Million.
The regulator claimes the company mis-represented information prior to October 2005 which resulted in poor services being delivered to customers.
By mis-representing information the company was able to benefit from price reviews and raise bills.
Southern Water claim that […]
30th October 2007 Apple have taken the bold move of banning cash payments for its iPhone in the US. The move would help to support its “two iphones per household” rule reports London’s Financial Times. By mandating credit or debit card purchases Apple hoped to keep track of individual transactions to uphold […]
29th October 2007 Research from the Association of Technology Staffing Companies shows that social networking sites like Facebook are increasingly being used to find potential staff. Whilst social networking sites are still relatively new – their popularity and growth has been astonishing – ATSCO’s research points to a growing trend in the recruitment environment […]
28th October 2007The UK’s Observer newspaper’s recent investigation into child labor around the world has sure hit home with fashion retailer Gap.
Despite acting swiftly by calling an immediate investigation (the garments in question will be destroyed) – the story of a 10 year old being sold into forced labor will be sure to tarnish the […]
24 October 2007 Canadian based RIM (Research in Motion) announced on Tuesday that it has agreed a distribution deal with Alcatel-Lucent (France) that will see it’s famous Blackberry handsets distributed in China. The announcement coincides with the first shipment of smart phones to distribution centers and the launch of the Blackberry service with […]
