Mar 8 2008

Bt calls for honesty

The UK’s largest broadband supplier, BT, is calling for other broadband advertisers to give an average broadband speed instead of hyping up their ads with “you can get up to 5 mega byte broadband”. This call was given after independent surveys found that only 15% of customers who signed up to the companies that give […]

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Mar 6 2008

Manhunt 2

Manhunt 2 gets 2 times the release, the first release being from the ban implemented by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), the second release being the actual game into the UK. The British Board of Film Classification banned the game for its over portrayal of extreme violence, but this has now been over […]

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Mar 4 2008

Talksport buy virgin Radio?

John McCann voiced his intentions to buy Virgin Radio, saying it has a similar demographic to its national speech radio station. John also said that Virgin would be a “good fit” for his company; he went on to say that “there would be significant cost savings” in bringing the businesses together. This idea may have […]

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Mar 2 2008

French Connections- Trouble.

French Connection’s,Stephen Marks, (who set up French Connection in 1972 and is the company’s chairman and chief executive), reported a 22.5 per cent plunge in pre-tax profits to £3.1 million for the year up to February. Sales across the business slipped 2 per cent to £236.1 million, with menswear sales down 11 per cent in […]

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