Following Budget Line 2000, a detailed Budget Review is now available on Newsline. Sponsored and provided by chartered accountants Brebner Allen Trapp, it comprehensively outlines the changes made in the Chancellor’s budget speech yesterday.To access the full report click here.For more information please contact Maurice Taylor ([email protected]) or John Craig ([email protected]) at Brebner Allen Trapp.
Shares in BSkyB fell 113p to £17.96 as the broadcaster’s proposed acquisition for a 24% stake in German group KirschPayTV was given the all clear by the European Commission.Johnston Press saw its shares rise after it reported strong financial results yesterday (see Revenues And Profits Strong At Johnston Press). Prices rose 5p to 305˝p.Dialog dropped… Continue reading Sharewatch
The UK is to receive its first interactive pools betting service next month when Two Way TV and Ladbrokes team up to launch Matchball. The service will be marketed under the Vernons Pools brand and launches on 8 April.Interactive TV services company, Two Way TV, will initially offer Matchball to digital cable television viewers, firstly… Continue reading UK To Get First Interactive Betting Service
Carlton Communications has signed a deal with WHSmith to link the two companies’ internet businesses, ‘maximising the potential of their entertainment and e-commerce portals’. They will cross-promote their sites, www.whsmith.co.uk and www.carlton.com, with the newsagent advertising the TV company’s pages in its stores.The deal will see Carlton selling advertising space across both companies’ sites and… Continue reading Carlton Signs Net Deal With WHSmith
EMAP has announced a number of senior appointments across its Performance Network. Performance was set up in January to house the group’s music interests across magazines, radio, television and the Net (see Appointments Brief).Francis Currie has been appointed as music director. Previously programming director at The Box, he will improve the group’s relationships with the… Continue reading EMAP Enhances Its Music Division
Online information group, Dialog, has revealed plans to sell off its core business in order to wipe away the debt which has been crippling the company since its creation in October 1997. Dialog was created by the £261 million takeover of Knight Ridder Information by MAID (see Maid Acquisition To Go Ahead) and has struggled… Continue reading Dialog To Sell Core Services To Ease Debt Burden
Newsline will provide coverage of the key developments in this afternoon’s Budget as it is delivered by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. Newsline‘s Budget page will be set to automatically refresh every few seconds ensuring a full, rolling coverage throughout the Chancellor’s speech which is expected to begin around 3:30pm.
Shares in Dialog surged 28% to 231˝p as the software and computer group announced plans to break its burden of debt (see Dialog To Sell Core Services To Ease Debt Burden). The proposed sale of its Information Services Division is in the pipeline and, if the disposal goes ahead, Dialog will be renamed Bright Station.The… Continue reading Sharewatch
Regional and local newspaper group, Johnston Press, has this morning posted a strong set of financial results for the year ending 31 December 1999 and is set to make significant internet investments over the coming year. Pre-tax profit at Johnston grew by 8.6% to £49.8 million and advertising revenues were up 5% on 1998.Johnston is… Continue reading Revenues And Profits Strong At Johnston Press
The underlying rate of inflation rose slightly last month to 2.2%, according to official figures. The key index, used by the Bank of England to set interest rates, which excludes mortgage payments, rose from 2.1% in January to 2.2% in February. This is still below the Government’s target rate of 2.5%, however.The headline rate of… Continue reading Inflation Rises To 2.2%
