The Bank of England has just announced that it will be raising interest rates by 0.25% to 7.25% in a decision that took the City by surprise. Financial markets had apparently been expecting rates to remain unchanged for the third month in a row.
Although many may dispute it (and with good reason), the PC is essentially designed to be a labour-saving device. It is reasonable to assume that in general such equipment would be used to save time doing jobs which aren’t particularly enjoyable, ie. labour, thus freeing up more spare leisure time. It is a strange turn… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 07/11/97
News Corp Ltd., the global media group owned by Rupert Murdoch, has announced an unexpectedly strong profit rise for the first quarter. News Corp’s net profit before abnormals for the three months to 30 September rose 15%; analysts had expected a fall in this area. British newspaper earnings were solid, seeing profits rise 20%. The… Continue reading Murdoch’s News Empire Sees Profits Rise
http://www.cntraveller.co.uk/As with its printed counterpart, the quality of Condé Nast’s Traveller Online cannot be faulted. There is a wealth of information to be found within Traveller Online and the site is unusually easy to navigate. There is a refreshing minimalism in the site’s design which allows each section to be clear and still visually effective.Traveller… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Condé Nast Traveller
The Radio Advertising Bureau has today announced that Quarter 3 radio revenue grew 15.3% year on year to £89.25 million – the highest ever quarter revenue figure. For the last full year total revenue reached £341m, a growth of 13.6%.The net effect is that commercial radio has grown its share of the display marketplace to… Continue reading Q3 Radio Revenue Grows 15%
The Sunday Telegraph achieved a year on year sales growth of almost 24% for May-October to take its circulation to 886,954. The Daily Star meanwhile had the distinction of being the only tabloid to record a growth in circulation during the period, showing an 8% growth to 730,742 copies sold. The Express managed a year… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – October
ITV has announced that it will be restructuring the factual commissioning operation at the Network Centre.Steve Anderson, currently editor of the BBC’s Watchdog programme, will take up the new post of controller of news and current affairs in January.Anderson will work alongside a new controller of documentaries and features and a new controller of daytime.… Continue reading ITV Restructures Factual Department
The ITC has granted its first renewal licence for a cable company. Swindon Cable has now extended its licence for a period of 15 years from 1999. It launched in 1984 and was the first broadband cable network in the UK to become operational.ITC: 0171 255 3000
Heineken will be sponsoring ITV’s coverage of the 1998 rugby union Five Nations competition. The games however will not be shown live as BSkyB has exclusive live rights to all England home games and BBC1 will be screening live coverage of the other fixtures.Heineken has a long-standing relationship with top-class rugby union: it sponsored ITV’s… Continue reading Heineken To Continue ITV Rugby Sponsorship
ITV this afternoon announced that Will Carling will be the anchor-man for its forthcoming rugby union coverage of England’s home internationals. He joins regular commentators John Taylor and Steve Smith.ITV will be showing recorded coverage of England’s November and December games against Australia, South Africa and New Zealand as well as three of England’s Five… Continue reading Carling To Lead ITV Rugby Team
