The news industry has joined forces with advertisers and tech companies in calls to stop the ‘overzealous use of keyword blocking’ and allow adverts to appear next to coronavirus articles. Industry bodies have come together to support the message by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) by urging firms to end ‘ad-blocking’ on online … Read more
The news industry has joined forces with advertisers and tech companies in calls to stop the ‘overzealous use of keyword blocking’ and allow adverts to appear next to coronavirus articles. Industry bodies have come together to support the message by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) by urging firms to end ‘ad-blocking’ on online … Read more
Culture minister Oliver Dowden tells Britain’s 100 biggest brands including Tesco, Sky and Amazon to allow adverts to appear next to coronavirus news stories as he describes news as ‘the fourth emergency service’ Culture secretary Oliver Dowden sent letters to companies including Amazon Visits to news sites have spiked recently as people head to trusted … Read more
Culture minister Oliver Dowden tells Britain’s 100 biggest brands including Tesco, Sky and Amazon to allow adverts to appear next to coronavirus news stories as he describes news as ‘the fourth emergency service’ Culture secretary Oliver Dowden sent letters to companies including Amazon Visits to news sites have spiked recently as people head to trusted … Read more
Dave Lewis, the chief executive of Tesco, announced plans to step down this October some time before coronavirus struck, but had he been harbouring any ideas of winding down as his leaving date approached – admittedly that was never very likely – they went by the board when the pandemic struck. Rather than a leisurely … Read more
Police were called to a memorial service after crowds of mourners gathered to pay their respects to a crash victim, despite the coronavirus lockdown. Officers had to break up the group in Manchester yesterday, after they gathered to remember a local father who died on Wednesday. Clive Pinnock, originally from Longsight, suffered serious injuries after his … Read more
Police break up crowd not following social distancing rules at Manchester vigil for father, 38, who died in motorbike road crash after officers shut down 494 house parties and 166 street gatherings last weekend Clive Pinnock was killed in a collision in Gorton, Manchester on Wednesday Officers called to reports of disorder as mourners paid … Read more
Manager at major UK food firm that supplies Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer and Waitrose tells packed staff meeting that they will be sacked if they stay at home during coronavirus crisis Some of Bakkavor’s employees said they felt under pressure to go into work Video shows Sean Madden telling staff they would be sacked … Read more
We all love to indulge over Easter, but if you’re watching your waistline, some options are better than others. Online marketplace OnBuy.com looked at medium-sized eggs from a wide range of popular brands in order to identity which ones were the most calorific, and which carried less guilt. They looked at bundles which weighed between … Read more
Tesco defies critics to pay £900m in dividends: Boost for pension funds and army of 220,000 shareholders By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 8 April 2020 Tesco offered hard-pressed savers some respite as it pledged to pay a £900m total dividend. Chief executive Dave … Read more