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London posties vote to strike 
Posted on  01-06-2009 01:14:04 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

London postal workers have voted nine to one to strike.

Struggling business face losing thousands as the Communication Workers Union battle with Royal Mail bosses over cuts and job conditions.

The union says services are already being hit by "arbitrary" cuts.

The walkout dates will be decided soon ...


  
Ex Radio 1 boss says Ross pre-recording does not work 
Posted on  28-05-2009 02:36:35 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business desk

Former Radio 1 chief Matthew Bannister has said that Radio 2's decision to pre-record the Jonathan Ross radio show in a bid to ensure he doesn't say anything offensive is "odd in a number of ways".

Speaking to Radio 4's 'The Media Show', Bannister, who was at one ...


  
Move over Starbucks here come "McCafe", Mcdonalds preparing London launch 
Posted on  27-05-2009 03:24:02 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City Desk

-  McCafe Cappucinos on sale at             £1.75 a cup
-  Starbucks Cappucinos on sale selling at £2.35 a cup

City Desk

London is preparing to welcome a new McDonald’s concept the "McCafe" a direct alternative to Starbucks with plans to open 1200 "McCafe’s" by the end of next ...


  
Former Chrysalis boss buys eight radio stations 
Posted on  26-05-2009 11:42:03 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business desk

A consortium led by the former boss of Chrysalis Radio has bought eight radio stations off Global Radio, all in the Midlands.

The mega-radio firm, which originally entered the UK radio market by acquiring Chrysalis' radio business, was forced to sell some of its stations in that ...


  
Fraud up 64 per cent "crime out of control" 
Posted on  26-05-2009 11:32:29 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City Desk

City Desk

White collar fraud has rocketed by 64 per cent in the last financial year according to figures published by the police, provoking calls for a new ethos to be implemented by the police.

Senior police officers have now started to rank "white collar crime" a priority ...


  
Mayor increases Living Wage to £7.60 - capital has "highest poverty rates in UK" 
Posted on  22-05-2009 12:05:33 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Mayor Boris Johnson has raised the London Living Wage to £7.60 an hour - up 2% as a report said the capital has the highest poverty rate in the UK.

The voluntary increased minimum wage has long been trumped by City Hall as a fair reflection of the ...


  
YouTube struggling with music right fights three fronts 
Posted on  21-05-2009 11:59:47 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business desk

While three of the four major record companies and many independent labels have deals in place with YouTube, the Google-owned video service really is struggling to get deals done with the songwriter collecting societies.

Following their very public falling out with PRS For Music here in the UK, ...


  
BBC wants TV licence extended to iPlayer 
Posted on  19-05-2009 04:18:07 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business desk

The BBC's digital chief Erik Huggers has called for the closing of a loophole whereby technically speaking users of the Beeb's iPlayer TV-on-demand service do not need a TV licence.

As it currently stands, if you only access BBC programmes on-demand via your PC - ie you don't ...


  
Branson cuts Virgin Media shares - channel relaunch 
Posted on  19-05-2009 01:58:42 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Business desk

Richard Branson's Virgin Group have cut their already quite small shareholding in the mobile/cable TV company that uses their brand by a third, meaning Branson's company now has just a 6.5% stake in Virgin Media.

Branson sold just under 4% of his stock in Virgin Media to investment ...


  
UKRD wins battle for Local Radio Company 
Posted on  15-05-2009 02:31:03 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

UK Radio Developments has won its battle to gain control of The Local Radio Company after a two month bidding war with Hallwood Financial, with an offer of £2.88 million.

Hallwood, which is headed by TLRC's chairman Anthony Gumbiner, pulled its rival offer of £3.6 million after ...


  
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