Nearly 1m customers of Virgin Media have been warned to change the passwords on their smart hubs after an investigation found one of its models was vulnerable to hacking.
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The FA has announced it will end all sponsorship deals with betting companies
The Football Association has abruptly ended its £4 million-a-year sponsorship deal with Ladbrokes after deciding it could no longer justify having a betting partner. The Telegraph reports that The FA announced it had terminated a four-year contract after just one year following a three-month review commissioned by chairman Greg Clarke. The governing body had come […]
Brexit negotiations to go ahead on Monday, Government confirms
Negotiations over Britain’s exit from the EU will begin on Monday.
Norfolk emerges as dating fraud hotspot in regional scam standings
Norfolk is a hotspot for reported dating fraud, while in Surrey investment scams are a particular concern and mid-Wales has relatively high levels of reported computer repair fraud, according to Which? analysis.
Duke of York: UK firms should make best of Brexit
The Duke of York has said that UK businesses face several years of uncertainty and upheaval due to Brexit.
Tech developer numbers are on the rise in London despite Brexit
It looks like London continues to attract tech experts despite Brexit looming, new figures suggest, with the number rising since the vote to leave Europe.
RBS’s legal fight with investors to cost £1bn
Royal Bank of Scotland has spent £1bn on avoiding legal action over its controversial £12bn rights issue in 2008.
Typical house price up £12,000 in a year, says ONS
The typical home in the UK cost £220,100 in April, a rise of £3,500 on the previous month, official figures show.
London’s euro clearing market at risk as Brussels sets out supervisory shake-up
Brussels has today laid out its plans for a shake-up of the euro clearing market, which opens the door for forced relocation away from London.
Theresa May made a series of errors of judgement on tax. And she paid the price
If there’s one lesson the Tories must learn from last week’s embarrassing election result, it’s to listen to us voters more carefully – particularly on matters concerning the pound in our pockets.
Netflix & Amazon ‘will overtake UK cinema box office spending by 2020’
Netflix and Amazon are set to overtake the cinema multiplex after a report predicted that revenues from streaming film and TV shows in the UK will exceed box office takings by 2020.
Government review to order zero-hours contracts overhaul
The government-commissioned inquiry into controversial working practices is set to call for employees on zero-hours contracts to be given the right to request a move onto fixed hours.
UK remains top destination for foreign investment but signs gather of Brexit impact
Steve Varley, EY’s UK chairman, warned of a ‘significant and worrying deterioration in investors’ longer-term expectations of the UK’s future evolution as an FDI location’
Jacques Vert owner races to find investor with 1,100 jobs at risk
Style Group Brands could call in administrators if a sale process fails to attract new investors, Sky News learns.
Amazon steps up battle with Netflix and Sky by adding new UK channels
ITV and Eurosport to be on offer for the first time at extra cost, along with Discovery and reality TV channel Hayu
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