Finance

So we’re done and dusted. The Engine acquisition, I mean. Chances are you’ll have read about it over the past couple of weeks. And of course it’s taken a little longer – and generated a few more headlines – than ...

It must be fun running Lidl (and its German cousin Aldi) at the moment as the two German discounters are busily routing the giants of the British supermarket game. Tesco’s new CEO Dave Lewis has been dragged off his holidays ...

We observed the other day that WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell had come out fighting after currency movements blitzed WPP’s revenues and profits. Now his old enemy Maurice Levy (left) at Publicis Groupe seems poised to make a big statement ...

Earlier today I was walking along a street in Camden (a district in London for readers outside the UK) when I spotted old Christmas decorations on lampposts and my heart sank at the thought – given it is still August ...

Welcome to the master of PR. WPP’s half-year results, announced on Tuesday, were, by any rational judgement, disappointing. Earnings and profits were, in the company’s own word, “ravaged” by the strong pound and boss Sir Martin Sorrell (left) proceeded to ...

WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell (left) came out fighting today after admitting that the marcoms giant’s first half earnings had been “ravaged” by the effect of the strong GBP, as we anticipated. Billings were down three per cent (up 5.7 ...

It’s Blackberrys on the beach time (for executives of a certain age) and there’s still speculation that the hols may be interrupted – as they were last summer – by a big takeover or merger move. Last year it was ...

Channel 4 CEO David Abraham (left), back in the day a founder of the St Luke’s agency, came out fighting at the Edinburgh Festival the other day; accusing US TV companies of trying to buy UK TV assets to provide ...

Coca-Cola is launching Coca-Cola Life in the UK today. Coke Life sits between Coke Zero and Diet Coke in the lower calorie stakes. Coca-Cola has taken a monumental PR pounding in recent years for making the world fatter and you ...