22 Dec 2004
| by Staff,
The move is being seen as another sign of Europe reacting to strict new US Securities & Exchange Commission regulations and the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance legislation.
ITV is following in the footsteps of Lastminute.com and software firm Autonomy, which have made similar moves.
The buyback ...
22 Dec 2004
Anyone walking around central London at the moment on their way to lunch is in for a surprise. Pop...away in central London between 11.30am and 2.30pm. It is placed next to Evening Standard vendors ...
21 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
, pubs and clubs comes into effect today, the government latest attempt to clamp down on smoking.
17 Dec 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON - Downing Street has appointed a former government adviser, Jeremy Peat, to the BBC's board...Peat worked as an economic adviser in a number of government departments, including the Treasury, for more than 10 years until 1993.
Peat is currently group chief economist of the Royal Bank of Scotland and replaces Sir Robert Smith, who retires from the board at the end of this month after six years' service ...
17 Dec 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON – The government is investing £15m in an interactive TV service for the NHS, which...year.
The government is planning to plough £15m into the service over the next three years to enable ...
17 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
that online, interactive and multimedia should play be a more prominent part.
In terms of governance ...
15 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON – UK charity Alcohol Concern has called on the government to fund TV ads to warn against...In much the same way that the government backs campaigns against smoking, the problem of binge drinking should be addressed, Alcohol Concern said.
The Europe-wide survey revealed yesterday that the percentage of 15- to 16-year-old UK girls binge-drinking has increased from 27% to 29% in five years, so ...
15 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
to the government....bodies to "appeal to the government".
Dyke said he believed the cuts would hit the creativity ...
13 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
the government review the progress of digital radio in three years with a view to setting the date for switchover ...
majority of listening from analogue to digital and that the government must explore ways to support the DAB ...
10 Dec 2004
| by Daniel Farey-Jones,
group sales teams and the central sales teams, which include business development, key accounts ...