Streaming of 10 top-flight matches increases prospects of firm entering rights auctionThe prospect of Amazon mounting a major challenge to Sky and BT at the next multibillion pound Premier League rights auction has increased, after the streaming of 10 …
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Fashion brand Quiz makes £6.8m loss amid high street sales slump
Retailer warns of further store closures after reporting year-on-year UK sales decline of 11%The fashion brand Quiz has made a £6.8m loss after sales fell across its high street store chain and concessions, forcing the retailer to warn of more store cl…
Read moreSky to create 2,000 jobs with new Elstree TV and film studio
Hollywood-style complex, which will have 14 sound stages, is due to open in 2022Sky is to build a Hollywood-style film studio in north London, creating more than 2,000 jobs, as the pay-TV company steps up its fight against streaming giants Netflix and …
Read moreNational World eyes bid for ailing UK regional newspaper titles
David Montgomery’s firm could take over Yorkshire Post and Scotsman owner JPI MediaSome of the UK’s best-known regional newspapers, including the Yorkshire Post and The Scotsman, could be sold to a new publicly listed business aiming to snap up struggl…
Read moreHollywood blockbuster boom fuels record UK cinema advertising
The Avengers, Frozen 2, Star Wars and Toy Story 4 prompt all-time high in advertising at the moviesA Hollywood blockbuster bonanza including the final instalments of the Avengers and Star Wars sagas, and Frozen 2 are fuelling an all-time record year fo…
Read moreHollywood blockbuster boom fuels record UK cinema advertising
The Avengers, Frozen 2, Star Wars and Toy Story 4 prompt all-time high in advertising at the moviesA Hollywood blockbuster bonanza including the final instalments of the Avengers and Star Wars sagas, and Frozen 2 are fuelling an all-time record year fo…
Read moreWill Amazon’s Premier League debut kick off a flood of subscribers?
Tech giant to livestream 20 matches in December in bid to drive Prime TV subscriptions in peak Christmas periodAmazon is set to break Sky’s and BT’s stranglehold on Premier League football when it begins live-streaming 20 top-flight English football ga…
Read moreCarrot mania: shoppers in a frenzy over Aldi’s plush toy Kevin
Stores besieged by customers desperate to buy star of Christmas campaignAldi stores have been besieged by shoppers queuing, shoving and reportedly even fighting to get their hands on its new Kevin the carrot festive toy range.The discount store chain s…
Read moreDaily Mail owner buys the i newspaper for £49.6m
DMGT will integrate some operations but appears to rule out editorial job cutsThe owner of the Daily Mail has bought the i newspaper and website for £49.6m as a new wave of media consolidation hits the UK national and regional newspaper market.Daily Ma…
Read moreHSBC and Santander to refund customers over unauthorised overdrafts
Banks failed to alert hundreds of thousands of account holders via textHSBC and Santander are to refund millions of pounds to customers for failing to alert hundreds of thousands of account holders that they had gone into an unauthorised overdraft.HSBC…
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