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50% tax for higher earners comes into force
06 Apr 2010 | Filed under: Media ArticlesThe new rate will affect the top 300,000 earners in the UK out of the 29 million paying income tax. The new tax is aimed at raising public finance but there is disagreement over the effectiveness of the new measures. The Institute of Directors argued that the new tax would damage business confidence and foreign investment. “We believe the 50p rate [...]
Virgin Media and Vodafone named fastest UK broadband providers
16 Sep 2009 | Filed under: Auditel News, Media ArticlesThis article first appeared in Times Online, 15 September 2009. Virgin Media and Vodafone dominated the second annual Top 10 Broadband Awards tonight, winning two awards each to emerge as the year’s fastest home and mobile broadband providers. The awards are based on over 1.5 million customer ratings and 400,000 speed tests conducted on the Top [...]
Deutsche Telekom in UK unit sale talks
03 Sep 2009 | Filed under: Media ArticlesThe following article was published in the FT on 3rd September 2009 By Gerrit Wiesmann in Frankfurt and Tim Bradshaw and Maija Palmer in London Deutsche Telekom has started talks with the UK’s Vodafone, France Telecom, and Telefónica of Spain about selling T-Mobile UK, its flagging mobile phone unit. People familiar with the situation said all three companies [...]
Warning shot over UK energy bills
09 Aug 2009 | Filed under: Media ArticlesEnergy firms have come under pressure to cut prices This article first appeared on the BBC news website,Thursday, 6 August 2009. The energy regulator has told the big six UK household suppliers to come clean about the cost of bills this coming winter. Ofgem’s chief executive Alistair Buchanan said he expected the energy companies’ prices [...]
Buoyant O2 eyes up ailing T-Mobile
30 Jul 2009 | Filed under: Media ArticlesThis article first appeared in The Guardian 30 July 2009 The UK’s largest mobile phone operator, O2, may be considering a bid for fourth-placed rival T-Mobile, it admitted today. Matthew Key, chairman and chief executive of O2 owner Telefónica Europe, said that while the group was “very happy” with its UK operation, “clearly we are [...]
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