Sunak’s discount dining scheme boosts restaurants
Restaurants and pubs enjoyed a much-needed uplift in visitors this week as the prospect of a half price meal encouraged...
Day: August 5, 2020
Anheuser-Busch hosts virtual music festival for International Beer Day
Brief: Anheuser-Busch on Aug. 7 will host its first virtual beer festival on its digital media channels to celebrate International...
Microsoft pursues deal to buy TikTok’s US operations following talk with Trump
Brief: Microsoft is working to complete a deal to acquire the U.S. operations of TikTok from owner ByteDance by Sept....
BuzzFeed goes DTC with content-driven commerce deal
Dive Brief: BuzzFeed has partnered with e-commerce services platform Bonsai to help the publisher deepen reader engagement and drive revenue...
Domino’s promotes Art D’Elia to marketing chief
Dive Brief: Domino's Pizza has promoted Art D'Elia, making him the chain's new executive vice president and chief marketing officer,...
Beirut blast delivers near-fatal blow to Lebanon’s crippled economy
Its economic woes began long before this latest catastrophe, however. As far back as last October hundreds of thousands of...
Trump’s ‘Mafia shakedown’ of TikTok could ripple across tech industry
The announcement resembled a dedication to some old-world monarch. "Microsoft fully appreciates the importance of addressing the President’s concerns," it...
Investors launch case against Hargreaves Lansdown for role in Neil Woodford scandal
Britain's largest fund shop Hargreaves Lansdown is facing a second legal claim for its part in promoting Neil Woodford's defunct...
Britain must compromise on state aid for an EU deal
Personally, I continue to think it more likely than not that something will be hammered out over the next several...
Leicester’s property surge shows local lockdowns don’t hamper buyer demand
Pent-up buyer demand is driving a boom in house sales in Leicester, despite the city’s local lockdown. Leicester’s housing market has...
