Brighton and Hove council, among others across England, is lobbying to be granted powers to regulate Airbnb and other short-term letting sites, in order to alleviate their negative impact on its communities.
Clothing retailer Pretty Little Thing (PLT) had its YouTube adverts banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK advertising watchdog. The campaign was deemed to be “socially irresponsible” and to objectify and “over-sexualise” women.
Spotify has acquired The Ringer, Bill Simmons’ sports and pop culture company, for around $200m.
Peloton’s sexist Christmas advertisement prompts its market value to drop by over $1bn.
Foreign exchange company, Travelex is being held to a £4.6m ransom by hackers.
Just Eat shareholders have opted to merge with the giant Dutch online food delivery marketplace Takeaway.com for £5.9bn. This will create the new company, Just Eat Takeaway.com, meaning that Prosus’ competing bid loses out.
Internet streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu are facing new competition from giants like Disney, Apple and HBO. However, not only are they launching their own streaming services, they are also taking back all rights to broadcast their own intellectual property (IP).
Google's partnership with Ascension, a major US hospital network, has been revealed by one of its team members.
Labour made an election pledge to provide free broadband for all British consumers and businesses by nationalising Openreach, a subsection of British Telecom (BT), claiming it will boost productivity by £59bn. But would nationalising broadband really help productivity?
Footwear retailer, Clarks is the latest victim of the high street crisis.