The billionaire former owner of BHS Sir Philip Green has had his new super yacht renamed ‘BHS Destroyer’ in a prank by comedian Simon Brodkin.
TV star Brodkin, better known by his stage name Lee Nelson, tweeted pictures of himself riding up to Green’s £100mln ‘Lionheart’ yacht in a dinghy and hanging up the banner.
Good of Sir Philip Green to rename his £100 million yacht to something more appropriate. I was glad to help. @All4 pic.twitter.com/0QQloq8jCg
— Lee Nelson (@RealLeeNelson) September 6, 2016
Somehow, none of the 28 members of staff saw the comedian or his co-conspirators.
BHS collapsed earlier this year, leaving 11,000 people out of work and a further 22,000 unsure about the funding of their pensions.
A Commons inquiry into the chain’s demise was highly critical of Green, who sold the high street stalwart to Dominic Chappell for £1.
Social media app Snapchat will see its ad revenue grow to nearly US$1bln next year, claims a new report by marketing research firm eMarketer.
eMarketer expects the popular app to earn roughly US$935mln in ad revenue next year, which is roughly 2% of the total social network ad spend.
That figure dwarfs Snapchat’s ad revenue forecasts for this year, which eMarketer estimates to be around US$367mln.
eMarketer expects companies to spend nearly US$69bln to advertise on digital platforms this year.
Facebook and Google dominate the majority of digital advertising budgets, with experts estimating that the two companies account for between 50% and 70% of the pie.
Sports Direct’s (LON:SPD) chairman has had his resignation offer refused by the company’s founder Mike Ashley.
Dr Keith Hellawell offered to quit his position after a damning report into workplace practices at the sportswear retail chain, but Ashley and other board members said he was needed to “assist with making further improvements”.
Several major investors had previously said that they will vote against the reappointment of Hellawell as the firm’s chairman.
Shares in the company have slumped ahead of today’s AGM, which has also been opened to the public and journalists, where the board is likely to be grilled about a worsening reputation and falling profits.
The FTSE 250-listed firm has promised to address issues like zero hour contracts and its ‘six strikes and you’re out’ policy, although not everyone is taking these promises as gospel…
Mike Ashley, whose Sports Direct is from the pages of Charles Dickens, suddenly seems very keen on workers' rights. Check again in a year?
— Paul Hayward (@_PaulHayward) September 6, 2016
And finally, we’ve only just put the BBQ back in the shed and already supermarkets have started selling Christmas treats – in September!
With 108 days still to go until we get a visit from the big man, supermarket giants J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) have unveiled their festive collections, much to the despair of the Twitterverse...
@sainsburys have mince pies and #Xmas cake on the shelves in #Epsom. Kill me now