UK Christmas advertising attracts record spending but brands shun television

Online display to enjoy biggest increase as advertisers prepare to splash out £10.5bn

World - Financial Times - 4 hours ago

Companies curb UK advertising spending ahead of the Budget

Marketing budgets fail to grow for the first time in 14 quarters, trade body finds

Business - Financial Times - October 16

UK must show ‘swagger’ to attract spending, investment minister says

Keir Starmer ‘supports’ rather than ‘degrades’ businesses, Poppy Gustafsson tells FT

Business - Financial Times - October 15

UK government not considering Scottish visa to attract migrants

Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to transfer powers to the Scottish government to help address labour shortages.

Meta Reports Record Revenue, Slower Ad Growth

The social media giant is spending billions on artificial intelligence and products for virtual and augmented reality.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - 6 days ago

In-game advertising can help build brand loyalty, says Anzu, SuperAwesome report

Gaming advertising platform Anzu and kidtech company SuperAwesome recently released a new report on which they collaborated. The report, called “Gaming the future: how to make an impact with ...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 28

Rachel Reeves loosens UK welfare spending target

Ceiling rises 20% over 5-year period to £200bn to avoid ‘having to take short-term decisions’

World - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Outside spending eclipses $1 billion in the presidential race, setting a new record

Outside groups have poured a record-breaking $1.1 billion into the presidential race with less than two weeks to go before Election Day.

Struggle for Senate control goes down to the wire as spending shatters records

Billions of dollars in ads are raining down on voters across the Rust Belt, Rocky Mountains and American southwest as the two major political parties struggle for control of the U.S. Senate

UK borrowing rises ahead of Budget

Official data shows borrowing - the difference between spending and tax take - reached £16.6bn last month.

UK earnings inequality falls to lowest on record

Drop comes after successive increases in hourly minimum wage

World - Financial Times - October 29

UK borrowing costs rise as Reeves’ spending plans unnerve investors

Ten-year gilt yield hits five-month high after chancellor’s first Budget

Business - Financial Times - October 30

UK Budget as it happened: Rachel Reeves raises tax, spending and borrowing

Taxes rise as chancellor delivers the first Labour budget since 2010

Business - Financial Times - October 30

UK deports record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians in single flight

Flight comes as news emerges of plan to send asylum seekers who arrive on Chagos Islands to British territory of Saint Helena. A record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians were deported to their home ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

UK music exports hit record £775mn but growth slows

Competition intensifies from US, South Korea and Latin America

World - Financial Times - October 21

UK prosecutors mulling whether to charge Russell Brand over sex assault allegations

British prosecutors say they have been given a file of evidence from police about alleged sexual offenses by comedian Russell Brand and are considering whether to charge him

Entertainment - ABC News - 3 days ago

Russian central bank hikes interest rate to record-high 21%, to fight inflation fueled by military spending

World - ABC News - October 25

Taxes, spending and borrowing all higher as the new Labour government seeks to 'rebuild' the UK

British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says taxes will rise by $52 billion to plug a hole in the public finances and provide new funding for the U.K.‘s cash-starved public services, as she announced ...

World - ABC News - October 30

Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – UK politics live

PM says budget just ‘first step’ after watchdog said measures would make no difference to growth over five years. Rachel Reeves is now being interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.. She is being ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

The evolving "Wild West" of political advertising

Media experts discuss how the ways in which politicians and campaign issues are advertised has exploded, and why negative ads often win out over positive ones, even as people are down on negativity.

Google Executive Overseeing Search and Advertising Leaves Role

Prabhakar Raghavan, the most senior Google executive overseeing its search engine and ads products, will be succeeded by longtime Google executive Nick Fox.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 17

Without Steph, Warriors will discover if depth as good as advertised

Without their star superstar, the Golden State Warriors will discover if their depth is as good as originally advertised through training camp and preseason.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 28

Amazon's advertising business grew 19% in the third quarter

Amazon's online advertising business jumped 19% year over year to $14.3 billion in the third quarter.

Business - CNBC - 6 days ago

Austria far right shunned for coalition despite winning election

Herbert Kickl's far right party won the elections, but no other party would form a governing coalition with him.

Many churches shun Halloween – but witches and werewolves are welcome in mine | Ravi Holy

The modern ritual is just a chance for children to dress up, eat sweets and stay up late. For Christians to hate Halloween seems an own goal. Ravi Holy is the vicar of Wye in Kent On Thursday 31 ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

China's Once-Unwanted Daughters Have Grown Up---and Now They Shun Motherhood

Cast aside in favor of sons, some women say the trauma of the one-child policy shattered their sense of family.

World - The Wall Street Journal - 4 days ago

Tish Weinstock on Her New Book, ‘How to Be a Goth’

The beauty editor Tish Weinstock wrote a book about “undead style.”

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 29

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