By John McCarthy A protest opposing the closure of the Calais migrant camp blocked access to a Business France event on Tuesday (23 February). The private gentleman’s club was surrounded and picketed by protestors looking to show solidarity with the displaced people currently located in France’s migrant jungle – as France makes moves to reportedly demolish the village. The protestors attempted to blockade French ambassador Sylvie Bermann from entering the premises, interrupting the launch of Creative France, Business France’s new campaign encouraging creative works. Attempts to cease the event failed however with Bermann attending the event regardless. The French Ambassador to the UK Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Ronan Shields The traditional lines between leisure and labour hours are increasingly blurred, as a globalised workforce with the capability to be connected 24/7 leads to the rise of the ‘pro-sumer’. Typically defined as someone in the market to buy high quality technical products or equipment (think IT director or even chief information officer) the pro-sumer is an individual who is often consuming content in different mindsets, both as an enthusiast for their profession as well as with a business hat on. Think of the aforementioned IT director who could be researching the purchase of an IT infrastructure mainframe worth hundreds of thousands of Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Tony Connelly Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first athlete to surpass 200 million followers on social media. The look of dismay is a familiar sight on the face of the Real Madrid superstar whose unsurpassable desire to be number one has been bested at the hands his rival Lionel Messi, or ‘The Little Genius’, on more than one occasion. Ronaldo has trumped Messi in some statistical battles though; he has a better goal per game ratio in La Liga for instance and is the all-time top goal scorer in the Champions League. Now the Portuguese forward can lay claim to being the world’s most popular Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Tony Connelly Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first athlete to surpass 200 million followers on social media. The look of dismay is a familiar sight on the face of the Real Madrid superstar whose unsurpassable desire to be number one has been bested at the hands his rival Lionel Messi, or ‘The Little Genius’, on more than one occasion. Ronaldo has trumped Messi in some statistical battles though; he has a better goal per game ratio in La Liga for instance and is the all-time top goal scorer in the Champions League. Now the Portuguese forward can lay claim to being the world’s most popular Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Jessica Goodfellow International Business Times has named The Wall Street Journal’s John Crowley as its new editor-in-chief for the UK division. He will start his role on 29 March and report directly to co-founder and managing director of IBT Media for EMEA, Dev Pragad. Loading… Crowley has held roles at The Wall Street Journal for six years, most recently serving as digital editor EMEA, where he managed the output across the title. Prior to this he served as associated news editor at the Daily Mail, and held roles at the Daily Telegraph. “John is a world-class editor who thrives Read full story › Source: The Drum...
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