UK Business News

Following months of hard bargaining between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the Royal Mail an agreement has been struck that appears to suit both parties.
Postal workers walked out last year throwing the UK postal service into chaos and threatening the future of the mail service that businesses and the general public have relied upon [...]

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Following yesterday’s post that suggested that Vodafone and O2 were leading the race to buy out T-Mobile UK, the latest turn of events has seen French owned Orange in exclusive talks with T-Mobile owners Deutsche Bank, to merge their UK mobile businesses into the biggest mobile provider in the UK.
The talks are expected to continue [...]

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The Sunday Times has reported that mobile phone groups Vodafone and O2 have both tabled bids believed to be in the region of £3.5bn, to purchase the T-Mobile UK business from Deutsche Telecom.
T-Mobile is currently the fourth largest mobile operator in the UK with a fifteen percent share of the market, equating to a 16.6million [...]

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Microsoft and Nokia have formed an alliance in a bid to offer stiffer competition against smart phone rival, Research in Motion Ltd’s, BlackBerry, the market leader currently dominating the mobile telecommunications business.
The alliance will also aim to unsettle Google who have recently expanded into offering free online software, that is seriously aimed at damaging the [...]

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Carphone Warehouse has reported a drop in revenue from it’s Talk Talk brand, despite increasing line rental charges in March. The group reports a 2% fall in revenue since the line rental charge was increased from £10.50 to £11.25 in March this year.
The company says that it is still on target with an increase in [...]

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