Steven Bartlett hiring journalists for new tech news site December 1, 2025 Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Steven Bartlett has set up his own journalism website focused on technology news, CityAM can reveal. The website, Founded.com, is to report on technology companies based in the UK and US and is expected to officially launch in the middle of December. A total of 10 journalists, as well as an [...]
Formula 1: Drive to Survive maker rakes in millions November 27, 2025 Turnover at the maker of hit Netflix Formula 1 documentary series Drive to Survive surged by almost 70 per cent during its latest financial year, it has been revealed. Box To Box Films has reported a turnover of £73.1m for the 12 months to 31 March, 2025, according to new accounts filed with Companies House. [...]
Claudia Winkleman’s bumper pay day revealed after The Traitors success November 24, 2025 Claudia Winkleman’s huge pay day thanks to the success of The Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing has been revealed. The TV presenter earned around £2m in the year ending April 2025, according to accounts for her firm, Little Owl Productions, which have just been filed with Companies House. Claudia Winkleman paid £575,000 in corporation tax [...]
Daily Mail owner seals £500m deal for The Telegraph November 22, 2025 Daily Mail owner DMGT has struck a £500m deal to buy the Telegraph Media Group, drawing a line under one of the most drawn-out and politically fraught takeover battles in the British press. The publisher has entered an exclusive period of talks with RedBird IMI, the Abu Dhabi-linked fund whose own attempt to buy the [...]
Holly Willoughby’s company survives HMRC tax battle November 19, 2025 A media company run by TV presenter Holly Willoughby has survived the latest round of a tax battle with HMRC. Roxy Media was facing a winding-up petition in the Insolvency and Companies Court over a tax debt reported to total £377,000. The petition, a serious statement of intent by a creditor to shut down a [...]
etn: Meet Europe’s answer to the live tech pod November 19, 2025 As the podcast market continues to gain traction and the tech sector swells, two young London-based operators, former startup operator Ronan Chambers and ex-investment associate Luke Knight, have launched a counter-offensive. Their venture, the European Technology Network (etn), takes the form of a live-streaming video podcast, built as the continent’s answer to the new media [...]
MasterChef maker suffers £10m hit amid Greg Wallace scandal November 19, 2025 Turnover at the maker of MasterChef slumped to its lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic as the Greg Wallace scandal became public, it has been revealed. Wallace announced he was stepping away from the hit BBC show in November 2024 after an investigations into allegations from 13 individuals was launched. The allegations, which spanned 17 [...]
Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard share bumper pay day after record profit November 18, 2025 Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard have shared a bumper pay day after record profits their production company, Whisper Films. The TV presenter and former F1 driver shared a total dividend of £2.6m alongside chief executive and fellow co-founder Sunil Patel as well as backer Sony. The pay out, split between an interim dividend of £680,000 [...]
Football Manager: Losses quadruple after game cancelled November 18, 2025 Losses quadrupled at Sports Interactive after its decision to cancel the release of Football Manager 25, it has been revealed. The London-headquartered video game maker has posted a pre-tax loss of £8.5m for the 12 months to 31 March, 2025, according to new accounts filed with Companies House. The latest total comes after the business [...]
Ticket touts face UK crackdown after Oasis outrage November 18, 2025 UK ministers are set to outlaw the resale of tickets for live events at prices above their original face value, in a move aimed at tackling professional touts and secondary ticket platforms like Viagogo and StubHub. The crackdown, due to be announced this week, represents the most aggressive intervention yet in a market long criticised [...]