Tadhg Enright

It’s me in the hot seat this morning on BBC News. Join me with your top news and business stories for the next two hours.

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To mark #InternationalWomensDay, this week the Bank of England invited me to deliver a #LeadershipPresence seminar to 200 women and men, sharing techniques in elevating gravitas, confident body language and managing difficult conversations. It was a pleasure to be welcomed into these hallowed halls!

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Live from Studio E, join me on BBC News for the next hour or so

Pleased to have been on air today as @BBCNews begins to offer UK viewers a different perspective on the morning’s news. Sorry to anyone who got sick of seeing me ;-)

Buy something or leave, Starbucks says The policy being rolled out in the firm's North American cafes comes as it tries to boost flagging sales.

In a quest to become America’s home away from home, Starbucks says you can no longer treat their cafes like your home “Buy something or leave, Starbucks says” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Amazon aims to branch into UK internet market with satellite broadband plan Proposed space launches within next two years could ultimately deliver mobile phone signal even to most remote areas

A certain bombastic billionaire (whose name I won’t mention) is about to get some competition from another very rich man www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister, leaves Meta Clegg was the tech giant’s chief public policy architect when it was facing scrutiny over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Former LibDem leader Nick Clegg is being replaced by a Trump insider to lead Meta’s public affairs team into the next political era www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Royal Mail (not yet on Bluesky AFAIK) charges £2.60 to send a Christmas card from the UK to the USA or Australia but £2.80 to send one to Ireland or Belgium. Brexit?

Daily Mirror and OK! magazine to merge staff Merging of daily newspaper and celebrity magazine employees is latest move by owner, Reach, to cut costs

For more on this, let’s turn now to OK! Magazine’s Political Editor…. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

UK wants to hire EU negotiator to 'reset' relationship The role will “prepare and lead negotiations with the EU on key UK interests”, the job posting said.

Is this the biggest overture yet from Keir Starmer’s govt to Brussels?
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My adopted hometown, Clapham from the sky

Gary Gensler to leave role as SEC chairman Donald Trump revealed plans to sack Mr Gensler on "day one" of his new administration.

This man told me that the bursting of a crypto-bubble could lead to another Great Depression. Now he’s leaving his job as the US markets regulator before he’s fired. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Comcast's cable network spinoff may be a signal to the media industry for necessary change Comcast may be proceeding with a transaction as a signal to the rest of the media industry that consolidation is necessary.

Comcast seeking to spin off its cable tv channels, unshackling itself from the fading fortunes of linear tv www.cnbc.com/2024/11/20/c...

Back in my beautiful hometown of Dublin today helping my client - who works with a leading international bank - make their best impression at panel appearances. Get in touch if I can be of help to you or your colleagues!

Ford cuts 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 800 in UK, after slowdown in EV sales Carmaker does not specify where British cuts will fall but Dagenham and Halewood will not be affected

The world’s first mass producer of cars is not immune to the decline of legacy carmakers www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Burberry’s turnaround chief plans £40m cuts and ‘scarf bar’ rollout Shares in fashion brand jump as ‘urgent’ cost-cutting programme announced following half-year losses

Burberry has decided that British brands are about bad weather: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Fraud costs businesses $5 trillion a year. On Talking Business this week, I'll hear from businesses who've fallen foul of scammers. Find out how to protect your business from fraudsters and the expense fiddlers defrauding you from within. Join me for Talking Business, this weekend on BBC News.

The Guardian stops posting on Elon Musk's 'toxic' X It has accused X of promoting

Is this the beginning of a terminal decline? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I always find BBC HQ endlessly impressive

VW launches $5.8bn partnership with Tesla rival Rivian The firms will share EV technology as they face slowing demand and competition from Chinese rivals.

#Volkswagen, one of the world's top carmakers, is poised for mass redundancies at its German factories for the first time ever. Meanwhile, it sees its future in a tiny upstart: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Post Office could close 115 branches with jobs at risk Hundreds of head office workers are facing cuts and loss-making branches are under threat of closure.

Could the #PostOffice scandal be a catalyst for much needed change? Your local post office has so much untapped potential! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hello Bluesky. Joining the train to try something new :-). Follow me for observations on business, politics and occasional sarcasm.