>> the problem for vodafone is they have had coverage issues. is attaches tpg's strong presence with vodafone's relative strength in the mobile space, and it can propel them to another level. >> is this a bit like vodafone raising the white flag? you have struggles with coverage, with trying to get market share. >> if anyone thinks anyone is worth waving the white flag or keeping away from the market, good luck. this is bringing together the best of both worlds. >> the u.k. listed stock is surging the most in almost nine years after it agreed to sell its coffee chain to coca-cola. this is a way of doing the spinoff. >> it is quite interesting. there were calls with other journalists who were mentioning coca-cola has approached them in recent months, a very quick transaction. that is part of the reason we have seen the share price reaction we have. it has also been a higher sale than what others were expecting. it's an interesting deal, and it's with the expectation that it will generate more cash for shareholders as well. ♪ >> i want to show you

to look at one issue that does work and that shaming you might remember in two thousand and ten vodafone was actually shamed into closing their offices on oxford street because they had protesters outside when the u.k. government actually let them off through lots of issues around it but about six billion and a tax write off so i think shaving works. mentioned that i hadn't recalled that now when we look at other places around the world whether. you're. you us in particular. countries in europe france belgium with much higher corporate tax rates and yet even you know surprising to me mexico has a very. close australia yes of the u.k. is actually fairly competitive we don't get all the nations really actually very competitive fourth in the world one thousand percent tax rate and actually it's really improved in terms of recovery since the fiscal crisis because it was at one point more like sort of twenty eight percent it's going down it's projected as a plan for it to be seventeen percent and twenty twenty and that would of course make it very competitive the u.k. very competitive globall

vodafone recently announced free roaming in 77 countries, ee offering free upgrades.lly cost but service? and they're both important, i think we recognise that but we also believe trust in today's world is really important. as a provider we only on the operator to guarantee you won't spend a pound more than you won't spend a pound more than you need to on your device, will automatically reduce your bills at the right time, no other competitor will do that, will continue to build you and we give you the control and flexibility so you can move your tariff what your usage whenever you need and that flexibility and control and trust we believe is exactly what customers want. one thing people will ask given brexit, people aren't benefiting from the minute is free roaming comic that was an eu directive, travel anywhere in europe and you can use the same package you do at home without any extras? well that apply after brexit? you're correct, we want to give businesses and customers peace of mind, none of us know how this will play out but what i will say on behalf of o2 is w

up --ecom teaming vodafone has not had an easy time in australia and has been a complicated environmentector for it does this improve the outlook? >> they have had coverage issues and what this deal does do, it strong presence and it really to propel them in the australian market. you guys have struggled with coverage, you have struggled with trying to get the market share. thinks anyone is raising the white flag or stepping away from the market, good luck to them. this is bringing together the best of both worlds. the u.k. listed stock is surging the most animals nine years. this after it agreed to sell its coffee chain to coca-cola. doings a cleaner way of the spinoff. allison on a call with britain this morning and she was mentioning how coca-cola has approached them in the recent few months. i think that is part of the reason that we have seen the share price reaction we have this morning because it has been a surprise. it is also been a higher sale than others have been expecting. ands an interesting deal with the expectation that it is going to generate more cash flow for geral --

broadband.y-tv we sold some assets to vodafone.es our business model, what we are doing. rational.is to stay it is very competitive and transactional, but rational. you have to stay rational when you put out that kind of money. we are excited for the competition. we have a 50% market share in broadband and pay-tv in our footprint. and the rest of our customers are shared. our footprint, which is 40 million homes, we feel solid and secure and we argued partners with sky. we buy the content, football, premium movies, and their basic content. it is a collaborative and rational market, although we are healthy competitors. so stay rational, give it some time, and i think the prices terrific. -- now you have a new player in the form of comcast, very aggressive and ambitious, wanting to expand in europe. what challenges does that present? >> not really any. they are in the u k and germany and italy principally. we are not in italy. we decided to exit the german market. u.k. is really where we will square up. the european market is a solid

it says three of britain's biggest mobile phone networks — ee, three and vodafone — routinely carry oning borough. 15 months on, kensington aldridge academy has just returned to its old site, and is taking measures to make sure its pupils can look positively to the future. our reporter ashleyjohn—baptiste went to meet one survivor whose grandson attends the school. as this 13—year—old goes back to school, he has more to and other academic year. he lived in the first floor of grenfell academic year. he lived in the first floor of g re nfell tower academic year. he lived in the first floor of grenfell tower with his grandmother. just after 1am on the night of the fire, they woke up to smoke and eventually escaped after scrambling down a stairwell. he attends kensington academy where last week, 15 months after the fire, the school reopened at its old base which sits directly below the tower. he has autism and that he settles back into school, his concerns about the impact of seeing a car every day will have on him. —— the mpeg —— the impact of seeing the tower.” will have on him. —— the m

it says three of britain's biggest mobile phone networks — ee, 3 and vodafone — routinely carry on chargingfter the cost has been paid off. the industry regulator, ofcom, says it has set out plans to force companies to tell customers when their minimum contract ends. a british satellite has for the first time successfully thrown a net into orbit to demonstrate how to capture a piece of space debris. there are millions of items of space junk floating around the earth, which pose a risk to operational spacecraft and satellites. scientists say this experimental clean up operation will have to become routine if we want to keep exploring and using space. tv host and comedy writer denis norden has died aged 96. his family said he passed away after spending weeks at the royal free hospital in north london. the presenter was famed for his dry delivery and iconic clipboard introducing bloopers and outtakes on it'll be alright on the night. so, it was rudyard kipling who said, "if you can smile while all about you is going wrong, then you're probably gathering more material for another cock—up progra

if i have a contract with vodafone or any other of the mobile phone operators, my contract is with themthe european union to do this. yes, that is the argument is plenty of brexiteers say. you get napac remain saying it is difficult getting a deal the eu because it is a rules —based organisation does she get remain people saying. but then in no deal, the rules —based organisation will stop abiding by the rule of law, the governing structure of the eu. so they say, look, the danger from their perspective is this is project fear again. talking down the advantages of brexit and talking up the negatives. for the government, the negatives. for the government, the british government is trying to manage this balancing act between being candid but not scaremongering. that is quite a fine line when frankly, they don't know what is going to happen. what quite a few people will say privately is if there is an ideal situation, there isa there is an ideal situation, there is a reasonable chance that will not happen at five to midnight at the end of next march, we will we are —— aware of it a few mon

the vodafone deal with us is about synergy which is real. a full quad-play product to compete with deutsche telekom. we are happy to do that. >> can we focus on switzerland? you talked about needing scale or fail in various markets. what is the situation there? something you could do a deal to get bigger with the likes of sunrise or exit altogether? >> strategically, we look at the spectrum of ideas. most important, we are investing in a turnaround plan. the business has been solid for a long time with high free cash flow margins and cast convergence. still a great business. we realize the market needs consolidation and we are playing on the side with some opportunities. in the meantime -- not many operators in the market but in the meantime we are intending to invest in network and products. the video product is important and we are launching a new platform, incredible user experiences and lightning fast video products. we will invest in a turnaround first and foremost, and it looks to be pretty positive from our point of view. >> we have j

it says three of britain's biggest mobile phone networks, ee, three and vodafone, routinely carry—on to shut one of the country's main missile testing and launch sites. he signed a pledge to permanently close the facility after talks in pyongyang with his south korean counterpart moon jae—in. mr moon said both leaders also "agreed on a way to achieve de—nuclearisation" on the korean peninsula. donald trump , has arrived in north carolina to see for himself the damage caused by hurricane florence. he handed out burgers to residents. the north carolina governor roy cooper has urged people to remain in shelters as floodwaters continue to rise across the state. that summit under way in salzburg between the european leaders. theresa may is given a chance to speak in defence of the chequers deal that was presented in the summer. it did promote the resignation of boris johnson summer. it did promote the resignation of borisjohnson and david davis from the cabin. but that is the plan theresa may said she is persisting with. she said if she doesn't get that, it will be no deal. so what did sh

as well as vodafone and bp.arketing, thank you very much for joining us. the list is made up of a couple of different areas that we look at in terms of business performance. one is financial value. vodafone, sky, they are worth a lot of money. what is unique to the evaluation is that we ask consumers what they think about these brands. so it includes financial value and consumer perception and we bring back together to establish our top 75 brands. i have had a look at the rest and the research and it talks about how brands need to future proof themselves. how do they make themselves fit for further growth and how do they make themselves fit for the challenges that we might see specifically in the uk from things like brexit, from changes within regulatory regulations but also from competitive threats, both within their context in the uk but also globally, where we see lots of us brands, chinese brands, beginning to enter the brands, chinese brands, beginning to enterthe uk brands, chinese brands, beginning to ent

but sadly i have heard, i think vodafone and 02 have said, no, it is going to be the same.. the worry is that there will be no—deal brexit and nothing else will be agreed for transit between the continent and head and then the concern is mostly for perishable food. if there were delays at the border, you wouldn‘t be able to get all of that fresh produce, especially from spain and the uk... the nightmare scenario if nothing else is agreed, it is deftly a concern, because the supermarkets themselves up and saying they are very worried about it. and the farmers. it is the other way also. i've heard from farmers, they are very worried about the land business, because france is a big buyer of our land. business, because france is a big buyerof ourland. again business, because france is a big buyer of our land. again it is fresh produce. how'd you physically get there on time? nobody is going to have me that has gone off a bit? thank you. in a moment we‘ll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... the government is told eu migrants should be given no pref

for years there was speculation that verizon would do something with vodafone.hen you saw the headline >> i think that you're seeing a consolation in the media sector between different companies. there's so much money going into media now, so much investments in order to have the prime content. i think that's what is happening. >> is it putting you at a disadvantage >> no. we are building on a great asset. can work with any content provider based on our network and distribution so i feel really good about it >> let's talk about the global citizen festival and what you have lined up this year. what's new and exciting this year >> well, this year we're thrilled that the global citizen festival will be headlined by a combination of janet jackson with the weeknd, cardi b, john legend this year we're focused, we're three years into the goals that suggested while we've made amazing progress in southeast asia and india, we're off track in sustaining the goals across africa and we have two years to get it back on track. that's why we need an urgent movement of citizens