Ian Livingston, chief executive of British Telecom, collected £2.4 million in pay and cash bonus last year with a further £1.4 million in shares due to him in three years' time... more
BT beat profit expectations for the year and told investors it expects more growth as it continues to cut costs and pick up a bigger share of the broadband markets... more
The last time BT shares stood above 200p was in July 2008. Oddly, that was the month after Ian Livingston became chief executive, succeeding Ben Verwaayen... more
BT reports a 7% increase in third-quarter core profit as it continued to cut costs, saying its recovering Global Services unit would be free cash flow positive this year... more
Strong consumer demand for broadband and a return to cash generation at its once troubled Global Services division saw BT boost its third-quarter profits by 30%... more
Telecoms giant BT welcomes a “significant reduction” in its pension fund deficit which has fallen sharply by £2.4 billion to £6.6 billion since the end of 2008... more
Comment: Rod Kent is no patsy City grandee. Anyone who has had dealings with him knows that - but it is difficult to judge if BT's pensions agreement is correct... more
A year after its first shock profit warning, BT today raised its forecasts for several key financial measures for the current year, putting some of the damage behind it ... more
One in 10 big City investors is so angered by BT's recent performance that they voted against the telecom giant's latest pay deal for executives... more
BT today said that it will have axed 30,000 jobs by the end of the coming year. The number is far higher than the 20,000 that industry experts had expected... more
Telecoms: BT Group has warned it could face "further substantial" charges at its troubled Global Services division as it revealed an 81% collapse in third-quarter profits... more
Telecoms: Ian Livingston, chief executive of BT, says the telecoms giant is taking "decisive action" to turn round its Global Services division which forced the company to issue a shock profits warning... more
After being told last week that they will not receive their regular share of the firm's profits for the next six months, partners at City law firm Eversheds seem desperate to hold on to their perks... more
These are nervous times for some of the big-money Americans based over here who have been investing in the Us Presidential race as Barack Obama and John McCain run neck and neck in the polls during the party convention season... more
Ian Livingston has been fondly called a bean-counter-turned-entrepreneur, but as he sets out his ambitious ideas for BT, it is clear that his retail credentials are solid... more
BT today promised millions of customers the chance to receive superfast broadband - running at five to 10 times current speeds - by the time of the London Olympics in 2012... more
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