Articles tagged with 'corporate' | BT plc

By Alex Towers, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, BT

BT Group's activities provided estimated boost of £690m to the Northern Ireland economy last year and supported more than 7,300 jobsEstimates include the knock-on impact of the spend of employees and payment to suppliers in local economies in all par...

BT Group's activities provided estimated boost of £24bn to the UK economy last year and supported nearly 300,000 jobs across the UK Estimates include the knock-on impact of the spend of employees and payment to suppliers in local economies in all par...

BT Group has opened its new flagship office in Bristol for 2,500 colleagues.The brand new 13-storey waterfront office, close to Bristol Temple Meads station, will become one of the company’s key hubs in the UK and home to specialist and skilled roles...

By Simon Lowth, BT Group Chief Financial Officer

Philip Jansen, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, said    “We’ve grown revenue and EBITDA on a pro forma, like-for-like basis, despite a challenging economic backdrop, and we’re transforming BT Group for the benefit of our customers. We cont...

BT Group plc (“BT Group”) hereby announces that Maggie Chan Jones and Ruth Cairnie will be joining its Board as independent non-executive directors.  Maggie joins the Board effective 1 March 2023 and as a member of the Nominations and Digital Impact ...

BT Group today announced plans to recruit more than 4001 apprentices and graduates for its September 2023 intake.The company will recruit talent into the company across areas as diverse as engineering, customer service, applied research, and cyber-se...

BT Group offers range of resources to help bring independence for the older generation                                                                     Nearly one in five over-60s are still struggling to adapt to an online world, according to rese...

Philip Jansen, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, said  “BT Group remains on the front foot in these turbulent times. Our strategy is working, we're executing against our plan and we're confident that we'll deliver our long-term ambition whi...

Historical unaudited pro forma financial and operational key performance indicators (KPIs) provided for FY21, FY22 and Q1 FY23Pro forma information estimates the effect of the reorganisation of BT Sport following the formation of the Sports Joint Ven...

A BT Group spokesperson said: “We know that our colleagues are dealing with the impacts of high inflation and, whilst we respect the right of colleagues to take industrial action, we are profoundly disappointed that the CWU is prepared to take this r...

BT and ScottishPower to deliver strategic partnership to help connect Scotland’s renewable growth                  BT has today announced that it has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by ScottishPower, world leaders in wind energy, to stren...

BT Group has today (1 September) unveiled plans to open a multi-million-pound new building in the heart of Sheffield.The technology and telecoms firm has put pen to paper on a deal to take up residence at the landmark Endeavour building, based at She...

A BT Group spokesperson said:  “We know that our colleagues are dealing with the impacts of high inflation and, although we’re disappointed, we respect their decision to strike. We have made the best pay award we could and we are in constant discussi...

Philip Jansen, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, said  “BT Group has made a good start to the year; we’re accelerating our network investments and performing well operationally.  Despite ongoing challenges in our enterprise businesses, we r...

A BT Group spokesperson said:“At the start of this year, we were in exhaustive discussions with the CWU that lasted for two months, trying hard to reach an agreement on pay. When it became clear that we were not going to reach an accord, we took the ...

A BT Group spokesperson said: “BT Group awarded its highest pay rise for frontline colleagues in more than 20 years – an average 5% increase and up to 8% for those on the lowest salaries. At the same time, we’re in the middle of a once-in-a-generatio...

by Clive Selley, CEO Openreach and Executive Sponsor, BT Group Armed Forces Network                                                                     We are thrilled that BT Group has re-signed the U.K. Armed Forces Covenant, reaffirming our commit...

Smart plugs, voice-activated devices and smart meters introduced by households to reduce energy use and tackle climate changeBT’s Smarter Living Challenge found that households could save £938 and up to 1.7 tonnes of CO2e per year by taking small, su...

BT’s multi-million pound waterfront development will be home to around 1,000 colleagues                                     Construction has officially begun on BT Group’s brand new multi-million pound contact centre in Dundee as Kate Forbes, Cabinet...

BT Group plc (BT.L) today announced its results for the full year to 31 March 2022.Philip Jansen, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, said“BT Group has again delivered a strong operational performance thanks to the efforts of our colleagues a...

Following its announcement of exclusive discussions on 3 February 2022, BT Group plc (“BT Group”) has agreed a set of definitive agreements with Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (“Warner Bros. Discovery”) to form a 50:50 joint venture company to create a...

BT Group plc (“BT Group”) today announced that Leena Nair has decided to step down from the Board as a non-executive director at the conclusion of the 2022 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”), given her increase in executive responsibilities as the Global...

BT will continue to vigorously defend itself against the speculative claim of overchargingOfcom assessed the subject of the claim over four years ago with no finding of excessive pricing or breach of competition law more generallyBT’s social tariff a...

BT Group to award all BT, Openreach, Plusnet and EE frontline workers a £1,500 consolidated pay increaseHighest pay award for BT colleagues for more than twenty years, focussed on the lowest paid workersPay rise works out at around an 8% increase for...

New survey findings released today reveal what the future will hold in the next ten to fifty years, according to kids. The future, as children aged 5-11 see it, brings exciting, wacky technological advancements but some serious concerns about the imp...

BT Group (‘BT’) and GXO Logistics Inc (‘GXO’) today announced a partnership to outsource and transform part of BT Group’s supply chain across the UK as part of a new, long-term relationship. BT’s supply chain provides logistics support across all of ...

Following a detailed process to identify the best way to generate investment and strengthen our Sports business, BT Group today announced that it has entered exclusive discussions with Discovery, Inc.  on a deal to create a new sport and entertainmen...

BT Group plc (BT.L) today announced its trading update for the nine months to 31 December 2021.Philip Jansen, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, said“BT has had a good quarter with encouraging market share performance, and we continued to ma...