Girls in the UK are missing out on 280 million hours of sport every year – a gap that, if closed, could unlock £6.5 billion (€7.5bn) in economic and health benefits by 2035, according to a report from Public First, commissioned by Sky. Featuring contributions from leading voices in sport and advocacy, including Judy Murray, […]
The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) has awarded an honorary doctorate to Dana Strong, Group Chief Executive at Sky, recognising her outstanding contribution to the creative industries and her belief in the power of creativity to shape culture, technology, and society. Strong’s leadership journey – spanning the US, Australia, the UK and Ireland – […]
The next generation of British industry has been fired-up and readied to reignite the UK’s industrial heartlands and kickstart economic growth, as the Government launches the first Industrial Strategy in seven years. Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves have published a green paper designed to kickstart delivery […]
In today’s [March 6th] Budget announcement, The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed a 40 per cent relief on business rates for film and TV studios, for a ten-year period. Sky Group CEO, Dana Strong, has welcomed the news, outlining how it provides a stable foundation for the investments of tomorrow in the UK, such as […]
Stephen van Rooyen, Sky UK and Ireland CEO and Group CCO, has announced that he will leave his role at the end of February. Effective immediately, Sky’s UK and Ireland business will report to group CEO Dana Strong. Van Rooyen commented: “I have taken the decision that now is the right time for me to […]
Sky has opened a Digital Hub at The BridgeLink Community Centre, close to its group headquarters in Isleworth. Located on the Ivybridge Estate, the community centre provides critical services to more than 3,000 residents, including afterschool homework clubs, youth clubs, holiday clubs for local children, coffee mornings, training and consultation programmes. Sky is enhancing these […]
Sky has announced two appointments to a new leadership structure at the Sky News Group organisation. David Rhodes has been appointed Executive Chairman, Sky News Group with overall responsibility for Sky’s news services across EMEA. This pan-European role will focus on the development of a long-term commercial strategy for both Sky News UK and TG24 […]
Sky has partnered with the tech start-up Multiverse to gift £1 million of its unspent apprenticeship levy to organisations looking to develop digital, data and technical skills within its workforce. More than £1 billion worth of business apprenticeship levy goes unspent each year. That would be enough to create 115,540 apprenticeships – the equivalent of […]
The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport, Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP, has officially opened Sky’s new Innovation Centre located on its Osterley campus. Dana Strong, Group CEO, Sky, commented: “I’m delighted to welcome the Secretary of State to open Sky’s new Innovation Centre on our London campus. Sky is part of […]
Dana Strong, Sky Group CEO, has declared that technology is “absolutely” at the beating heart of what Sky does. Speaking during the Sky Tech Summit at the operator’s London campus, she said that Sky “sets the bar. It’s the company to measure yourself against in terms of customer experience and innovation and that has been […]