Carphone Warehouse Group plc and Dixons Retail plc have agreed to merge the two companies into a new business called Dixons Carphone plc.

Shareholders of each company will own 50% each of the new business.

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a number of complaints against an online advertisement for UK virtual network Bemilo by The Carphone Warehouse.

Several statistical claims were made in the advertisement, which described Bemilo as “the UK’s safest mobile network designed to be used by children and managed by parents”.

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a number of complaints against an online advertisement for UK virtual network Bemilo by The Carphone Warehouse.

Several statistical claims were made in the advertisement, which described Bemilo as “the UK’s safest mobile network designed to be used by children and managed by parents”.

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a number of complaints against an online advertisement for UK virtual network Bemilo by The Carphone Warehouse.

Several statistical claims were made in the advertisement, which described Bemilo as “the UK’s safest mobile network designed to be used by children and managed by parents”.

It was 1996 when I started working at the Cricklewood head office of Peoples Phone [writes Mark Bridge], initially in a sales support role before becoming part of the Marketing team. The company was an independent mobile phone retailer with a growing network of high-street shops and connected customers. In November 1996 the company and its customer base were acquired by Vodafone, which had already taken over the Talkland retail business and was soon to add Astec to its portfolio.