Sky News is reporting that unions are criticising the report from Matthew Taylor in to working practices. The report does not recommend banning zero hours contracts. While the report does recommend those working regularly for a company as a "gig" should be recognised as "dependant contractor" and be shown how he or she can adjust their hours to ensure they earn minimum wage.

The ASA is considering banning the use of the world "fibre broadband" in advertising when the whole of a customer's connection is not over fibre, The Times reports. Most consumer broadband is over a fibre optic cable until it reaches a cabinet, so called Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC), from which it is then distributed to house over traditional wiring.

The BBC is to do away with extra payments to journalists, for issues such as unpredictable hours, in a bid to save GBP80m. According to The Guardian sources within the BBC have revealed the proposals are to be put to staff and are very likely to be rejected.

After spending last week trying to overcome a cyber attack, WPP was on the wrong side of city expectations at the end of the week. One prominent bank, The Telegraph reports, reduced its prediction for the group, in the middle of a consolidation process, from "outperform" to "underperform" and reduced its target price for the stock from GBP21.50 to GBP14.50.

The Drum is reporting a rise in brands being accused of 'gay-washing' campaigns to appeal to the LGBT community during last week's Pride.

Business confidence has taken a serious dip since last June's Brexit referendum, The Times reports. The slump is attributed to just a 0.2% growth in the economy in Q1 and consumer confidence dipping as inflation continues to rise above wage increases.

The BBC is leaking details of the Matthew Taylor report about the gig economy, a day before it is officially published. The broadcaster claims the report is suggesting a new type of worker who is not employed but still has sick leave and holiday entitlements. Companies will have to prove that such a worker has the ability to earn 1.2 times the national living wage.

After warning that it is due to run out of money at some stage this year, German audio streaming service, The Sound Cloud, has closed its London office as part of a plan to reduce global head count by 40%. Campaign reports it is to keep its Berlin and New York offices open.

"The Telegraph" reveals Deliveroo is calling on the government to overhaul employment laws to allow it to offer staff some of the benefits usually associated with being employed, but without them being legally employed.

Microsoft has not denied it could be considering up to 3,000 redundancies among sales staff in the UK, Sky News reveals. The broadcaster reports that other staff may be relocated, possibly to America. The move is all due to the computing giant focusing on cloud computing.