Flybe, Saad Hammad, Domino’s Pizza Group, Ofcom, BT’s Openreach

Flybe has announced the appointment of Saad Hammad as chief executive. Mr Hammad was formerly chief commerical officer at easyJet, followed by a director of Air berlin and is currently at Gores Group, the private equity company.

Domino’s Pizza Group said like-for-like sales jumped 6.1pc in the last quarter and 6.4pc in the first half.

Ofcom has announced plans to boost superfast broadband competition that will see the cost of switching supplier drop by as much as 80pc. The dominant player, BT’s Openreach, is singled out for special attention: Ofgem say it is “consulting” on ways to ensure the division “installs and maintains connections to BT’s network on behalf of competing telcoms providers.”