Champions League: Jose disputes Gerrard’s JT rift assertion September 17, 2015 CHELSEA 4 MACCABI TEL AVIV 0 Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho last night denied claims from former England captain Steven Gerrard of a rift with skipper John Terry after the Blues kick-started their stuttering season with a Champions League cakewalk against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Mourinho was forced to respond to Gerrard’s suggestion after goals [...]
Precision Castparts share price leaps as Warren Buffett makes Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest ever acquisition with $37.2bn swoop August 10, 2015 Shares in aerospace manufacturer Precision Castparts Corp (PCC) jumped 19.5 per cent after Warren Buffett confirmed his company, Berkshire Hathaway, will buy it for $37.2bn (£24bn) – the investor's biggest deal ever. In a statement today, Buffett said he had "admired PCC's operation for a long time". "It is the supplier of choice for the world’s [...]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit: A new glorious chapter in UK-India relations is beginning November 12, 2015 The visit of India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is the second landmark trip to the UK in a month, following the successful state visit by President Xi of China. Today, Modi meets the Queen and this evening he will be greeted in a manner that is normally the preserve of rock stars, by over 60,000 [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike: London must have a Night Tube if it’s to keep its status as a global capital August 13, 2015 Once again, millions of Londoners are suffering travel chaos after the unions convinced London Underground staff to strike. The strike has been called in response to plans for weekend all-night running on some Tube lines. Those plans involve staff getting a two per cent pay rise and bonuses on top worth hundreds of pounds. [...]
UK is “feeble” in the face of military threats from around the world, former commanders warn June 14, 2015 The UK is weak against military threats from around the world, according to four former commanders of the Armed Forces. Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh, Admiral Lord Boyce, Field Marshal Lord Walker and Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire said in a joint letter that Britain's global influence is declining, and expressed their concern at [...]
Energy specialist voted London’s top underwriter in peer ranking June 24, 2015 WATKINS Syndicate’s Dominick Hoare has scooped the title of leading underwriter in the London market, as voted by his peers, in a ranking of almost 900 individual insurance workers by research consultancy Gracechurch. Meanwhile, in a vote by insurance brokers, Mark Pepper from Ascot took the top spot, while Hoare came in second. Hoare, who [...]
Prime Minister’s Questions is a British institution that deserves defending September 16, 2015 Nothing makes the House of Commons more interesting than the mastery of political debate manifested so finely in Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). Without it, parliamentary politics would increasingly lose its appeal and uniqueness. In the era of soundbites and spin, PMQs allows our leaders to challenge each other face-to-face, unaided and under the watchful eye [...]
Motor insurer’s IPO could ignite the market September 16, 2015 Hastings’ float is putting the spark back into personal lines THE PERSONAL lines insurance market has been the less sexy relation to its commercial cousins in recent months. Zurich and RSA are dancing around the idea of a union, following the marriage of Aviva and Friends Life, not to mention XL Group’s successful play for [...]
Labour leadership 2015: How much campaign money Jeremy Corbyn, Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall raised and where from September 15, 2015 To run a successful political campaign you need a lot of things: perseverance, staff, a coherent message. But you also need money. Jeremy Corbyn is now extremely likely to be crowned as Labour leader on Saturday, with polls and bookmakers alike putting him streets ahead. But the veteran Islington North MP actually had the fewest [...]
Slaven Bilic: West Ham maestro Dimitri Payet elevates others September 15, 2015 WEST HAM UNITED 2 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 West Ham manager Slaven Bilic hailed the colossal impact of summer signing Dimitri Payet after the former Marseille playmaker scored twice as the Hammers routinely dispatched a blunt Newcastle at Upon Park last night. Payet proved the hosts’ match-winner as West Ham recorded their first home win of the [...]