Scott shares the lead but misses course record August 8, 2013 MASTERS champion Adam Scott missed out on equalling the course record at Oak Hill by one shot, finishing with a five under par round of 65 to earn a share of the lead at the US PGA Championship. The world No5’s first round was spoiled at the 16th with a bogey, while co-leader Jim Furyk [...]
Mixed results for Dentons and Travers July 18, 2013 LAW FIRM Dentons unveiled its first set of financial results since its merger yesterday, securing its place among the top 20 law firms in the world with revenues of £829.7m. Dentons, which was born out of a merger between SNR Denton, Canadian firm Fraser Milner Casgrain, and Salans, posted net income of £225.2m, but did not provide [...]
Sirius Minerals granted deferral on York potash project approval July 18, 2013 BRITISH potash miner Sirius Minerals was yesterday given an extension by the North York Moors National Park Authority to defer the determination of its mining application. The company said earlier in the day that the decision to seek the deferral was “to address issues relating to European habitat legislation and robustly deal with the questions [...]
Why messing with pay is not the best way to end living cost squeeze September 4, 2013 UNEMPLOYMENT and underemployment in the UK are still far too high. But given the circumstances, the UK’s labour market is in a far better shape than we might have expected. In much of Europe, five years of stagnation have sent jobless figures through the roof. Yet the UK got away with a black eye. A [...]
Strong start to autumn season for house of Fraser September 26, 2012 HOUSE of Fraser yesterday said its customers have put summer behind them and are stocking up their winter wardrobes as the department store group posted a “strong start” to the second half of the year. The group, part-owned by Scottish tycoon Sir Tom Hunter, posted a 4.6 per cent rise in like-for-like sales in the [...]
Bolt: I am clean and my junior record proves it July 25, 2013 WORLD’S fastest man Usain Bolt has pointed to his record-breaking feats as a youngster as proof that he, unlike so many of his rivals, remains untainted by doping. Bolt issued a robust defence of his achievements yesterday, two weeks after the positive drug tests of fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell and American Tyson Gay dealt another [...]
Sarries can win plaudits as well as trophies, says flanker Fraser September 13, 2012 SARACENS flanker Will Fraser insists they will prove their critics wrong this season, delighting and dominating in equal measure as they bid to reclaim the Aviva Premiership crown. Sarries, who face Leicester Tigers at Wembley tomorrow, reached the play-offs last season but came in for criticism for failing to excite – an accusation Flanker believes [...]
Sarries can win plaudits as well as trophies, says flanker Fraser September 13, 2012 SARACENS flanker Will Fraser insists they will prove their critics wrong this season, delighting and dominating in equal measure as they bid to reclaim the Aviva Premiership crown. Sarries, who face Leicester Tigers at Wembley tomorrow, reached the play-offs last season but came in for criticism for failing to excite – an accusation Flanker believes [...]
Sarries youngster in England call February 4, 2013 RUGBY UNION: Saracens back-row Will Fraser, 23, has been added to England’s squad amid growing fears No8 Ben Morgan is likely to miss Sunday’s Six Nations clash in Ireland.
Retail boss found guilty February 7, 2013 THE boss of failed retail group Baugur, one-time king of the British high street, was found guilty of tax evasion yesterday. Jon Asgeir Johannesson, whose investment company owned stakes in a string of British high-street retailers including Hamley’s, Iceland and House of Fraser, was handed a suspended one-year prison sentence and a fined of 62m [...]