Hong Kong horse racing betting tips: Bullish Brother set to Cruz to victory at Valley June 26, 2019 HONG Kong racing returns to Happy Valley this afternoon after a week of respite to allow the grass to grow. Local racing fans weren’t short of excitement last week though, with Royal Ascot televised live throughout the territory. The Hong Kong Jockey Club had devised a worldwide betting pool which saw tote pools from ten [...]
Independent cafe chain loses £250,000 from disposable cup ban April 2, 2019 Bristol-based cafe chain Boston Tea Party (BTP) lost £250,000 in takeaway coffee sales after it banned disposable cups from its stores, the company confirmed today. The cafe made headlines last June when it banned single use coffee cups in its 21 branches in England, thought to be a first for a UK chain. Read more: The rubbish [...]
Phantom of the Open review: Mark Rylance scores hole-in-one with hilarious underdog tale March 22, 2022 This Mark Rylance comedy-drama is perhaps the most twee film you’ll see this decade, but it’s genuinely heart-warming too, with endless hits of proper comedy. It’s not the year’s first joyous tale of a working class British underdog. The Duke, starring Jim Broadbent as an elderly campaigner against BBC television licensing, was in a similar [...]
Barclays boss feared payments to Qataris could be seen as a ‘bung’ January 30, 2019 A Barclays boss feared that fees paid by the bank to Qatari investors might be see as a “bung”, a court was told today. Richard Boath, one of four former Barclays executives charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, told investigators two advisory services agreements (ASAs) that form the crux of the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) [...]
FTSE risers and fallers: FTSE 100 falls one per cent as global growth concerns hit stock markets January 22, 2019 Stock markets across the world have fallen today on heightened fears of a global growth slowdown. Warnings by the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations that the US-China trade war could accelerate the slowdown yesterday weighed heavily on equities as the FTSE 100 fell more than one per cent. The mining sector, reliant on [...]
End of an era as Renault Sport closes its doors January 11, 2022 Brand websites and social media accounts for the legendary Renault Sport have closed, with Alpine taking over as the sporting Renault brand.
Aviation chiefs call for ‘new normal’ now with testing ditched for fully-jabbed fliers January 24, 2022 AIRLINE bosses have called on the government to rule out the introduction of border closures even if a new Covid-19 variant emerges. The government last week brought an end to so-called Plan B restrictions, which saw self-isolation rules and work from home guidance scrapped. With the UK believed to be past the peak of the [...]
Government in negotiations for ‘Covid variant vaccine’ June 2, 2021 The Government has entered negotiations to secure a “variant vaccine” adapted to tackle the variant first identified in South Africa, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said this afternoon. In a speech delivered at the Jenner Institute in Oxford, Hancock said: “There is yet more to do, the work isn’t over yet – we’re still procuring all [...]
Daily Mail maintains guidance as digital revenues help offset print decline January 24, 2019 The Daily Mail’s parent company today said it maintains its full-year guidance as revenue rises for its online and TV offerings offset a decline in print sales. Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) said reported revenue growth slipped two per cent in the three months to the end of December, impacted by disposals in its [...]
The corporate aspects of Law Commission’s consultation paper on digital assets September 21, 2022 Elliot Cowan and Mumuksha Singh of law firm CMS examine the Law Commisssion's proposals for digital assets.