Saudi-owned Champions League, obesity crisis and EU wealth tax: Danish bank’s ‘outrageous’ 2024 predictions December 5, 2023 Saxo Bank has published the latest in an annual series of "outrageous predictions" for next year, including a global Champions League owned by Saudi Arabia, a health crisis triggered by obesity drugs and a two per cent EU wealth tax.
Ed Warner: Why athletics still hits different at the Olympics June 27, 2024 Our columnist tackles this week's big takling points in sports business.
Sportswear start-up Prevayl scores £7.5m investment as market picks up pace June 7, 2021 Manchester sportswear start-up Prevayl has scored £7.5m in pre-revenue to stitch together its ‘intelligent sportswear’ collections as the UK sportswear market continues its strong pace. The investment has been made by consumer brand investment firm Stonebridgesignals good faith in the UK sportswear market which is expected to grow 20.9 per cent by 2023, reaching £6.7bn [...]
400k out of workforce due to health inequality which could lead to £8bn economic drag April 27, 2022 The government has said tackling health disparities is a “priority’, after a new report revealed Illness and covid has driven an estimated 400,000 people from the workforce, leading to a possible £8bn drag on the economy. 1m workers are missing from the workers from before the pandemic, with 400,00 due to illness, including long-Covid, according [...]
Go-Ahead on the path to recovery as it reinstalls trust with DfT April 27, 2022 Go-Ahead has emerged from the challenging conditions of the pandemic with a strong recovery in passenger numbers and healthy profits.
Ed Warner: Election manifestos show desperate lack of fresh thinking for sport June 20, 2024 Our sport business columnist is not impressed by the eight manifestos.
Modi, Biden, Zelensky and Macron lead global congratulations for PM Rishi Sunak October 25, 2022 World leaders including President Joe Biden, India’s Narendra Modi and France’s Emanuel Macron have congratulated Rishi Sunak on his rise to be Prime Minister. Presidents and prime ministers committed to continue working with the new PM to tackle chaos caused by the war in Ukraine. In India, where Sunak’s family originated from, there was elation [...]
Fra Fee on BBC Pride month drama Lost Boys & Fairies: ‘It’s Heartstopper for adults’ June 11, 2024 Meet Fra Fee, the star of the BBC's brilliant Pride month drama
Premiership rugby: Drop goals, Sharks harpooned and Bath rejoice October 24, 2022 With the current financial woes facing the English domestic game, there were only four matches in play in this week’s Premiership. We saw a stunning drop goal and a last-minute win, but here are our four takeaways from round seven. Quins make Sale jokers Marcus Smith scored 24 points yesterday as Harlequins ended Sale Sharks’ [...]
Election 2024: All City A.M.’s winners and losers of the campaign trail this week June 1, 2024 Whether it’s stump speeches, policy implosions or just political gaffes, we’re bringing you the highs and lows from all parties.