This Arizona town will let you play out your cowboy fantasy: Ride bulls, wear cool hats, walk into a saloon and have the music suddenly stop playing, the works November 4, 2016 They say “all sunshine makes a desert.” But in Arizona (299 sunny days per year; average temp 24 degrees celsius) I don’t hear anyone complaining. In fact, this state is booming, with capital Phoenix now one of the fastest growing metro areas in the US. Scottsdale, a wealthy destination town in the northeast of the [...]
Royal Hideaway La Bobadilla review: The retreat offers a relaxing and sophisticated winter escape to Andalucia January 5, 2018 Royal Hideaway La Bobadilla, part of the Barceló Hotel Group, is true to its name; a five-star retreat set in 1,000 acres of private and protected grounds, nestled amongst the dramatic mountainous Mediterranean landscape between Málaga, Granada, Seville and Córdoba. Its privacy, discretion and distinctly unostentatious sophistication make for a relaxing and contemplative break at [...]
Alibaba’s shares are on a tear after a huge revenue jump August 11, 2016 Alibaba certainly isn't feeling the effects of the Chinese slowdown just yet. Shares in Alibaba – the world's largest retailer – have climbed by almost six per cent in the US pre-market after it posted revenue far ahead of expectations. Alibaba's shares were already up around seven per cent so far this year. A rise in revenue was bolstered [...]
These 8 British companies will get a huge boost from sterling’s crash against the euro October 13, 2016 On Tuesday, the FTSE 100 surged to its record high of 7,128 points, boosted massively by the crash in the pound that has seen Britain's currency fall more than 17 per cent since the vote to leave the European Union. The index is full of mining companies, oil firms, and pharmaceutical giants that use the UK [...]
CD&R sells £370m stake in B&M discount chain February 3, 2015 THE NEW York-based private equity group CD&R last night launched a deal to sell up to 120m shares in B&M, the retail discount chain to raise around £370m. Sources suggested yesterday was the first time the group could dispose of shares since last year’s flotation. Shares in the group, which is run by the Arora [...]
Gareth Bale turns up heat on Three Lions and claims no England players would get into Welsh side June 14, 2016 Wales forward Gareth Bale has cranked up the pressure on Group B rivals England as the two teams prepare for their crunch Euro 2016 clash in Lens on Thursday. Bale last week suggested that England “big themselves up before they’ve done anything”, which prompted a retort from Three Lions boss Roy Hodgson who suggested the [...]
Ryanair makes its latest pitch to customers by launching Ryanair Rooms June 9, 2016 Budget airline Ryanair will launch an accommodation service, offering customers a choice of hotels, hostels and more at the lowest prices. The low price accommodation service, Ryanair Rooms, will launch from 1 October, in a bid to expand its offering to its 116m customers in a challenge to the likes of Airbnb. The service will [...]
London IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: How to get tickets and how much they’ll cost – full details and competition schedule announced April 19, 2016 Over 1.5m tickets to next summer's World Athletics Championships and World ParaAthletics Championships will be available for Londoners to buy from 1 August. Fans will be able to apply for tickets priced between £20 to £125 via a public ballot open from 1 August to 22 August. Any unsold tickets will then be put back [...]
Beware Vermicious Knids: A US billionaire wants to launch an inflatable space hotel into lunar orbit by 2022 | City A.M. October 19, 2017 Roald Dahl might have warned of the dangers of space hotels, but that hasn’t put off billionaire entrepreneur Robert Bigelow, who has said he will put an inflatable “habitat” into space by the end of 2022. Hotel entrepreneur Bigelow’s eponymous space company, Bigelow Aerospace, announced a partnership with rocket maker United Launch Alliance to launch [...]
Caterham Seven Sprint review: This limited-edition car isn’t as old-fashioned as it looks October 10, 2016 Whether it’s retro cars, vintage clothes or Instagram filters on photos, making new stuff look old has never been so popular. Perhaps we yearn for simpler times – or maybe we’ve just run out of ideas. Either way, if the retro-future looks half as good as the Caterham Seven Sprint, I’m all for it. The [...]