Betting: Noseda will be hoping for stroke of luck in Lincoln Trial March 10, 2016 Attention is firmly on the Cheltenham Festival, but we’re now just a few weeks away from the Betway Lincoln and there’s a decent card at Wolverhampton on Saturday. The big betting race is the Lincoln Trial (2.15pm) where a maximum field of 13 will go to post. This is always a very competitive race, but [...]
Forget avoidance outrage: The public’s real attitude to tax is revealed by their actions April 20, 2016 Rather like a quantitative version of Hello! magazine, the Panama papers made headlines everywhere. Read all about the vast amount of money a particular celeb has got stashed away. Salivate, be titillated or be outraged, according to your fancy. The story was covered heavily by the Guardian, the in-house newspaper of the metropolitan liberal elite. [...]
“Fantastic Four” prepare to face off against the tax avoiders in new multinational initiative – so we don’t have to April 19, 2016 Four of the world’s foremost international bodies are to team up to launch a fresh fight against tax avoidance in the wake of the Panama Papers. The revelations have claimed the scalp of one global leader so far, embroiled hundreds of others and left a trail of metaphorical destruction in their path. Now, the multinational [...]
Boots owner Walgreens reports a massive 33 per cent profit rise April 9, 2015 The owner of Boots the chemist yesterday reported a massive 33 per cent rise in profits rise in the first update since a £6bn mega-merger last year between US retailer Walgreens and the British high street icon was completed last year. Walgreens Boots Alliance reported profits of $1.2bn (£0.8bn) for the three months to the [...]
Ferrari California T Handling Speciale review with price and specs: a £150,000 delight, but better suited to the Tuscan Hills than the Tooting school run May 23, 2016 Everyone should have a ‘bucket list’ – a checklist of things to do before kicking the bucket. Yours might include a meal in a Michelin-starred restaurant, a bungee jump or running a marathon dressed as a rhino. Mine was driving a Ferrari. Now, I should explain that, in eight years as a journalist, I’ve been [...]
Firing up innovation in Japan: Entrepreneurship has been frowned up in Japan but a new breed of youngsters are hoping to make the country a world class technology player once again June 6, 2016 The eighties were a boom time for Japan, when the country’s high-tech innovations meant the likes of Sony, Nintendo, Mitsubishi and Toshiba were global leaders. Its technology had changed society, from the appearance of the first bullet train in 1964, to Sony’s Walkman in 1979, through to the Nintendo GameBoy in 1989. Japan’s dominance in [...]
UK workers much less interested in salary when job hunting than their global counterparts and much more interested in the job description and type of work March 22, 2016 You may think you can lure top talent to your company by offering them wads of cash, but, if you're recruiting for your UK office, you might be disappointed. A study out today by ManpowerGroup Solutions has discovered that jobseekers in the UK are among the least likely to be motivated by salary, with only a quarter [...]
Sports Direct’s share price flops after founder Mike Ashley admits the company is “in trouble” and blames MPs for a storm of negative publicity March 22, 2016 The share price of controversial sportswear retailer Sports Direct has tumbled after billionaire boss Mike Ashley admitted in a rare interview the company is "in trouble", and "not trading very well". Speaking to The Times, Ashley blamed MPs for creating a storm of negativity around the retailer, and accused them of “abuse of parliamentary process” by requesting he attend [...]
London Craft Week 2016 kicks off next month – and here’s what to book before tickets run out April 14, 2016 Craft is the new cool. How many craft beers are tickling the taste buds of trendies from New York to New Zealand right now? From craft beer to modern-rustic homes to country-casual hotels, across the globe we have fallen for all things home-made, upcycled, and – the holy grail – bespoke from the maker. And [...]
Race review: A moving and uplifting biopic that sadly fails to fully address America’s own historic hurdles June 2, 2016 Dir. Stephen Hopkins | ★★★☆☆ It’s disappointing but not surprising, given Hollywood's unfortunate record with diversity, that it's taken 80 years for the fascinating story of Jesse Owens to get a biopic. After all, it's only a couple of years since both Martin Luther King (Selma) and Jackie Robinson (42) were given the big screen treatment. [...]