Adidas NBA sponsorship will end after multi-million dollar 11-year deal not renewed March 16, 2015 Adidas will end its sponsorship of the US National Basketball Association (NBA) after deciding not to renew its multi-million dollar decade-long deal with the sports league. It’s a big retreat from the US market for the German sportswear giant which is facing increasingly tough competition from rivals Nike and Under Armour. "We feel with a [...]
JD Sports share price soars as retailer scores £100m profit for the first time April 15, 2015 The figures JD Sports' share price soared by over five per cent after the retail group netted a slam dunk in 2014, with profits before tax and exceptional items smashing the £100m mark for the first time. The retailer which includes high street fixtures such as JD, Size?, Millets and Blacks in its roster, scored [...]
Racing Comment: Broken bones, chipped teeth: AP’s given all April 23, 2015 THOUSANDS will travel to Sandown Park tomorrow to see the curtain come down on the career of Anthony Peter McCoy, an extraordinary jockey and truly remarkable sportsman. AP, as he’s become known, will be crowned Champion Jump Jockey for a record-breaking 20th consecutive year. While his fans and the media wax lyrical about his glittering [...]
Chief execs on Youtube: Two different takes February 26, 2015 ROBERT Walters is the chief executive of Robert Walters Plc, the London-listed global recruitment giant. To accompany his firm’s latest set of results yesterday, Walters took to YouTube, revealing himself to be the very model of a typical boss. He’s suited, booted and speaks direct to camera. No gimmicks, no whizzy digitals – just good, old-fashioned [...]
Cox can trump Investec Dash rivals with pair of speedballs June 5, 2015 RACE 4 3.45pm Investec Corporate Banking Dash BLINK and you’ll miss it. The Investec Corporate Banking Dash is the fastest five furlong race run anywhere in the world. As soon as the gates open you’ll have less than a minute to enjoy the action. But it’s always packed full of drama and hard luck stories [...]
Google’s share price under departing finance chief Patrick Pichette rocketed March 11, 2015 Google’s long-standing finance chief Patrick Pichette has announced he’s leaving the tech company to travel the world. Pichette is one of the most senior executives, with the tech giant having overseen the firm’s finances for the last six and a half years. Since then, the value of Google stock has rocketed by almost two thirds [...]
General Election 2015: Business leaders speak out: Labour (still) isn’t working – Brand Index March 10, 2015 The General Election is almost upon us and polls show the public believes that if the Tories win, its business policies would be better than Labour’s for the economy. But what about the business community itself? Using YouGov’s Business Omnibus, and interviewing high-profile decision makers, 81 per cent thought Conservative measures would be good for [...]
General Election 2015: Supreme Creations’ CEO Smruti Sriram wants more investment in young people April 27, 2015 ELECTION COUNTDOWN: 10 DAYS TO GO Every day until the final week of the election campaign, we ask a business leader to say what policies would entice them to vote for a particular party. SMRUTI SRIRAM: CEO, SUPREME CREATIONS I would like to see more policies which focus on empowering young people. [...]
Apple Pay: How does it work and is it any quicker? A guide for the new contactless payment system July 15, 2015 Apple Pay has finally arrived in the UK. Well, sort of. If you have the right iPhone and the right bank and you shop in the right place and if the sun is shining at just the right angle – then you can use Apple Pay (okay, we made the bit about the sun up). [...]
Upper Street aiming to fundraise £200,000 on Seedrs for growth February 8, 2015 LUXURY made-to-order shoe firm Upper Street has launched a £200,000 fundraising round using the London-based crowdfunding platform Seedrs as it looks to grow its online platform. The company, which was founded five years ago by Katy Chandler and Julia Elliott Brown, allows customers to design their own shoes online using 3D technology. Shoppers spend an [...]