Saudi Arabia adds WTA Finals in Riyadh to burgeoning sports portfolio April 4, 2024 Prize money has been boosted to a record $15.25m (£12m), more than the sum on offer at the men’s equivalent.
BMW M2 review: a week with a ‘sensible’ sports car March 4, 2024 It’s fast and brilliant on the right road. But how does the new BMW M2 adapt to everyday life? Tim Pitt finds out.
City A.M. PA Awards: This year’s pandemic-era winners December 9, 2021 City A.M.’s PA Awards crowned five winners on Wednesday, who were recognised for their dedication and effort to their businesses after a turbulent year. There was around eight times more nominations than in previous years, after personal assistants (PA) were among the “hardest hit” amid the pandemic, awards judge and founder of C&C Search Lucy [...]
23m Brits on £2.4bn spending spree today as the nation tunes in for the Women’s Euro final July 31, 2022 Nearly 23m Brits are expected to spend money today as they will be celebrating England Women’s first appearance in a major football final since 2009. The EURO final today is expected to generate an average spend per person of over £46.08 before, during and after the match with the top purchases being food delivery (62%), [...]
London’s Actis tables $500m for Asia expansion as it branches out into Japan March 29, 2022 British investment firm Actis has branched out into Japan with a new office, as it expects to spend $500m (£382) over the next five years on its push into Asia. The London-headquartered private equity firm has unveiled a new Tokyo base, to double down on risk-return opportunities in the region. Actis, founded in 2004, also [...]
Yours for £22.5m: Inside Charles Dickens’ former Regent’s Park property April 18, 2022 An seven-bedroom property overlooking Regent’s Park, which formerly belonged to Charles Dickens, is on sale for the first time since before 1995. Dickens, the lauded author behind Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations, once summered in the Grade I listed home in 1861. Largely unchanged since Dickens’ time, beyond the newly fitted Nordic [...]
US Open prize money 2024: How much can golfers earn at Pinehurst this week? June 15, 2024 The total pot has increased to $21.5m, up 7.5 per cent, but the winner’s share has rocketed by 20 per cent to $4.3m.
Coronavirus: M&S gives staff 15 per cent bonus April 1, 2020 Marks and Spencer will give frontline staff across its stores and supply chain a 15 per cent bonus for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. The company also said employees that “have caring commitments or who are feeling more vulnerable” are able to be furloughed voluntarily on full pay. The retailer announced this morning that [...]
M&S appoints strategy and transformation director February 5, 2020 Marks & Spencer has appointed a new chief strategy and transformation director as the retailer seeks to improve the performance of its key clothing and home division. Former Dixons Carphone UK and Ireland boss Katie Bickerstaffe, currently a non-executive director at the high street chain, will take up the new role on 27 April. Bickerstaffe, [...]
Sainsbury’s to pump £500m into offsetting rising costs as CEO says ‘we have to make it easy’ May 30, 2022 Sainsbury’s boss said this morning the supermarket giant plans to pump fresh funds into offsetting rising costs over the rest of the year as shoppers become “increasingly concerned” about their finances. The UK’s second largest supermarket chain said it will invest more than £500m into lower pricing by March 2023 as part of a long-term [...]