Intu sells retail park to New River REIT for £40m November 25, 2019 Retail landlord Intu has sold a Northern Ireland retail park to property investment trust New River REIT for £40m. The sale of Sprucefield Retail Park in Lisburn brings Intu’s year-to-date disposals total to £268m, as the shopping centre operator aims to fix its balance sheet. Read more: New River REIT swings to a loss on [...]
Sundance Film Festival: London 2021 – Our Best of The Fest July 30, 2021 Thursday sees the return of Sundance London to Picturehouse Central. Like many events, the 2020 edition was held online, but the independent film extravaganza will once again be taking place in-person this week with a stellar line up picked from the best of its parent event in Utah. Fifteen features have been chosen, along with [...]
Where is Gary Gensler in this FTX debacle, and how did SBF and Alameda end up controlling so much money? December 2, 2022 How was it possible that Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison ended up controlling such vast sums, and where is Gary Gensler in all this?
Loki Episode 4 review: Chaos reigns in hit Marvel drama June 30, 2021 *** WARNING: This article contains spoilers about new and past episodes of Loki *** It seems a bit misleading to call last week’s episode of Loki as uneventful, given Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) revealing a key plot point and facing the apocalypse with Loki (Tom Hiddleston). However, narratively it gave our heroes a chance to [...]
B&Q owner’s profits slide 30 per cent following ‘weak’ business in France September 19, 2018 Kingfisher, the owner of B&Q, has seen its pre-tax profits plunge in the first half of this year as the company goes through organisational upheaval. The Figures Pre-tax profits fell 30.1% to £281m. The firm is undergoing a major reorganisation, which it says is being made more difficult by tough trade conditions. The firm also [...]
B&Q owner’s profits slide 30 per cent following ‘weak’ business in France September 19, 2018 Kingfisher, the owner of B&Q, has seen its pre-tax profits plunge in the first half of this year as the company goes through organisational upheaval. The Figures Pre-tax profits fell 30.1% to £281m. The firm is undergoing a major reorganisation, which it says is being made more difficult by tough trade conditions. The firm also [...]
Coronavirus: British companies rush to mothball results after City watchdog calls for delay March 23, 2020 British companies are rushing to delay the publication of their results following an unprecedented call from the financial regulator for results to be suspended due to the coronavirus crisis. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said late on Saturday that listed firms planning to report preliminary results in the next few days should mothball them for [...]
Marvel What If… Episode 2 – Chadwick Boseman’s final triumph August 18, 2021 Last week gave us a rousing opening to Marvel’s What If…?, a series that imagines parts of the Marvel Universe if certain decisions had been made differently. The introduction of Captain Carter was well received, and led speculation as to whether the character could be seen in future live action stories, given that The Multiverse [...]
Convincing evidence that both crypto and traditional markets are aligned August 12, 2022 Jason Deane reflects on the current state of the world and how it has affected the cryptocurrency markets this week.
Like a brick: SIG shares drop as profit warning sends ripples through construction industry October 7, 2019 Building materials firm SIG shares tumbled 15 per cent this morning as it warned profits would be “significantly lower” than last year, amid languishing construction markets in the UK and Germany. SIG’s warning set alarm bells ringing across the industry as it said a “deterioration in trading conditions” had worsened in recent weeks. Read more: [...]