Mirror publisher Reach restores dividend amid digital push July 27, 2021 Newspaper publisher Reach today restored its dividend after strong growth in its digital offering helped drive the group’s recovery after a torrid pandemic year. Reach, which owns the Mirror and Express as well as a number of regional titles, posted a four per cent rise in revenue to £302.3m in the six months to 27 [...]
JP Morgan sustainability rating downgraded after funding Super League April 21, 2021 Sustainability ratings company Standard Ethics has downgraded JP Morgan’s rating after it was revealed to have funded the failed and controversial European Super League. Standard Ethics said it judged JP Morgan’s involvement in the project to be “contrary to sustainability best practices”, and as a result downgraded its corporate rating from “adequate” to “non-compliant”. The [...]
Foden’s Andorra masterclass promises solution to England playmaker problem October 10, 2021 Fixtures like Andorra away represent something of a hiding to nothing for England, which also happens to be what they dished out in the Pyrenees on Saturday night. But with World Cup qualification not in any danger, this 5-0 win was more encouraging for the hints of evolution in Gareth Southgate’s plans that it revealed [...]
European Super League: JP Morgan boss admits investment bank failed to grasp football fans’ passion May 5, 2021 JP Morgan’s boss has admitted that the investment bank had failed to understand the passion of football fans when it agreed to finance the failed breakaway European Super League. Chief executive Jamie Dimon said the US banking giant had “kind of missed” the strength of feeling among football supporters before it agreed to fund around [...]
FA Cup Final: Thunderbolt strike by Youri Tielemans seals Leicester’s triumph over Chelsea May 15, 2021 Youri Tielemans’ thunderbolt strike sealed Leicester’s maiden FA Cup triumph with a gritty 1-0 win over Chelsea at Wembley this evening. The Belgian midfielder rifled an unstoppable effort into the top corner from 25 yards, as Brendan Rodgers’ Foxes put another genuine stamp on years of recent quality. Former Leicester full-back Ben Chilwell saw a [...]
Exclusive: Powerleague chief on price rises and making the ‘tinder of grassroots football’ November 18, 2022 On the eve of the World Cup, grassroots football is the focus for Powerleague boss Christian Rose, who has dragged it out of red and through pandemic with a metaphorical Cruyff Turn. The CEO has been in post for four years after being brought in during 2018 when the company was “not in great shape.” [...]
Klarna to buck pandemic trend and take on more UK office space May 3, 2021 Klarna plans to take on more office space as part of a push to double its British workforce and launch more banking products. The buy now pay later firm will take new headquarters in an 11,000 sq ft WeWork office in Holborn and expand its existing space in Manchester. The firm is also looking at [...]
Coronavirus: Blackburn overtakes Bolton with highest Covid-19 infection rates in UK May 31, 2021 Blackburn with Darwen has replaced Bolton as the area of the UK with the highest rate of new cases of Covid-19. A total of 584 confirmed cases were recorded in Blackburn with Darwen in the seven days to 26 May, Public Health England said. This is the equivalent of 390.1 cases per 100,000 people, the [...]
Tory party conference may only be open to double-vaxxed amid talk of boycott July 23, 2021 A Cabinet minister today did not rule out that vaccine passports may be required to gain entry to the Conservative Party conference, in a move that has sparked talk of a boycott. Environment Secretary George Eustice said there “could be a case” for attendees at the Tory conference in October having to prove they have [...]
The morning after: Business leaders puzzled by Boris Johnson’s ‘economically illiterate’ speech October 7, 2021 Business leaders have come out against Boris Johnson’s speech at the Tory Party conference, yesterday afternoon in Manchester. Many condemned the Prime Minister’s speech, saying it lacks a coherent economic plan. On the last day of the Conservative Party conference, Johnson said he was setting out the “difficult” process of reshaping the British economy. With [...]