Three brilliant jobs to apply for this week September 29, 2021 This time of year is full of changes. The weather is cooling down, the nights are longer – there’s just something in the air. Interestingly, we find that this is also a very popular time of year in terms of people changing jobs, and likewise companies looking for new talent. Which is what brings us [...]
FTSE 100 lifts as supermarkets drive rally July 5, 2021 London’s FTSE 100 rose on Monday afternoon, driven by a rally in supermarket shares. The capital’s premier index added 0.56 per cent to reach 7,163 in the afternoon session, paring back this morning’s losses. The gains were partly caused by shares in supermarkets rising in afternoon trading after Apollo Global Management announced it was considering [...]
Legal & General confident in long-term goals despite 2020 profit dip March 10, 2021 Legal & General today reported a drop in full year profits but the firm said it remained on course to meet its five-year ambitions. The London-based asset manager said operating profit fell three per cent to £2.2bn, while pre-tax profit was down 12 per cent to £1.6bn. The company said the drop reflected the impact [...]
Gaucho’s Martin Williams interviews England rugby star Simon Shaw November 27, 2023 Martin Williams, founder of M Restaurant and owner of Gaucho, invites former England rugby player Simon Shaw for lunch at his newly refurbished Gaucho City
Festive, err, fun: The best (and worst) Christmas food from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Amazon, Pret and more December 12, 2023 We've ranked the best (and worst) Christmas food available in supermarket
Mind Gym appoints new finance chief as new digital offering helps wipe out losses December 3, 2021 Workplace training provider Mind Gym said it had wiped out the losses it incurred in the last year and a half, after its financials had a rocky ride due to Covid lockdowns impeding on its face-to-face offering. The group also announced the appointment of Dominic Neary – previously a finance chief at Just Eat and Moneysupermarket.com [...]
Week in Sportbiz: Is crypto the next big player in sports sponsorship? Plus Extreme E’s Suez near miss and Amazon’s Six Nations interest March 25, 2021 Where US sports lead, others tend to follow, so it was with interest that industry insiders noted developments in Florida this week. Miami Heat’s home is set to be rebranded the FTX Arena after the NBA side struck a naming rights agreement with the cryptocurrency exchange. FTX will pay $135m for the 19-year deal, the [...]
Farewell transmission: Have interest rates worked to bring down inflation? March 31, 2024 While inflation has fallen from a peak of over 11 per cent to 3.4 per cent, unemployment stands at just 3.9 per cent having fallen in the second half of last year.
Just Eat shares fall on 2019 outlook despite jumps in profit and revenue March 6, 2019 Just Eat scored huge boosts to profit and revenue in 2018 to relieve shareholder pressure to merge with a rival, it revealed today, but warned losses will impact 2019 earnings. The figures Profit before tax rose to £101.7m after a loss of £76m in 2017. Revenue rose 43 per cent year on year to £779.5m, [...]
Weaker than expected retail sales drags Wall Street down August 17, 2021 US stocks edged down during the open today after official figures showed US retail sales were much weaker than expected in July. The blue-chip S&P 500 dropped 0.55 per cent to 4,455.46 points and the Dow Jones lost 0.83 per cent to fall to 35,328.87 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq extended the traditional benchmark’s losses to [...]