Hughes shrugs off sack talk as QPR stay winless November 4, 2012 QPR 1 vs READING 1 QUEENS Park Rangers boss Mark Hughes insists he is still the man to turn around the Hoops’ fortunes, despite leading the club to their equal worst ever start to a top flight season. Kaspars Gorkss put Reading 1-0 up after a quarter of an hour of yesterday’s clash, and although [...]
Start the new year in style January 2, 2013 It’s JANUARY; the time of year where we all make New Years resolutions that we won’t stick to and convince ourselves that this will be the year that we finally get rid of those extra pounds that we’ve been ignoring for longer than we’d care to admit. But January isn’t just a time for examining [...]
Majestic Zlatan outshone Hodgson starlets November 15, 2012 PICKING over England’s defeat in Sweden on Wednesday there is only one place to start, with the majestic, swaggering performance of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and that jaw-dropping goal. The ball must have been six feet in the air when he made contact with it, taking out the goalkeeper and defender from 35 yards. I’m sure it [...]
Alliance Boots helped by strong German takings January 16, 2012 CHEMIST chain Alliance Boots yesterday announced 14.1 per cent growth in revenue for the third quarter compared to last year, driven largely by its sales at German wholesaler ANZAG, which it bought in 2010. Most of the 21.3 per cent revenue growth in its wholesale division was attributed to ANZAG, with sales up just 1.6 [...]
All Blacks defeat Australia August 19, 2012 New Zealand yesterday defeated Australia 27-19 in Sydney in the first match of the four-nations Rugby Championship. Israel Dagg and Cory Jane scored for the All Blacks along with fly-half Dan Carter’s success with the boot, while Nathan Sharpe and Berrick Barnes scored for Australia.
Alliance Boots revenue up 14pc January 16, 2012 Alliance Boots has announced 14.1 per cent growth in revenue for the third quarter compared to last year, driven by expansion in the firm’s pharmaceutical wholesale division. The company’s high street Boots stores also enjoyed a strong end to the year with like for like revenue up 4.1 per cent in the five weeks to [...]
UK retail sales bounced back in September October 8, 2012 BRITISH shops received a boost last month as retail sales sprung back to life after a miserable summer on the high street. Like-for-like sales shot up 1.5 per cent in September compared to the same time last year, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said this morning – the strongest increase so far in 2012. And [...]
Hero Hodgson admits to Sarries try concerns October 7, 2012 FLY-HALF Charlie Hodgson single-handedly led Saracens to a 28-23 Aviva Premiership victory against London Welsh yesterday but insists everyone at the club – including himself – is striving for more. Hodgson scored all of Saracens’ points at the Kassam Stadium, beating his previous record of 27 in a Sale shirt more than a decade ago, [...]
Hero Hodgson admits to Sarries try concerns October 7, 2012 FLY-HALF Charlie Hodgson single-handedly led Saracens to a 28-23 Aviva Premiership victory against London Welsh yesterday but insists everyone at the club – including himself – is striving for more. Hodgson scored all of Saracens’ points at the Kassam Stadium, beating his previous record of 27 in a Sale shirt more than a decade ago, [...]
David Montgomery eyes Lepe back into the newspaper world November 8, 2012 It would be no exaggeration to say that the boutique investment banks are hurting due to the dearth of deal activity but in their favour they have increased their market share of deals and every so often they pop up quite spectacularly when one is least expecting them. Hence when BP bought (and then later [...]