Wednesday facing High Court D-Day November 16, 2010 RESTRUCTURING group Zolfo Cooper is standing by to act as administrator to Sheffield Wednesday today if a High Court case verdict goes against the club. Wednesday face a £600,000 demand from the tax authorities and arrive in court after the board turned down an offer from Leicester City chairman Milan Mandaric. According to sources close [...]
Wednesday facing High Court D-Day November 16, 2010 RESTRUCTURING group Zolfo Cooper is standing by to act as administrator to Sheffield Wednesday today if a High Court case verdict goes against the club. Wednesday face a £600,000 demand from the tax authorities and arrive in court after the board turned down an offer from Leicester City chairman Milan Mandaric. According to sources close [...]
the INSIDER November 5, 2010 England versus New Zealand, plenty of beer and the Breeders’ Cup… it doesn’t get much better than that! I’m surprised the bookies make Aidan O’Brien’s Master of Hounds the 7/2 favourite for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Juvenile as, apart from his good third in the Racing Post Trophy, he has done very little in his [...]
News Corp is facing long Sky bid delay November 5, 2010 RUPERT Murdoch was yesterday assessing how much damage a probe into his proposed bid to bring BSkyB back under the News Corp umbrella could cause. Business secretary Vince Cable stepped in to order a preliminary investigation into the bid by media watchdog Ofcom, with a full EU probe also on the cards. At the very [...]
What the other papers say this morning January 4, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BOND SURGE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC AS COMPANIES VIE FOR FUNDS Companies have embarked on an early-year rush to issue debt in an effort to beat rivals and secure financing before any rise in borrowing costs.The surge in bond issuance on both sides of the Atlantic on Tuesday came as equity [...]
TONIGHT WILL BE A NIGHT FOR HEARTY CELEBRATION October 27, 2010 THIS evening will see 450 guests in their finery roll up at the Grange hotel at St Paul’s, as City A.M. proudly hosts its first ever awards ceremony honouring the UK’s business stars and City luminaries. The award winners will come from a diverse range of sectors, from investment to retail banking, fund management and [...]
Murray sees off Soderling November 21, 2010 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray is off and running at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London after downing Sweden’s Robin Soderling in straight sets. A bumper crowd of 17,500 were treated to a near faultless display from the 23-year-old, who took just an hour and 20 minutes to vanquish this season’s beaten French Open [...]
HIG invests £62m in Engine October 14, 2010 Private equity group HIG Capital will invest £62.5m in marketing firm Engine Group to help fund its expansion into the US, China and Brazil. The investment will consist of an initial £32.5m, followed by £30m over the next two years. HIG, which recently moved into new City offices, will eventually hold a stake of around [...]
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010-11 December 16, 2010 AFTER 96 group stages matches and 276 goals, the wheat has been cut from the chaff. Among the remaining 16 teams are the English quartet of Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Spurs, who will find out thier next opponents in today’s draw. The Gunners will be most worried, with Barcelona or Real Madrid potentially next [...]
It’s snow fun for the shops, but a winter wonderland for gas December 5, 2010 WITH THE great freeze ongoing this morning, a lot of people will not be too happy struggling through the cold to work. 73 per cent of companies had staff off work last week, and many more undoubtedly will have failed to get to work today. The costs of cold weather to the economy are far [...]