Sergio Aguero tops Premier League list and Watford continue rise as Aston Villa and Bournemouth go into freefall January 13, 2020 Debate over where Sergio Aguero ranks in the pantheon of English football’s imports or whether he gets the credit that he deserves may continue to rage, but some things are plain fact. With 177 goals, he is now the leading non-British scorer in the Premier League history, following his hat-trick in Manchester City’s 6-1 evisceration [...]
Footballers’ lives: The female players deserve to have their stories told July 11, 2019 For the British athletes who walked out onto the pitch against the US in the semi-final, their journey to that point had required oodles of determination
Natwest and RBS down: Outages hit online banking and mobile apps on Black Friday November 29, 2019 RBS and Natwest’s mobile apps and online banking services suffered intermittent problems today, with customers taking to Twitter to complain. “Our Online Banking, mobile app and Bankline are currently facing intermittent problems,” Natwest told customers on Twitter. “We’re working hard getting them back up and running smoothly for you. We’ll post an update when we [...]
HS2 officially signs £1bn Old Oak Common contract with Balfour Beatty group September 17, 2019 High Speed Two (HS2) has formally signed a £1bn contract for Old Oak Common station despite an ongoing review which could see the entire scheme scrapped. A Balfour Beatty, Vinci and Systra joint venture will now go ahead and build the station, which HS2 says will create 65,000 jobs and 25,500 new homes in west [...]
City Moves for 6 June – Who’s switching jobs? June 5, 2019 Today’s City Moves include Kantar, BGF and Growthdeck. Kantar Kantar, the world’s leading marketing insights and consulting company, announced the appointment of Nathalie Burdet as chief marketing officer (CMO). Nathalie is appointed from her current position as global marketing leader of Kantar’s Insights division. She additionally joins the Kantar Board. Nathalie replaces Mandy Pooler, who [...]
Boris Johnson flies into Brexit storm after Supreme Court rules prorogation ‘unlawful’ September 25, 2019 Boris Johnson cut his New York trip short, flying back to the UK overnight amid an unprecedented constitutional crisis following yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling. The Prime Minister insisted he “strongly disagrees” with the judgement that prorogation was “unlawful, void and of no effect”, and reiterated his commitment to leave the EU by 31 October. But [...]
Tool hire firm HSS claws its way back with narrower losses September 5, 2019 Tool hire company HSS has reported a substantial narrowing in pre-tax losses for the first half, despite increased expenditure. The figures Pre-tax loss was down almost 28 per cent to £7.4m, compared to £10.2m for the first half of 2018, the company said. Revenue grew 3.9 per cent to £161.4m during the first half, up [...]
‘Intruder’ Fifa is a threat to European club football, says Spanish league boss Javier Tebas January 20, 2020 Javier Tebas, the man who accused Paris Saint-Germain of “peeing in the pool” and flouting football’s financial rules, is know for shooting from the hip and now it is Fifa in the outspoken Spanish league chief’s crosshairs. Specifically, LaLiga president Tebas is disturbed by his Fifa counterpart Gianni Infantino’s apparent determination to transform the Club [...]
Unhappy Hammers: West Ham sinking down the table after thrashing by Burnley November 10, 2019 Things are not looking rosy for West Ham United. The problems are mounting for Manuel Pellegrini following their abysmal 3-0 thrashing by Burnley on Saturday. The Hammers have plummeted to 16th place in the Premier League, having taken just one point from their last five games and haven’t tasted victory since 22 September. Read more: [...]
Zac Goldsmith shared in £16m payout before All Star Lanes went bust September 22, 2019 Investors including Tory MP Zac Goldsmith, diamond mogul Anthony Oppenheimer and fund manager Jim Mellon are said to have shared in a £16m payout from a chain of bowling alleys just months before it went bust. All Star Lanes, which owns four bowling alleys in London, was sold to Risk Capital Partners last week as [...]