Australian cricketing legend Shane Warne dies aged 52 March 4, 2022 Australian cricket legend Shane Warne has died of a suspected heart attack, aged 52, according to multiple reports from Australia.
Serbian-born TV mogul enters £100m deal to buy majority stake in Saints January 4, 2022 Southampton have confirmed a takeover deal led by Serbian-born cable television mogul Dragan Solak in a deal thought to be worth £100m. Solak is the lead investor of Sport Republic, who have purchased the shareholding of the club held by current owner Gao Jisheng (80%). They will work in partnership with Katharina Liebherr, who retains [...]
England football team chef Omar Meziane on feeding Harry Kane and Co, Joe Hart’s soup strop, and his new business Tweakd January 8, 2021 He might be the England team’s trusted chef now, but Omar Meziane did not expect his first assignment with the country’s best footballers to last long. “It was a rainy Sunday night when I got a call from the FA saying: ‘We’d love you to go to South Korea with the under-20s.’ About a week [...]
Ollie Phillips: Re-writing history by helping England Sevens win in New Zealand is my career highlight March 19, 2020 A year beforehand I would never have thought that 2009 would contain the highlight of my rugby playing career. I wasn’t involved with the England Sevens team for the majority of the 2007-08 season, but Ben Ryan brought me back into the fold for the final two tournaments of the season. I had brought some [...]
Mike Pence: The minute the UK is out of the EU, the US is in September 5, 2019 The US Vice President has tonight pledged a free trade deal with the UK “immediately upon the completion of Brexit”, saying Donald Trump stands “shoulder-to-shoulder” with the new Prime Minister. Speaking at a black-tie dinner at Guildhall in the City of London this evening, Mike Pence told business chiefs the country was like a phoenix [...]
Editor’s Notes: Canary Wharf is still the place to meat June 13, 2019 We live in interesting times. A few years ago, who would have expected vegan sausage rolls to fly off Greggs’ heated shelves, or for KFC to announce a new vegan “chicken” burger called The Imposter? Veganism is alive and well… but not so much at the Canary Wharf branch of Boisdale this week, where the [...]
Gold prices hit a three-month high February 8, 2017 Gold prices have hit a three-month high of $1,239 per ounce amid fresh demand for the safe haven asset. The yellow metal is now up 0.13 per cent at $1,237.70 per ounce, while spot gold is up 0.19 per cent at $1,236.17. Political uncertainty is helping offset downward pressure of a stronger US dollar, according [...]
From Brexit to Trump, interest rates to the steel crisis, these are the pictures that defined business in 2016 December 28, 2016 Let's face it, a lot's happened this year. 2016 was the year that brought us surprise, seismic political changes, pushed commodities markets through yet more turbulence and took down another stalwart of the British high street. @afneil If you're at a Quiz in the future and the question starts 'Which year did . . ' [...]
“I do travel to work by helicopter” – Mike Ashley tries to seem humble on TV and fails September 20, 2016 Sports Direct's founder Mike Ashley has said this morning that he travels to work by helicopter "because it's more efficient". Ashley went on BBC breakfast this morning following an announcement that the company will be conducting an independent review of working practices and corporate governance, and answered questions about the moment he pulled out a wad [...]
Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct needs a solid gameplan to rise from the ashes September 14, 2016 Sports Direct is back in the news, this time for what should be more positive reasons than their other recent appearances. We have covered how consumer perception of the brand has fallen over the past year as investigations uncovered damaging practices within the organisation. This culminated in owner Mike Ashley’s appearance in front of a select [...]