Trevor Steven: It’s time for Mohamed Salah and Liverpool to show they are winners March 12, 2019 For a few minutes of Liverpool’s Premier League win over Burnley on Sunday I kept my eyes trained solely on Mohamed Salah. In that brief spell he must have lost the ball four or five times. In the previous game at Everton, Salah wasted a couple of one-one-one chances against Jordan Pickford in which he [...]
Hundreds of jobs lost as Monarch airline’s engineering business collapses January 4, 2019 The engineering arm of Monarch airlines has gone into administration resulting in the loss of almost 500 jobs. Work at Monarch Aircraft Engineering’s (MAEL) base maintenance business, which undertakes aircraft overhaul and major heavy maintenance programmes, will be suspended immediately and around 250 employees have been made redundant. A further 200 members of staff based [...]
Arsenal v Chelsea preview: London clubs meet in “small final” for Premier League top four with cracks appearing January 17, 2019 This season was supposed to be about fresh starts for Arsenal and Chelsea. With new managers in place, there was renewed optimism for the future. Unai Emery was the man to step into the void following Arsene Wenger’s long-awaited departure from Arsenal after 22 years, while Maurizio Sarri succeeded Antonio Conte to become the latest [...]
Napoli 2, Manchester City 4: Sergio Aguero breaks City scoring record as they reach Champions League knockout stage November 1, 2017 Napoli 2, Manchester City 4 Striker Sergio Aguero savoured a night to remember after he fired his way into the record books – and Manchester City into the Champions League last 16. Aguero’s 178th goal since joining City – a clinical second-half finish – eclipsed Eric Brook’s 77-year-old tally and saw the Argentina star become [...]
From artificial intelligence to quantum computing, Britain is a tech superpower November 6, 2018 Thousands of leaders from across the tech industry are descending on Lisbon this week for the annual international Web Summit. I’m excited to be here to champion the success of British tech to a global audience of investors and entrepreneurs. Britain is unmatched in Europe at producing tech-savvy, billion-dollar businesses. Last week, banking startup Monzo [...]
Carlton Cole interview: Former West Ham striker on his career, new life as a coach and strawberry Haribos September 19, 2019 Carlton Cole can recall the moment he knew his race had been run. After his football career had taken him to three different countries in three years, through brief stints with Celtic in Scotland, Sacramento Republic in the United States and Persib Bandung in Indonesia, he was back in London on trial with AFC Wimbledon [...]
Happy Hammers: West Ham starting to reach heights promised before move to London Stadium under Manuel Pellegrini December 20, 2018 The ugly scenes at the London Stadium towards the end of last season are now just a distant memory as West Ham sit pretty in the top half of the Premier League on the back of four straight wins for the first time in almost in five years. It was just nine months ago when [...]
Men’s magazine Shortlist axed by publisher amid declining revenues November 17, 2018 Shortlist has become the latest magazine to be axed after its publisher confirmed that they would no longer be publishing the free print edition due to declining revenues. The men's magazine claimed to be the biggest of its kind in the UK with a circulation of around 500,000, distributed in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle [...]
Chelsea named bottom of the league for prompt payments as big clubs let the side down September 27, 2018 Elite Premier League clubs are less likely to pay their suppliers promptly than smaller teams, according to industry data provided to City A.M. Chelsea are the slowest team to settle invoices, says business information company Dun & Bradstreet, while Tottenham and Manchester City are also in the bottom four. Brighton and Bournemouth are the [...]
Football’s coming home to the City for the Square Mile’s unofficial club, the Honourable Artillery Company FC June 16, 2019 You could be forgiven for not realising it, but the City of London has its own football club which dates back to the 1800s and is among the leading lights of the amateur game. One reason you might have missed it is because red tape has seen them exiled from the Square Mile for two [...]