Six Premier League clubs in Forbes’ top 10 most valuable June 1, 2023 Six Premier league clubs have made the top 10 in Forbes’ world’s most valuable football teams list. While Spanish giants and reigning Champions League winners Real Madrid top the list with a valuation of $6.07bn, three of the top five are English clubs. Manchester United ($6bn valuation) are second with Barcelona third. At an estimated [...]
Troubled sale of Siemens UK head office eyes second chance May 2, 2024 The UK headquarters of Siemens has been put back up for sale two years after the German giant first attempted to offload the building.
Overseas investment in West Midlands soars but other regions lag behind July 11, 2024 The West Midlands recorded a 72 per cent increase in overseas investment projects last year, creating almost 7,000 jobs.
European football at ‘inflection point’ over regulation amid spending rows, says Deloitte June 25, 2024 Top clubs are divided – and some at loggerheads with leagues – over the extent of regulation.
England cricket chiefs to launch The Hundred with women’s match between Oval Invincibles and Manchester Originals February 23, 2021 The Hundred, English cricket’s new short-form competition, will begin with a women’s match between the Oval Invincibles and the Manchester Originals. The fixture at the Kia Oval on Wednesday 21 July will be followed by the first men’s match, featuring the same franchises at the same venue, the following day. Tickets for The Hundred are [...]
City A.M. announces two-year partnership with publisher Reach July 22, 2024 David Higgerson, chief digital publisher at Reach, said the partnership will help the London-listed media group to strengthen its quality business journalism offering.
Chelsea begin clear-out and raise almost £100m by selling Havertz and Kovacic June 21, 2023 Chelsea have begun a major squad clear-out and raised almost £100m by agreeing deals to sell Kai Havertz to Arsenal and Mateo Kovacic to Manchester City. Germany forward Havertz, who scored 32 goals in 139 goals during three seasons at Chelsea, is set to move across London to Arsenal for an initial fee of £60m, [...]
Let’s ditch grand, expensive projects like HS2 and opt for urgent smaller ones October 3, 2023 Even Yes, Minister would have struggled to come up with this one. A major infrastructure project, to Manchester, set to be cancelled, in Manchester, during the government’s party conference. Yet Rishi Sunak could still grasp victory from the jaws of defeat if, as expected, he ditches HS2.Let’s be clear: this is a right sorry mess. [...]
How do Luton Town relegate Nottingham Forest from Premier League? May 18, 2024 While eyes are on the Premier League title race, there is still a relegation battle between Luton Town and Nottingham Forest. Forest are overwhelming favourites to stay up for another season at the expense of the rookies from Kenilworth Road. Burnley and Sheffield United have already been relegated from the Premier League. But for any [...]
Premier League: City beat Arsenal and inch towards title April 26, 2023 Kevin De Bruyne netted a brace as Manchester City beat Arsenal 4-1 last night in the Premier League to close the gap to their title rivals to just two points. In what many described as the title decider, De Bruyne and John Stones netted before the break before the Belgian midfielder added his second in [...]