Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho complains about Premier League and Uefa over Europa League arrangements December 7, 2016 Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has accused the Premier League of tiring his team out by never allocating them a Monday night game after a Europa League fixture. Ahead of United's final Europa League group stage game against Ukrainians Zorya Luhansk on Thursday noght, Mourinho suggested his side was being denied adequate time to recover from European [...]
Can Oman double its tourism in just six years? Jenny Southan visits the nation’s top luxury retreats to find out… July 6, 2018 Just metres beyond the hotel’s infinity pool is the edge of a cliff that gives way to an enormous canyon that stretches towards the horizon. This is one of the highest points in the Middle East – 2,000 metres above sea level – and if you dare to venture over this precipice you can make [...]
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho set for further disciplinary action after Old Trafford dismissal November 27, 2016 Cantankerous Manchester Untied boss Jose Mourinho is set to face further disciplinary action after being sent to the stands for the second time in a month during his side’s 1-1 draw with West Ham on Sunday. Mourinho was dismissed by referee Jon Moss after he kicked a water bottle in frustration at £89m midfielder Paul [...]
Wayne Rooney gets all the credit he deserves within football – and now he has broken Manchester United scoring record he should head to China January 24, 2017 If the outpouring of praise and goodwill that followed Wayne Rooney breaking Sir Bobby Charlton’s Manchester United goal-scoring record on Saturday felt unfamiliar it’s probably because it had been a long time since he was talked about in such glowing terms. It was almost as if the goal woke people up to what he has [...]
Moo-ve over connected cows, the internet of bees is here September 22, 2017 A new project is aiming to bring bees online by putting them in tiny “backpacks” so that scientists can track the threatened insect’s behaviour and help its survival. Bees in Manchester initially will be connected to the internet using technology from Cisco to help researchers track their migration, pollination and movement, and eventually, across the [...]
National Assembly for Wales tops Stonewall list of 100 LGBT-inclusive employers with Lloyds Banking Group and Citi on the list January 31, 2018 A number of City firms have made the cut in equality charity Stonewall’s latest ranking of the top 100 LGBT-inclusive employers out today. Citi, Pinsent Masons, Clifford Chance, Lloyds Banking Group and Baker McKenzie were all in the top 10, with legal firms again dominating the overall list. Read more: Lloyds Banking Group named most [...]
Sorry, homeowners: London is now officially a “buyer’s market” January 30, 2018 London’s housing market is at a critical point, new figures have revealed, with heavy discounting by homeowners desperate to sell their properties tipping the capital into a buyer’s market. The average home in London is now sold at four per cent below its original asking price, up from just 0.5 per cent in 2014, the [...]
Did marketers bring it home during the World Cup July 16, 2018 YESTERDAY’S final was an exciting finale to football’s greatest competition, even after the heartbreak of England losing last week’s semi-final. While France are this year’s champions, the Three Lions will have another shot at glory in four years’ time. This year’s tournament has sparked excitement in jaded fans like, well, myself. But while the football [...]
World Cup 2018: Did brands and advertisers score a hat-trick or an own goal? | City A.M. July 16, 2018 Yesterday’s final was an exciting conclusion to football’s greatest competition, even after the heartbreak of England losing last week’s semi-final. While France are this year’s champions, the Three Lions will have another shot at glory in four years’ time. This year’s tournament has sparked excitement in jaded fans like, well, myself. But while the football [...]
Uber appoints Barney Harford as its first ever chief operating officer – a Brit and former Orbitz chief executive December 20, 2017 Uber has appointed its first ever operating chief – a British executive from the travel world who previously worked with the startup’s newly installed chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi. Barney Harford will take on the leadership role which was first floated under former chief and founder Travis Kalanick to keep him in check. Read more: It’s [...]