Ollie Phillips: My Premiership Rugby awards June 24, 2022 The season is over, Leicester Tigers are champions and I have enjoyed it completely. The lack of relegation has created new interest for me, and we’ve seen some real bolters, like Henry Arundell, earn an international chance on the summer tours. But now that all has been said and done, here are my Premiership awards. [...]
Stephan Shakespeare: Could Mike Ashley bring in customers to save Debenhams? December 9, 2020 Customers of Mike Ashley’s Fraser’s Group are typically more likely to consider buying from struggling department store Debenhams, YouGov research has revealed. It has been a tough year for retail but Debenhams has been hit particularly hard, with several of its stores closing their doors in May. Now, liquidators have been brought in to start [...]
Sports Direct to expand into Europe June 18, 2021 Sports Direct will expand into major UK and European, in part to take on rival JD Sports. Michael Murray, head of elevation at parent company Frasers, said Sports Direct would expand via both acquisitions and “incremental opportunities” to help built its presence at home and abroad, the Financial Times first reported. “We have a strong [...]
Ed Warner: British amateur sport must take a match to bonfire of bureaucracy April 13, 2023 Different patterns of belonging in this social media age are a stiff challenge to those of us attempting to build membership rosters for sporting bodies. What can we offer to persuade amateur athletes and casual fans to give a chunk of their identities – and a few quid from their virtual wallets – to organisations [...]
Citigroup to exit 13 consumer markets despite tripling quarterly profit April 15, 2021 Citigroup has started the year with a bang, tripling its profit in the first quarter after releasing $3.85bn in reserves but announced plans to exit a handful of its consumer markets. The investment bank reported quarterly net income of $7.9bn, up from income of £2.5bn in the first quarter of 2020. Revenues slipped seven per [...]
Exclusive: UK retailers should copy TfL or they miss out on advertising cash, argues City bigwig September 15, 2022 Are UK retailers missing a valuable opportunity to earn money from advertising? A City insider thinks most big brands do, as he urges the High Street’s biggest names to look at TfL and copy their model by rolling out a retail media network. So-called retail media networks are one of the hottest emerging trends in [...]
The demand for renewable energy investment will survive the cost crunch February 22, 2022 Earlier this month, Ofgem announced they would raise their consumer price cap by 54 per cent as global gas prices continued to jump. Against this backdrop, it’s easy to dismiss the strength of the appetite for investment in UK renewables. The value of “green” energy projects started in 2021 and was on track to exceed [...]
Spectator sales hit record high as magazine subscription push pays off August 13, 2021 Sales of the Spectator have soared to an all-time high as the magazine’s focus on subscriptions continues to pay dividends. The right-leaning title, which covers politics, culture and current affairs, said sales averaged 105,850 copies in the first half of this year — up 27 per cent on the same period in 2020. The figure [...]
Aviva Investors has big plans for its newly acquired Hoxton office September 28, 2021 Aviva Investors has snapped up a Grade II listed property in Hoxton as part of the first investment made by the company’s newly launched climate fund. The investment arm of Aviva has today announced its purchase of Curtain House, a five storey Victorian warehouse in the heart of Shoreditch, London’s hub for technology businesses and [...]
Shop price inflation highest in a decade as Brits feel cost of living squeeze February 2, 2022 Retail inflation has soared in the past month, with Brits eyeing discount retailers for cheaper prices as the country faces a cost of living squeeze. Shop price annual inflation surged to 1.5 per cent in January, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielsen IQ shop price index. This was up from 0.8 per [...]