Football betting: Harry Kane able to help Tottenham Hotspur end home hoodoo against Manchester United April 7, 2016 Nothing better sums up Tottenham’s Premier League home record against Manchester United than one of their most memorable encounters 15 years ago. After the hosts raced into a 3-0 first half lead over the Red Devils in 2001, it only took a few words from Sir Alex Ferguson at the interval to rejuvenate his side, [...]
Brighton & Hove Albion chief Paul Barber explains off-field strategy of a Premier League club in waiting March 4, 2017 In less than a decade Brighton & Hove Albion have evolved from a mid table League One side playing at a converted athletics stadium to fewer than 10,000 fans, to a Premier League club in waiting who call the state of the art 30,000 capacity Amex Stadium home. Brighton have been amongst the Championship promotion contenders in three of the [...]
Real Madrid 1, Manchester City 0 (Agg: 1-0): Pellegrini blames lack of creativity as City suffer European Bale-out May 4, 2016 Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini rued a lack of creative spark as his side meekly bowed out of the Champions League following an uninspiring showing against 10-time winners Real Madrid. Real set up a repeat of the 2014 final against La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid when former Tottenham forward Gareth Bale’s cross-cum-shot flew beyond City [...]
Russia’s Aeroflot trumps American heavyweights as the world’s most powerful airline brand February 14, 2017 Forget Emirates, American Airlines and British Airways. When it comes to the world's most powerful airline brand, another name has taken the crown. According to Brand Finance, which recently announced its annual Global 500 list featuring Lego, Google and co., Russian carrier Aeroflot is the world's most powerful airline brand. It carries an AAA brand rating [...]
All Star Lanes scores £3.5m strike after successful turnaround February 12, 2017 All Star Lanes has secured a £3.5m refinancing after a successful 2016 saw its underlying profits jump 39.5 per cent to £1.4m. The American-inspired ten-pin bowling chain has one branch in Manchester and four in London, including its recently reopened Brick Lane flagship location. Although the company was founded in 2006, it was only after [...]
London has been named the least friendly place in the UK again (but it’s getting friendlier) March 6, 2017 No prizes for guessing what the UK's unfriendliest city is: yep, yet again, London has been given the dubious honour. But new figures suggest the capital, which has just been ranked bottom in a list of the UK's 30 friendliest cities suggest the capital has become marginally more welcoming in the past six months: the study, [...]
Dominance of the big six has led to lack of spending in January transfer window January 18, 2017 Premier League clubs’ relative restraint during the current January transfer window is a result of the increasing dominance of the leading six clubs, according to a leading football finance expert. Flush from a new £8.3bn, three-year television deal, England’s top-flight teams spent a record £1.2bn on new signings in the summer, yet they have invested [...]
Amazon to create 1,000 new jobs in Manchester with launch of new fulfilment centre March 9, 2016 Amazon is creating 1,000 new jobs in Manchester, with the launch of a new fulfilment centre opening this autumn. The etailer said it would be recruiting for a range of positions, including operations managers to engineers, HR and IT roles to associates. It follows an announcement last month that it was creating a new hub at Coalville, Leicestershire, in [...]
Manchester City target Paul Pogba going nowhere insists Juventus director general Giuseppe Marotta March 24, 2016 Incoming Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola may have to forget about buying Paul Pogba this summer after a Juventus director insisted the midfielder was unlikely to leave. Bringing the former Manchester United player to the Etihad is believed to be one of Guardiola's top priorities this summer but Juventus director general Giuseppe Marotta insists Pogba [...]
Safe as houses? London property price growth will grind to a halt this year February 24, 2017 House price growth in London slowed to just 6.4 per cent in January – the lowest level for four years – and experts have predicted growth will grind to a halt at some point this year. The last time growth was so sluggish in the capital was June 2013, according to Hometrack's data. Read more: This [...]