Nova Hawk to land the Coronation for France June 16, 2011 WITH plenty more rain expected to fall at Ascot, it’s extremely hard to confidently predict what the official going description will be come race time this afternoon. I’m working on the basis that the ground will be good to soft, but you can monitor the situation by following me live from Ascot on Twitter @BillEsdaile. [...]
Cup kings Chelsea set for another win at Wembley May 3, 2012 CHELSEA vs LIVERPOOL Saturday – 5.15pm, ITV 1 TRADITION might have gone out the window when it comes to the scheduling of the FA Cup final, but there is still no other game quite like it. Playing the final a week early affected both Chelsea’s and Liverpool’s midweek Premier League fixtures, although at least it [...]
Rush for top job at KPMG January 11, 2012 KPMG, the audit and consulting group, is gearing up for a widely contested battle to succeed John Griffith-Jones as chairman of the firm’s UK unit. Sources have said that the race to replace Griffith-Jones, who is due to step down in September, has attracted up to as many as ten candidates with no obvious front-runner [...]
Rush for top job at KPMG January 11, 2012 KPMG, the audit and consulting group, is gearing up for a widely contested battle to succeed John Griffith-Jones as chairman of the firm’s UK unit. Sources have said that the race to replace Griffith-Jones, who is due to step down in September, has attracted up to as many as ten candidates with no obvious front-runner [...]
Inquest told Speed’s wife found him hanged at home November 29, 2011 AN INQUEST into the death of Wales manager Gary speed was told that the body of the 42-year-old was found hanged at his home in Cheshire by his wife. Detective Inspector Peter Lawless, of Cheshire Police, told Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinber there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances and a post mortem examination found Speed’s [...]
ITV “outperforming” advertising market November 14, 2011 ITV said it expected to outperform the wider television advertising market in 2011 after reporting better than expected trading in the third quarter. The broadcaster, home to such shows as the “X Factor” and “Coronation Street,” said on Monday net advertising revenues in the three months through September were up one per cent, compared with [...]
Hurray! Put on your Zuckerberg masks – it’s Facebook day! September 21, 2011 IT’S Facebook day! Put on your cut-out Mark Zuckerberg masks. Celebrate by poking your colleagues; remember – you can’t be taken to a tribunal on Facebook day. Today, of course, being the F8 (fate, see) conference in San Fransisco where the social network will layout the next stage in its plans for world domination. Later [...]
Hurray! Put on your Zuckerberg masks – it’s Facebook day! September 21, 2011 IT’S Facebook day! Put on your cut-out Mark Zuckerberg masks. Celebrate by poking your colleagues; remember – you can’t be taken to a tribunal on Facebook day. Today, of course, being the F8 (fate, see) conference in San Fransisco where the social network will layout the next stage in its plans for world domination. Later [...]
ITV ad sales down but forecasts pick up in market July 27, 2011 ITV reported a six per cent drop in second-quarter national advertising revenue and saw the decline continuing as it remained cautious about the TV ad market and the economy. The company, which is one year into a five-year transformation plan under new management, reported a four per cent increase in total external revenue to £1.03bn [...]
ITV ad sales down but forecasts pick up in market July 27, 2011 ITV reported a six per cent drop in second-quarter national advertising revenue and saw the decline continuing as it remained cautious about the TV ad market and the economy. The company, which is one year into a five-year transformation plan under new management, reported a four per cent increase in total external revenue to £1.03bn [...]