Rangers’ finances “more positive” but club must increase season ticket sales and focus on youth June 2, 2015 Rangers' miserable 6-1 reversal to Motherwell on Sunday means the Glasgow giants have failed to win promotion for first time since the new Rangers company re-started life in the third division in 2012, and will play outside of the Scottish Premier League for at least another season. Read more: Four things you need to know from [...]
How the Grangemouth tough guys Jim Ratcliffe and Calum MacLean fell out March 31, 2015 When Ineos was founded in 1998, it was formed by Jim Ratcliffe in an £84m buyout of a chemicals firm. Sixteen years later, Ratcliffe and his team, including Calum MacLean, had built that into an industrial titan with operations in 16 countries and turnover of $54bn (£36bn) a year. An aggressive approach to acquisitions and [...]
FA Cup big guns look to have safe passage to the final April 16, 2015 FOLLOWING what has become a trademark poor start to the season, Arsenal fans can’t have too many complaints as the campaign draws to a close. The team is closing in on successive FA Cup trophies and, after eight straight league wins, hold on to the slim hope they can catch Chelsea in the race for [...]
Rihanna 1, Topshop 0: Singer wins t-shirt image legal battle against Arcadia January 22, 2015 The pop singer Rihanna has won a legal battle against high-street fashion favourite Topshop over a t-shirt. The Court of Appeal in London has upheld a previous ruling that the Arcadia retailer used an image of the singer on a top without her permission. While a celebrity's image can’t be trademarked, judges ruled that some people [...]
MW Solicitors law posters: There’s creative and there’s just plain scary December 11, 2014 And the award for scariest corporate graphics 2014 goes to… MW Solicitors. The firm has recently applied to trademark some new graphics, which it’s using on its homepage. The six images are used to identify the various branches of the firm’s services but we can’t help but find them a little bit, erm, freaky. [...]
US fruit and nut cases sour over Hershey’s ban on British-made Cadbury’s chocolate January 29, 2015 Life has become less sweet for lovers of British-made Cadbury’s chocolate in the US after Hershey struck a deal to prevent it being sold in the country. Hershey, which owns the licence to make and sell Cadbury products in the US – but with different recipes – struck a deal with Let’s Buy British (LBB) [...]
Mike Ashley and Rangers will face charges of failing “the best interests of football” next month January 28, 2015 The Scottish FA have set a date of March 2 for the hearing into charges against Mike Ashley and Rangers. Ashley will face two charges relating to his possible breach of the Scottish FA’s dual club ownership rules. The Sports Direct founder owns Newcastle United and also has an 8.96 per cent stake [...]
Richie Benaud’s iconic commentary captured in six videos April 10, 2015 Iconic cricket commentator and former Australia captain Richie Benaud has died aged 84, triggering an outpouring of tributes and reminiscences from cricket fans around the world. After a successful career on the field, in which he captained Australia in 28 tests and became the first cricketer to achieve a test match double of 2000 runs [...]
Hotel cancels Rangers’ shareholder meeting over Mike Ashley’s involvement following concerns about “significant disruption” February 10, 2015 The hotel that was to host the upcoming general meeting for Rangers shareholders has pulled out over fears it would result in “significant disruption” to other guests and neighbours. The meeting is expected to be something of a showdown between the club's shareholders and Mike Ashley, who recently lent Rangers more than £10m to [...]
Mike Ashley loans Rangers £10m which will be used to pay back loans from… Mike Ashley January 27, 2015 Rangers have agreed to take a £10m loan from Mike Ashley, which has been secured against the club's Murray Park training ground and registered trademarks. Ashley, who also owns Newcastle United, will take control of 26 per cent of the club's retail business as a result. The founder of Sports Direct has a 8.9 per [...]