Angry Spurs fans planning to step up Olympic protest January 18, 2011 TOTTENHAM supporters are planning sit-in protests if the club presses ahead with controversial plans to leave their home of 112 years and move five miles across London to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. Aggrieved fans desperate for Spurs to stay in their home borough say they are also considering boycotting games, as they and West [...]
Carlo: Angry Blues will put things right January 6, 2011 CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti claims his players have been left furious by a run of form which has seen them drop out of the title race. The Italian is understood to be safe from the ignominy of being sacked eight months on from leading the club to a historic double, despite presiding over a run [...]
PERSONAL FINANCE NEWS January 6, 2011 RATE WAR ON £7,500 LOANS The average interest rate charged on unsecured personal loans of £7,500 has dropped to 7.89 per cent, the lowest level since November 2008, according to a survey by moneysupermarket.com. The fall in rates is thanks to a price war between providers. Tim Moss, head of loans and debts at moneysupermarket.com, [...]
BORIS FUND BREAKFAST CLUB MEETS AT SAVOY December 7, 2010 LONDON mayor Boris Johnson played host to a star-studded launch for the corporate sponsors of the charitable Mayor’s Fund for London yesterday morning, with grandees of the City treated to an 8am poached egg and salmon breakfast in return for their paid-up membership of the London Business Club – an organisation for fund donors. The [...]
ITV rakes in £25m from X Factor final December 12, 2010 MATT Cardle may have lifted the X Factor crown last night but ITV was the real winner, hitting an advertising jackpot of £25m. An estimated 20m people tuned in to watch the final of Simon Cowell’s talent show, with ITV charging close to £250,000 for a 30 second advertising slot. Firms including Lloyds Banking Group, [...]
HMV pins its hopes on DVD Xmas sales October 26, 2010 MUSIC, games and books retailer HMV says releases of films such as Sex and the City 2 and Toy Story 3 will help its key Christmas period as it tries to bounce back from a disappointing start to the year. “All I can say about Christmas is that the release schedule in particular is looking [...]
HMV pins its hopes on DVD Xmas sales October 26, 2010 MUSIC, games and books retailer HMV says releases of films such as Sex and the City 2 and Toy Story 3 will help its key Christmas period as it tries to bounce back from a disappointing start to the year. “All I can say about Christmas is that the release schedule in particular is looking [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 14, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES LLOYDS TO SPIN OFF BUY-OUT ARM The private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group has for the first time outlined plans for the UK’s most prolific buy-out investor to spin off from its banking parent. Darryl Eales, chief executive of Lloyds TSB Development Capital, said it was expected to start raising money from [...]
Snow disturbs sales jump at Travis Perkins December 14, 2010 BUILDERS merchant Travis Perkins said yesterday that turnover for the year had risen 6.5 per cent, though the wintry weather has hit recent sales, as it completed its £558m takeover of BSS Group. The firm saw a jump in sales in the last two months to 30 November, although it said the snow and freezing [...]
Pessimism reigns but FTSE is set to disagree January 3, 2011 So hello and welcome to 2011. On the first day of the year I spent a few hours watching the Back to the Future trilogy, and having seen the predictions for the months ahead I wondered if I shouldn’t jump in the DeLorean and fly straight to 2012, just in time for the Olympics. It’s [...]