Pattinson injury adds to Aussie’s Ashes troubles July 22, 2013 AUSTRALIA’S turbulent tour took another twist last night, after seam bowler James Pattinson was ruled out of the remainder of the Ashes series with a back injury leaving coach Darren Lehmann to ponder selecting two spinners for the third Test at Old Trafford next week, The Baggy Green trail England 2-0 and have not overturned [...]
Cockcroft secures sprint double July 22, 2013 ATHLETICS: Double Paralympic champion Hannah Cockcroft won her second gold medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon yesterday, with victory in the T34 100m in a new championship record 17.88 seconds.
Injured Tommey out of a coma July 22, 2013 HORSE RACING: Jockey Brian Toomey, 24, is out of a coma and able to move his arms and legs, following a serious fall at Perth racecourse on 4 July.
UK economy heats up July 21, 2013 THE UK ECONOMY looks set to finally record robust growth this week, after a bundle of positive indicators from consumers and firms this morning all point to an expanding economy. All five of the latest surveys are positive, continuing a run of steadily strengthening data over the past few months and bolstering hopes that Thursday’s [...]
British companies invited to join Whitehall wargames July 21, 2013 BRITISH businesses have been invited to rehearse their response to overseas terrorist attacks with top foreign office officials, under plans announced by foreign secretary William Hague. Companies that work in dangerous regions, such as energy firms, will now be able to take part in so-called table top war games that are designed to simulate and [...]
Bad City regulation may hit growth and cost jobs July 21, 2013 MESSY and uncoordinated financial regulation risks stifling the industry, slowing the economy and costing tens of thousands of British jobs, analysts at PwC warn in a report out today. The analysts fear conflicting aims in regulation, for instance pushing banks to both build up capital levels and to lend more at the same time undermines [...]
How hidden taxes and levies are pushing up UK house prices July 21, 2013 BRITAIN’S housing market is broken: inane planning rules mean that not enough new homes are being built. Growing demand (in part bolstered artificially by the coalition’s silly funding for lending and help to buy policies) combined with a supply that is growing only feebly is pushing up prices in and around London and risks turning [...]
British firms pay billions due to EU bureaucracy July 21, 2013 EUROPEAN Union red tape is costing British businesses billions of pounds a year, according to evidence submitted to a Whitehall review of the organisation that is due to be published this week. Business groups have told the inquiry that 400 new EU laws have been introduced in the last three years, costing UK firms more [...]
David Cameron hints at tax cuts July 21, 2013 The Prime Minister has said that he would like to start cutting taxes as the economy begins to improve. Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show yesterday, David Cameron refused to rule out tax rises after the next election but said his aim was to “give people back some of their hard-earned money”. Chancellor George [...]
Digital economy size in question July 21, 2013 Britain’s digital economy is far bigger than official estimates, according to National Institute for Economic and Social Research (Niesr). The report, commissioned by Google, tracked digital footprints left by companies online to measure the business environment. It found at least 270,000 companies form the digital economy – well above the previous estimate of 188,000.
