Premier Inn owner Whitbread hails improved Germany sales as London bookings falter June 18, 2024 Premier Inn and Beefeater owner Whitbread saw sales at its German hotels improve slightly, partially offsetting its stagnant occupancy rates in the UK.
US Open golf leaderboard in full ahead of Sunday round at Pinehurst June 16, 2024 LIV Golf League competitor Bryson DeChambeau leads the US Open after round three, three shots ahead of the chasers at the difficult Course No2 at Pinehurst. Only four golfers in the history of the US Open have finished their fourth round on Sunday under par, three of those coming in 2014. Pinehurst is seen as [...]
Euro 2024 squad value: How much is each team worth? June 14, 2024 It’s fair to say football is awash with cash. And these Euro 2024 Championships in Germany are no different. While there is money swimming around in sponsorship and broadcast deals and in prize money, the squad valuations across the 24 teams show the huge differences between sides. But, of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean success. [...]
Redgrave backs Brits to row their way to Paris 2024 gold June 14, 2024 Sir Steve Redgrave has backed Britain’s rowers to top the medal table at Paris 2024 just three years after their worst Olympic showing in nearly 50 years. In Tokyo, Team GB won just two medals in rowing, a silver, and a bronze, leaving them down in 14th position in the sport, failing to win a gold medal for [...]
Euro 2024 sweepstake: Who will win the City A.M. Euros title? June 14, 2024 City A.M. towers has Euro 2024 fever and to celebrate we have gone all in with a sweepstake, with Jameson’s prizes on the line. Journalists and editorial drew from the hat. Some were overjoyed, others expressed despair, as they revealed their country to the City A.M. TikTok account. Euro 2024 Group A will see our [...]
Remembering the battle of Mount Longdon June 12, 2024 Standing solemnly in silent contemplation at the Aldershot Military Cemetery, soaking in the summer sunshine, eternity faces me carved in stone – a reality so far removed from the bravado of war or the romance of its poets that it jolts. Here, as close to that poetic earth referred to as “forever England” as I [...]
Aston Martin Vantage: Driving the orange beast through Seville June 10, 2024 The brand new Aston Martin Vantage is a sports car like no other, finds Adam Hay-Nicholls as he throws it through Seville
Discount retailer B&M beats ‘lockdown peak’ but shares slip as analysts left with ‘more questions than answers’ June 5, 2024 Bargain retailer B&M has exceeded its “lockdown peak” as the firm reveals it is trading at the higher end of its guidance thanks to Brits sniffing out a bargain
This is Sparta Global. This is tech talent’s future June 4, 2024 There’s a huge shortage of emerging and diverse talent in the UK’s tech sector, yet only 19% of UK tech workers are women, 30% lower than in all other jobs and only 15% are from ethnically diverse backgrounds, despite the sector expanding at three times the speed of the rest of the UK economy. “The [...]
Frankie & Benny’s: Why this failing chain still holds a place in my heart June 4, 2024 Frankie & Benny's may be crap but my childhood self remains sitting in one of those booths, smile stained red