The rising star of online retail July 15, 2010 YOU’VE just given birth and one of the first things your husband asks you to do is to sign a cheque for your new boutique (Powder, based in Crouch End. ) That was Sarah Curran’s experience of the first hours of motherhood to son Jake, now seven-years old. It is no surprise that Curran says [...]
Hugh Hefner launches campaign to take Playboy empire private July 12, 2010 HUGH Hefner, the doyen of top-shelf magazines, has launched a bid to take his Playboy Enterprises empire private. The octogenarian mogul yesterday announced a proposal to buy out all of the outstanding shares in the group for $5.50 per share in cash, a premium of over 30 per cent, valuing the firm at around $185m [...]
Desmond may bid for Five July 11, 2010 EXPRESS Newspaper owner Richard Desmond has emerged as an unlikely frontrunner in the battle to buy Channel Five. The owner of adult channel Television X has made no secret of his desire to expand his media empire but this is the first time he has been linked to the struggling terrestrial broadcaster. It is understood [...]
Labour hits out at Sky tie-up plans July 7, 2010 LABOUR is gearing up to oppose Rupert Murdoch’s proposed £12bn takeover of satellite broadcaster BSkyB. Shadow culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has written to opposite number Jeremy Darroch demanding he launch an investigation into plans by News Corp. to acquire the 61 per cent of Sky it doesn’t already own. And a group of Labour MPs [...]
Labour hits out at Sky tie-up plans July 7, 2010 LABOUR is gearing up to oppose Rupert Murdoch’s proposed £12bn takeover of satellite broadcaster BSkyB. Shadow culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has written to opposite number Jeremy Darroch demanding he launch an investigation into plans by News Corp. to acquire the 61 per cent of Sky it doesn’t already own. And a group of Labour MPs [...]
Johnson hails axed captain Borthwick July 1, 2010 ENGLAND manager Martin Johnson admits dropping long-standing captain Steve Borthwick from his 32-man elite squad has been the hardest decision of his coaching career. Johnson installed Borthwick as skipper upon taking over in 2008 and stuck by him for two years, despite vociferous criticism of the Saracens lock’s international performances. But Borthwick’s injury in March [...]
BBC will cut gold-plated pension plans June 29, 2010 THE BBC hopes to plug its yawning £2bn pension deficit by introducing sweeping changes to its retirement scheme. The state broadcaster says it could save an astonishing third of the cost of its annual pension payments by introducing measures such as axing its lucrative final salary pension scheme to new employees. The scheme will remain open [...]
BBC will cut gold-plated pension plans June 29, 2010 THE BBC hopes to plug its yawning £2bn pension deficit by introducing sweeping changes to its retirement scheme. The state broadcaster says it could save an astonishing third of the cost of its annual pension payments by introducing measures such as axing its lucrative final salary pension scheme to new employees. The scheme will remain open [...]
Our problems lie deeper than knee-jerk reactions June 28, 2010 THE Football Association has not always been correct in its decision-making in the past, but its response to the criticism of Fabio Capello after a dismal World Cup campaign is common sense prevailing. It would have easy to make a rash decision in the heat of the moment after England’s woeful display against the Germans, [...]
Our problems lie deeper than knee-jerk reactions June 28, 2010 THE Football Association has not always been correct in its decision-making in the past, but its response to the criticism of Fabio Capello after a dismal World Cup campaign is common sense prevailing. It would have easy to make a rash decision in the heat of the moment after England’s woeful display against the Germans, [...]