Horse Racing Betting Tips: Battaash out to blow Abbaye rivals away for a second time October 4, 2018 WHEN the Charlie Hills-trained BATTAASH is on his A-game, there isn’t a better turf sprinter in the world, and he can bounce back in Sunday’s Prix de L’Abbaye (4.35pm). For whatever reason, he hasn’t performed at his best in the last two renewals of the Nunthorpe at York, having looked unbeatable on his previous starts [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Classy Chimes to put the Wind in Fabre’s sail October 4, 2018 WITH the eyes of the racing world firmly fixed on Paris and Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe meeting, it’s a bit rich that the French trainers want to come over here and plunder the UK’s only Group One prize this weekend. But that’s exactly what they’ve been doing in recent years in the Sun [...]
Here’s how to capitalise on the freelance revolution October 4, 2018 By 2020, half of the UK’s workforce will be freelance. It’s a staggering shift. Or is it? We shouldn’t actually be that surprised, as we’re at the start of the next work revolution. Employee disenchantment with the corporate lifestyle – marked by long and stressful days, poor work-life balance, and salaries not keeping pace with [...]
Power powder Huel gets £20m fuel boost to keep up growth October 4, 2018 Huel, the ‘nutritionally complete’ food that aims to replace a regular diet with an all-in-one powdered meal, has raised £20m in investment to continue its rapid growth. In UK-based Huel’s first external investment since its launch in 2015, tech investor Highland Europe gave the money to power the powder’s international advance. Read more: No-deal Brexit [...]
Travelodge targets conferences centre attendees in £100m push to open new business-friendly hotels across the UK October 4, 2018 Travelodge is set to invest £100m in establishing new hotels aimed at the UK’s growing conference sector. The budget hotel chain said it would add 10 hotels close to conference centres to its portfolio. Read more: EU to decide on Radisson hotels sale to Jin Jiang in November It is targeting three locations in London and [...]
UK commuters shun season tickets for eighth consecutive quarter but rail travel rises October 4, 2018 UK commuters turned away from season tickets for the eighth consecutive quarter between April and June this year, as rail fares hikes makes regular travel more expensive and working patterns become more flexible. According to data from rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the number of season ticket journeys fell by 1.7 per cent [...]
Someone’s redesigned London’s Tube map to show what salary you need to afford a flat at any station October 4, 2018 Have you ever wondered how much you’d need to earn to buy a flat in London? Then fear not – Totally Money has redrawn London’s Tube map to help you on your way – or entirely crush your home owning dreams, more likely. Read more: Millennial home ownership slides as affordability crisis worsens Even if [...]
US indicts seven Russian agents accused in doping scandal cyber attack October 4, 2018 The FBI today said it has indicted seven Russian military intelligence (GRU) agents on allegations of conspiring to hack into computer equipment and steal information from a range of global sporting agencies, after Russia was condemned over a state-sponsored doping scheme. The charges, which include wire fraud and conspiracy to commit computer fraud and money laundering, [...]
Former footballer Scott Ward launches new scheme with EY to support retiring athletes October 4, 2018 One of the lowest points of Scott Ward’s career came when he was without a contract and training with Millwall, hoping to rebuild his fitness after leaving boyhood club Luton Town. Ward bumped into a group of his former Luton team-mates while walking down the high street, but when they asked what he was doing [...]
Johnny English Strikes Again review: More than ever this half-arsed spy spoof feels lazily out of touch October 4, 2018 Here’s why Mr Bean is funny and Johnny English is not. The former character is comically inept, but morally pure. In the opening sequence, Mr. Bean literally descends to Earth in a beam of light, as though ejected from the Pantheon, or deposited by an intergalactic spaceship. A choir sings “ecce homo qui est faba”, [...]