Season ticket holders hit by May timetable chaos have a month to claim compensation September 25, 2018 Eligible season ticket holders affected by the May timetable disruption have until 30 November to reclaim compensation. Embattled operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has opened the second phase of its compensation scheme for passengers who were hit with cancellations and delays arising from the timetable overhaul in May. GTR, which operates Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and [...]
Cost-cutting overhaul unveiled as McCarthy & Stone shares climb September 25, 2018 McCarthy & Stone shares climbed more than seven per cent in morning trading, after the retirement housebuilder unveiled a new direction which is to focus more on cost-cutting and less on expansion. As part of the overhaul the FTSE 250 firm said that John Tonkiss, the company’s chief operating officer, will take over as [...]
Swedish Prime Minister ousted in no-confidence vote September 25, 2018 Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a no-confidence vote in parliament this morning, but said he is not afraid of a re-run of September’s closely fought election. That election resulted in a hung parliament, which led to today's vote in which 204 of the country’s 349 MPs called for the Prime Minister’s resignation this morning, a [...]
Hummingbird Electric bike review: The world’s lightest foldable electric bike is a beautiful piece of engineering September 25, 2018 It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that the very first electric bikes were as big as houses, cost hundreds of thousands of pounds and needed to be recharged every 300ft. But since their advent, the underlying technology has been continually refined and improved. Electric bikes have become smaller and lighter. Batteries have become more [...]
What’s Next? Questions remain over autumn results after retailer’s summer boost September 25, 2018 | City Talk There’s been no shortage of negative headlines surrounding UK retail in recent weeks with the woes of the sector hitting some high profile names in recent months including House of Fraser, Moss Bros last week, and John Lewis surprising the markets in reporting huge drops in profits. Earlier this year Next warned that trading conditions [...]
Shares in online spread betting platform CMC Markets tumble due to increased regulation September 25, 2018 Shares in online spread betting company CMC Markets have tumbled after it said tighter regulation and low market volatility had hit trading activity. The company's share price dropped more than 12 per cent after the trading update warned income for 2019 would be lower than expected. European regulators tightened controls on the retail online [...]
Theatre promoter Reach4entertainment revenues drop in first half after difficult 2017 September 25, 2018 Investors were not giving theatre communications group Reach4entertainment a standing ovation this morning as shares dropped after it reported declining revenues. Its share price lost 1.75 per cent in early trading after it said revenues were on the decline after a difficult 2017. The figures Revenue slipped from £41.9m the same time last year to £36m for [...]
British American Tobacco names company man as new boss September 25, 2018 British American Tobacco has named company man Jack Bowles as the successor to outgoing chief executive Nicandro Durante. Last week Durante announced his intention to step down as boss of the tobacco giant after 37 years in charge. Bowles, currently chief operation officer of BAT's international business, will take over in March but become chief [...]
Sam Torrance: Tiger Woods’s second coming is here and he is capable of anything now September 24, 2018 I think we can safely say that Tiger Woods is back. Five years and several rounds of surgery on from his previous win, he stood up and batted off all of his rivals at the Tour Championship on Sunday – just as he always used to. He was magnificent, it is huge for golf [...]
21 Lessons for the 21st Century review: It’s Yuval Noah Harari at his best, but not as you know him September 24, 2018 Created by the man behind two of the best-selling books in recent years Sapiens and Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book 21 Lessons is a compilation of several loose essays that he has penned for the likes of Bloomberg, the New York Times et al. Intended as a teaching on the world we [...]