Aviva sign deal worth £4.5m per season for major stadium Sport Business Insurance giant Aviva has extended its stadium sponsorship agreement for Dublin’s Aviva Stadium through until 2030 in a deal reportedly worth around £4.5m per season. The 51,000-capacity Lansdowne Road site has been sponsored by the London headquartered insurance firm since 2010 and the new deal – with the Irish rugby and football unions – is [...]
Macedonian Thrace Brewery: Dutch Court to Quantify Damages Owed by Heineken N.V. for Its Proven Market Abuses in Greece Amsterdam District Court will decide how much Heineken N.V. has to pay to Macedonian Thrace Brewery (MTB) for years of anti-competitive conduct in the Greek beer market Hearing this week marks the culmination of a decade-long dispute, and follows multiple rulings that confirmed Heineken’s liability and the Netherlands as the proper forum for the claim MTB’s follow-on damages claim, initially filed in 2017, has withstood all procedural attempts by Heineken to dodge liability for the actions of Athenian Brewery, its Greek subsidiary Athenian Brewery, was fined €31.5 million by Greece’s competition authority for unlawfully pressuring wholesalers and retailers to favour its brands The case is being closely watched by independent brewers across Europe, with MTB seeking more than €180 million in damages from the beer giant.
745 Game for MND raises £110,000 as rugby union and league come together Sport Business Legends of rugby union and league clashed on Sunday as the 745 Game raised £110,000 to help fight motor neurone disease. The match, played at Prem Rugby club Gloucester’s Kingsholm Stadium, saw the likes of Mike Tindall run out while figures including Jonny Wilkinson watched from the sidelines. It was won 43-45 by Team Burrow. [...]
Prince Harry’s love letter to Britishness is thin gruel November 10, 2025 Prince Harry has never posed as a deep thinker, but his paean to “banter” written from his mansion in Montecito is beyond a joke, says Eliot Wilson If immigration is one of the most contentious subjects in contemporary British politics, then British identity is in turn one of its knottiest elements. What does it mean [...]
The evolving D&O risk landscape November 10, 2025 Growing management liability exposures and rising claims have increased the focus on effective D&O policies backed by effective D&O insurance carriers, ensuring company directors and officers are adequately covered for these risks. Amid continuing economic uncertainty, company directors and officers (D&Os) are under increasing pressure to keep their businesses profitable and continue making returns to [...]
Labour should pull it’s Employment Rights Bill before it becomes the Unemployment Act November 6, 2025 Labour’s new law will mean a new starter can show up at work at 9am and file a costly claim against their boss by lunchtime, says Andrew Griffith MPs debated amendments to Labour’s so-called Employment Rights Bill yesterday. Employers are dreading this Bill. Written by and for the trade unions, it poses a dire threat to businesses [...]
London office starts lowest in 15 years November 6, 2025 New starts on London office developments have fallen to their lowest level since 2010, City AM can reveal, as stubbornly high interest rates and thorny planning laws continue to blight construction in the capital. In the 12 months to October, construction got under way on just 2.5m square feet (sq/ft) of London office space, less [...]
IGI Announces New 5 Million Common Share Repurchase Authorization November 5, 2025 International General Insurance Holdings Ltd. (“IGI” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: IGIC) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new repurchase authorization of up 5 million of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock. This new common share repurchase authorization replaces the previous 7.5 million authorization which has been exhausted. Repurchases, which are [...]
Fifa casts net as Budweiser Uefa talks throw World Cup contract into doubt November 5, 2025 Fifa has begun exploratory talks with other alcohol companies as a contingency measure in case long-term partner AB InBev, maker of Budweiser, opts against extending its contract as the world governing body’s official beer supplier after next year’s World Cup. AB InBev’s flagship brand Budweiser has been the official World Cup beer since the 1986 [...]
On this day: The Gunpowder Plot November 5, 2025 Remember, remember… on this day in 1605 Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament was foiled Today 420 years ago was supposed to see the State Opening of the Parliament for its second session. The 100-day first session had been frustrating and fruitless: a new king from a [...]