Caviar for breakfast, lunch and dinner: On board the world’s only luxury icebreaker with Alain Ducasse
Caviar for breakfast, lunch and dinner: On board the world’s only luxury icebreaker with Alain Ducasse
The burden of business rates falls unfairly on the West End April 4, 2019 This week, UK retailers received one of their biggest tax bills of the year. The consequences of the 2017 revaluation of business rates will again be felt, with a further hike of nearly 50 per cent for some companies. Retailers in London’s West End and Mayfair will once again be hardest hit, paying the lion’s [...]
Debate: Should investors panic about a US recession after the Treasury bond yield curve inverted? April 4, 2019 Should investors panic about a US recession after the Treasury bond yield curve inverted? Yes, says Michael Horan, head of trading at Pershing EMEA. The inversion has been on the cards since December last year. The yield curve represents real investors, putting real money to work, and at the moment, they are willing to accept [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Big fan of George’s Du Seuil in hot four-year-old hurdle April 3, 2019 WITH Band Of Outlaws and Pentland Hills both lining up in today’s Grade One Doom Bar Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle (2.20pm), this race appears to be a straight match-up between the two. The bookies are struggling to split this year’s Fred Winter and Triumph Hurdle winners at around 6/4, and if they both reproduce their [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: La Bague Au Roi can put her Manifesto rivals to the sword April 3, 2019 IT REALLY was such a brave decision to bypass this year’s Cheltenham Festival with LA BAGUE AU ROI and her connections deserve to be rewarded in this afternoon’s Devenish Manifesto Novices’ Chase (1.45pm). Warren Greatrex’s eight-year-old mare has arguably been the star of the novice chasing division so far this campaign, rattling off four straight [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: All I’m asking is for a little Respect in Betway Bowl April 3, 2019 ASK ANYBODY on the street to name one horse race and you can be pretty sure the vast majority will say the Grand National. There is no race quite like it, but Aintree have done a great job to make the rest of the Randox Health Grand National Festival so popular. Fun is the name [...]
David Pipe looks at the chances of his Aintree team April 3, 2019 WE said goodbye to a couple of our stable stars earlier this week when we retired former Cheltenham Festival winners Un Temps Pour Tout and Moon Racer. Both had terrific careers and we wish them a long and happy retirement. Hopefully we can find suitable replacements for them and here’s hoping our City Syndicate recruits [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Supasundae the each-way play against Buveur April 3, 2019 AS LONG as he is none the worse for his early fall in last month’s Unibet Champion Hurdle, Buveur D’Air should take all the beating in this afternoon’s Betway Aintree Hurdle (3.25pm). It was the first time in 21 starts under rules that Nicky Henderson’s eight-year-old has ended up on the floor and I suppose [...]
Chris Tremlett: Surrey’s squad depth makes them favourites to retain their County Championship title April 3, 2019 There are so many factors and variables which go into a County Championship season, but looking at the squads I think Surrey must be considered favourites to defend their title. The first round of Division One fixtures begin on Friday, although Surrey kick off their campaign at home to Essex next week, and conditions, injuries [...]
DEBATE: Should the audit and consultancy arms of the Big Four firms be divided, as proposed by MPs? April 3, 2019 Should the audit and consultancy arms of the Big Four firms be divided, as proposed by MPs? YES, says Rachel Reeves MP, chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee. We have two major problems in the audit market today: a lack of competition and quality. The Big Four’s dominance has led to a precarious [...]
If there is something fishy about online influencers, why do we take the bait? April 3, 2019 Social media influencer, Yovana Mendoza, provided an amusing diversion from Brexit last week. The 20-something vlogger built a very lucrative personal brand around veganism. She amassed over 3m followers on YouTube and Instagram by advocating a raw vegan diet and 25-day water fasts. All seemed to be going well until a competitor observed and filmed [...]