NMC Healthcare raises guidance after Saudi Arabia pension fund deal May 28, 2019 NMC Healthcare's share price rose more than seven per cent today after the Abu Dhabi-based company raised its full-year guidance on the back of a partnership with Saudi Arabia’s state-run pension fund. Read more: NMC Health shares soar following Aspen acquisition and profits rise The private hospital and care provider now expects sales of between $2.5bn [...]
Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant empire returns to profit despite tough market conditions May 28, 2019 Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant empire has returned to profit despite challenging conditions in the casual dining sector. Ramsay’s company made a pre-tax profit of £500,000 in the year to August 2018 after reporting a £3.8m loss in 2017 due to legal costs and the closure of its Plane Food branch at Heathrow, which lasted [...]
In commercial television, image is everything May 28, 2019 It was Andre Agassi who brought us the phrase “Image is everything”. He was chasing the corporate dollar of camera giant Canon when he uttered the immortal words, which he soon found being shouted back to him on the tennis court. Three words, three commonplace words, but, strung together at that moment in the late 1980s [...]
Dutch flag carrier airline KLM Royal Dutch to partly use low-emission aviation fuel May 28, 2019 The Netherlands’ flagship airline is to pump millions of euros into building Europe’s first factory for producing sustainable aircraft fuel on an industrial scale. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said the plant would use regional waste and excess materials such as cooking oil to make bio-kerosene. Using this rather than standard plane fuel reduces CO2 emissions [...]
Live TV still the top choice for Brits despite rise of on-demand viewing May 28, 2019 Broadcast live TV is still the go-to option for Brits when deciding what to watch, despite the surge in popularity of on-demand services, a new survey has revealed. More than two-fifths of the UK population still always turn to live TV in the first instance, making traditional broadcasters the most popular choice, according to research [...]
P&O Ferries sues government for £33m over Eurotunnel settlement fallout May 28, 2019 P&O Ferries is suing the government for £33m over its decision to settle a challenge against its no-deal Brexit ferry contracts. P&O wants the government to cancel the £33m it paid out to rival operator Eurotunnel, which challenged the Department for Transport's (DfT) decision to award a contract for ferries in a no-deal Brexit to [...]
London Stansted is the UK’s worst airport for flight delays May 28, 2019 Flights departing from UK airports were subject to delays of an average of 16 minutes last year, with London Stansted airport topping the list. Read more: Heathrow Airport sees April passenger numbers soar to 6.8m Planes leaving Stansted airport were delayed by 25 minutes on average in 2018, an analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data [...]
Tony Blair: Jeremy Corbyn made ‘same mistake’ on Brexit as Theresa May May 28, 2019 Tony Blair has blamed Jeremy Corbyn's lack of clarity for Labour’s disastrous performance in the European elections, saying he made the “same mistake” as Theresa May in trying to “sit on the fence” on Brexit. Read more: Alastair Campbell expelled from the Labour Party Despite admitting to having voted Labour “without any great enthusiasm” on [...]
Gloomy UK drags down economic confidence in the EU May 28, 2019 Economic sentiment in the UK fell dramatically in May as confidence in the industry sector hit its lowest level in 11 months, according to figures from the European Commission. Read more: UK business confidence lowest since 2012, says BDO British gloom held down sentiment in the European Union as a whole, with the Commission’s economic [...]
Alastair Campbell expelled from the Labour Party May 28, 2019 Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell has been kicked out of the Labour Party. Campbell, who helped mastermind Labour’s 1997 general election landslide victory, revealed on Sunday he voted for the Lib Dems in the European elections as he supported the party’s anti-Brexit stance. He took to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon to confirm he [...]