Former Manchester United CEO to help grow Teneo’s sport business Sport Business Former Manchester United chief executive Richard Arnold has joined Teneo, the global consultancy has confirmed. Arnold, 57, has been named non-executive chairman of Teneo’s Financial Advisory Sports Practice and will work across the company’s sports, media and entertainment clients, who include World Rugby, Castore and the Ambani family’s Reliance Industries. “As we continue to build [...]
Mark Kleinman: Ratcliffe’s cost-cutting results in Manchester Disunited Business Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column. This week, he tackles Ratcliffe’s own goal, Shawbrook setting the tone and a FTSE 100 Doomsday clash over pay Ratcliffe’s cost-cutting results in Manchester Disunited Sir Jim Ratcliffe might not like to admit it, but 2024 [...]
Ineos and Ratcliffe wait for more sporting success goes on after America’s Cup loss Sport Business In late August City AM asked whether Ben Ainslie and Ineos Britannia could bring the America’s Cup home for the first time in British sailing history. On Saturday we got our answer. No. Emirates Team New Zealand retained the America’s Cup by 7-2 and became the first team to win the Auld Mug on three [...]
Sailing’s coming home? Behind the scenes at Ineos Britannia’s bid for America’s Cup August 28, 2024 Talking to a cyclor called Shrek wasn’t top of the to-do list when City A.M. was given access to the Ineos Britannia base in Barcelona ahead of the 37th America’s Cup. The iconic sailing contest, which starts in earnest on Thursday, dates back to 1851 when it was hosted in Britain, won by our friends [...]
Ben Ainslie on America’s Cup, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and backing Ineos Britannia August 8, 2024 Ineos Britannia is a boat designed to do something Great Britain has never done before: win the America’s Cup. It is the oldest international sporting trophy in the world and is very, very expensive to win – an America’s Cup boat can cost upwards of $10m. Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has put his considerable [...]