My support makes me feel part of a big family May 20, 2010 IT’S been a difficult week for everyone here at Saracens, and with the Premiership final with Leicester just eight days away, you could say the timing might have been better. But, on the positive side, it’s brought everyone closer together, like one big family, and that makes me extremely proud as head coach. On Tuesday, [...]
Fast and furious – all in a day’s work May 20, 2010 IT’S not all breakneck speeds, multi-million dollar contracts and being sprayed with champagne. Okay, there is rather a lot of all that, but peer into the paddock of an F1 team and you will also find dozens of dedicated individuals beavering away at their jobs. I went behind the scenes at a grand prix to [...]
Hartley injury a blow for England May 20, 2010 ENGLAND team boss Martin Johnson has suffered his first blow of the summer after hooker Dylan Hartley was ruled out of the forthcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand with a knee injury. The 24-year-old went over on his knee during Northampton’s 21-19 Premiership semi-final defeat to Saracens last weekend and now faces a battle [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF May 20, 2010 Els slips up on own design GOLF: Ernie Els was left to rue his own design changes after his BMW PGA Championship bid hit the buffers at Wentworth yesterday. The South African found the new water ditch on the controversial 18th hole of the West Course, which he has recently finished redesigning. It took him [...]
High Court lifts BA strike ban May 20, 2010 UNITE has won an appeal against a high court order banning a strike by BA cabin crew staff. BA was granted an injunction on Monday after the court ruled that the Unite union had not reported results of its strike ballot correctly to members. But Unite appealed against the decision, and the panel ruled 2-1 [...]
Car production soars by 44pc May 20, 2010 CAR production in Britain jumped by 44 per cent in April compared with the same month last year. A total of 98,290 cars were made in the month as the industry emerged from recession. Commercial vehicle production also rose – increasing 40.8 per cent to 10,777, according to the society of motoring Manufacturers and Traders. [...]
Mothercare raises dividend despite flat profit May 20, 2010 MOTHERCARE posted flat profit for the year but raised its dividend 16 per cent and said it was well placed to drive forward. The group, which trades from over 1,100 stores in 52 countries, said it made an underlying pre-tax profit of £37.2m for the year to 27 March. Group sales increased 5.9 per cent [...]
Dubai World in debt restructure deal May 20, 2010 DUBAI World, the state-owned conglomerate, has reached an agreement “in principle” with most of its bank lenders to restructure debt worth $23.5bn (£16.4bn). It said in a statement it would be left with debts of $14.4bn after the restructuring. Dubai World asked for a six-month delay on debt repayments in a move which shook world [...]
National Grid in £3.2bn rights issue May 20, 2010 NATIONAL Grid has said that it will launch a £3.2bn rights issue. The company’s two for five issue will see 990.4m new shares at 335 pence each. National Grid will use the money raised for a “significant increase in UK capital investment”, it said in a statement. It is also aimed at maintaining the company’s [...]
Osborne unveils company tax cut May 20, 2010 POLITICAL EDITOR GEORGE Osborne yesterday said he would lower the headline rate of corporation tax, but bowed to pressure from his Liberal Democrat coalition partners and promised to protect manufacturing allowances. In his first major speech as chancellor, Osborne said he would use an emergency Budget on 22 June to kick-start a five-year plan to [...]
