Crystal Palace v Man City: Tough assignment for City ahead of Juve showdown September 10, 2015 While the champions have made a sluggish start, the same cannot be said about Manchester City who are the champions-elect if you go by Betway’s 4/9 quote for the league. Manuel Pellegrini’s men were hugely disappointing last campaign. However, they’ve fired out of the starting blocks, winning four out of four and still yet to [...]
Maximum excitement on player card minutes September 10, 2015 A SHOCKING start to the season – by their standards at least – shows just why Jose Mourinho sent his SOS to John Stones. With Everton standing firm and refusing to sell their prize asset, the centre back will be at the centre of attention when the Toffees welcome Chelsea to Goodison Park tomorrow lunchtime. [...]
MartinCo bucks General Election uncertainty with 50 per cent surge in half-year profits September 10, 2015 SHARES in MartinCo rallied yesterday after the residential lettings and estate agency posted a 48 per cent jump in half-year sales, boosted by its acquisition of Xperience. The Aim-listed firm, which manages 44,000 properties across 284 offices, has been focused on growing its estate agency business after previously being focussed on lettings. In 2013, MartinCo [...]
Reforms spark frenzy of offices turned into flats September 10, 2015 CHANGES introduced by the government to make it easier to convert offices into residential properties helped to create around 7,600 homes in England last year at the expense of 6m square feet of office space, new research shows. In 2013, the coalition government introduced new rights allowing office buildings to be converted to residential without [...]
Goals Soccer Centres issues profit warning September 10, 2015 SHARES in Aim-listed Goals Soccer Centres plunged 16 per cent last night after the company issued a profit warning, as people cancelled bookings at its five-aside football pitches and went on holiday instead. The company, which has 46 centres in the UK, said like-for-like sales over the last nine weeks dropped 10 per cent, blaming [...]
Can you get this Plymouth graduate a job? International student touts for work outside Canary Wharf station September 10, 2015 There's a growing trend for touting one’s talents at Tube stations. It started last year, when new graduate Alfred Ajani was struggling to find a job, so took a hands-on approach and stood outside Waterloo station during rush hour until nabbing his first job at recruiter Asoria Group. Since then, the stunt has [...]
Hargreaves hit by industry levy and regulations September 10, 2015 HARGREAVES Lansdown yesterday announced profits before tax were down five per cent to £199.1m. This despite a record £55.2bn-worth of assets under administration – investments managed by the company for the clients – enjoyed an 18 per cent increase in the year to 30 June 2015. Chairman Michael Evans cited the “unforeseen” increase in the [...]
Candidate Lammy: Met police not visible enough September 10, 2015 METROPOLITAN Police offers need to be more “visible” to fight crime in the capital, according to a new report of from the Policy Exchange think tank and Labour mayoral hopeful David Lammy. The new report says that the Met has just over 10 per cent of its officers “visible and available” to the public – [...]
Mattioli Woods reports rise in profits as it buys rival Taylor Patterson September 10, 2015 Mattioli Woods yesterday reported higher pre-tax profit on the back of new pensions freedoms in the UK. The wealth management and employee benefits business also announced that it has agreed to acquire rival Taylor Patterson Group for up to £8.3m as it looks to expand. In a statement, Mattioli Woods said it made a £5.3m [...]
Greece’s debt crisis: What’s a Greek earn? A lot less than last year September 10, 2015 With deflation entrenched, its industrial base shrinking and a tough new bailout to service, Greece’s economy is heading for another fall with even those of its citizens lucky enough to be in work poorer than at any time since 2001. Given that gloomy backdrop the main party leaders, campaigning for what looks certain to [...]
