Zac Goldsmith will stay a Tory in London mayoral race despite Heathrow airport expansion plans September 3, 2015 Zac Goldsmith yesterday confirmed that he will stay in the Conservative party and remain on the mayoral ballot if the government backs the expansion of Heathrow airport. Goldsmith, the MP for Richmond Park, is widely seen as the front-runner for the Conservative candidacy in a field that also includes London MEP Syed Kamall, deputy mayor [...]
Pensioners shun Lamborghini lifestyle as savers opt for sound investments September 3, 2015 Fears that savers would blow their pension pots after new freedoms were introduced have failed to materialise, according to new figures that show Brits opting for sounder investments. Savers took £2.5bn out of their pensions, about £27m a day, during three months following new rules that came into place in April. Yet, during the [...]
Spurs fight back over Saido Berahino as Daniel Levy goes to war with Peace September 3, 2015 Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has hit back at West Brom counterpart Jeremy Peace and accused him of disrespect as the war of words over striker Saido Berahino escalated yesterday. Peace turned down four Spurs bids for Berahino, two of them on Tuesday hours before the transfer deadline, and suggested that Levy had unsettled the 22-year-old [...]
You’ll either be knighted if you win or you’ll be Guy Fawkes if you lose… September 3, 2015 Harlequins boss Conor O’Shea tells Ross McLean his Rugby World Cup message to Chris Robshaw ENGLAND’S performance at this month’s World Cup will either immortalise skipper Chris Robshaw or taint his reputation gravely, according to his club boss and Harlequins director of rugby Conor O’Shea. Robshaw had a solitary cap to his name when interim [...]
Look who’s back… Brooks to head up news UK September 2, 2015 News UK, the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s publishing giant News Corp, yesterday confirmed it has appointed Rebekah Brooks as its chief executive. Brooks left the company under a cloud four years ago at the height of the phone hacking scandal, but was cleared of all charges last year. Her re-appointment to the role [...]
Drinkers pay net tax of £7bn: It’s time to stop pretending they’re a burden on taxpayers September 2, 2015 Teetotallers should raise a glass of sparkling water to Britain’s drinkers, who are subsidising the Treasury to the tune of £6.5bn a year according to a think tank. Revenues from alcohol taxes amount to over £10bn, according to official figures crunched by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). The contribution of drinkers to [...]
Labour should have done more to cut the deficit, Burnham says September 2, 2015 Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham has admitted that Labour “should have done more to tackle [the] deficit in the middle of the last decade, so that we were better prepared when the crisis hit.” Writing in City A.M. today Burnham says: “Small though it was, we were still running a deficit at the peak [...]
Prime residential London rents slow in August on China fears September 2, 2015 RENTAL growth in London’s prime residential postcodes slowed in August as fears over China’s economic slowdown and the quiet holiday period weighed on demand. Rents grew by 2.5 per cent year-on-year in August compared with 2.9 per cent in July and May’s three-year high of 4.2 per cent, according to Knight Frank’s Global Rental Index [...]
New Look expands its click and collect network with CollectPlus September 2, 2015 VALUE fashion retailer New Look has teamed up with CollectPlus to allow its customers to collect their online purchases from thousands of local newsagents and convenience stores across the UK. Colick and Collect has become hugely popular as customers embrace the convenience of being able to order their goods online and pick them up from [...]
London Linen lifts Johnson Service profits September 2, 2015 Johnson Service Group, the textile service company, yesterday posted a 20.2 per cent rise in adjusted operating profit for the first half of the year, thanks to the expansion of its textile rental business. The London-listed firm reported a 7.5 per cent increase in first-half revenue to £109.2m, ahead of management’s expectations. Its textile rental [...]
