West Ham: Saleven Bilic releases captain Kevin Nolan August 27, 2015 West Ham have dissolved the contract of captain Kevin Nolan and released him on a free transfer after he slipped down the midfield pecking order at Upton Park. New Hammers boss Slaven Bilic had started the 33-year-old, who joined in 2011 and led the club back into the top-flight the next season, in just one [...]
Man City land Kevin De Bruyne in English record £57m transfer August 27, 2015 Manchester City are expected to complete the signing of Belgium attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg for a Premier League record transfer fee in euro terms. The early-season pace-setters are thought to have agreed to pay up to £57m for the 24-year-old former Chelsea player – the equivalent of €78m and slightly more [...]
Kristale gets a precious chance in the Hopeful Stakes August 27, 2015 The switch back to sprinting is yet to provide LUCKY KRISTALE with a win this season, but in tomorrow’s Hopeful Stakes (3.25pm) at Newmarket that could all change. She charged on late to be held by a head in last month’s Group Three Summer Stakes at York, and this drop into Listed company could be [...]
Swaggering Swansea set to frustrate toothless Red Devils August 27, 2015 MOST MANCHESTER United fans would have been delighted to have taken seven points from their opening three games at the start of the season. However, Louis van Gaal’s side have started off much the way they did last term, lacking balance in their first XІ and struggling for goals. Slow starts from Arsenal and Chelsea, [...]
Maximum excitement with sporting index August 27, 2015 THERE’S eight Premier League games for sports spread bettors to get stuck into tomorrow and Sporting Index have a number of markets that revolve around all the matches. Aggregate total goals is a prediction on how many goals in total will be scored across the eight fixtures. It’s pitched at 22.5-23.3. If you were expecting [...]
Chris Tremlett: My time had come to call it a day August 27, 2015 When I got injured at Guildford a couple of months ago while playing for Surrey, mentally something changed and it was at the back of my mind that I might not make it back from my latest injury and could be forced to retire. I gave myself a bit of time to let the [...]
Why money is just not enough to keep top employees August 27, 2015 With the job market heating up in the City, employers are revisiting their staff motivation and retention strategies to prevent their best people from leaving and taking new job opportunities. But this may not be as simple as finding more money to tempt people to stay: increasingly, employees are looking for alternative benefits, including better [...]
Is your MBA returning on investment? Average salary growth post-MBA may be a crude measure, but it’s still a useful one August 27, 2015 How does the cost of an MBA stack up against other major life expenses? At a top UK business school, a one year course will set you back between £40,000 and £50,000 in tuition fees alone. Add on living expenses and the opportunity cost of not working for a year, and you’ll be [...]
Is a specialist MBA a sensible option? Funding may be easier to secure but you’ll end up tied down August 27, 2015 From aviation and shipping to CSR and music, MBA students are no longer limited to choosing unspecialised programmes which lack technical depth and insight. Long favoured in countries like India, where booming industries like healthcare had to recruit capable managers quickly, specialist MBAs have grown in popularity in recent years. So are they the [...]
Changing career? How the MBA could help: From startup incubators to ensuring realistic goals are set, the MBA has a lot to offer August 27, 2015 If you're contemplating doing an MBA degree in order to alter your career trajectory, you’re not alone. Nearly 90 per cent of Cambridge Judge Business School’s 2014 graduates switched either sector, function (their job role) or region (where they’re based). A third of those did a “triple jump” – changing all three. Of [...]
