Intel pay £15m for logo inside Barca shirt December 12, 2013 BARCELONA have struck an innovative sponsorship deal with Intel that will see the computer chip company’s logo printed on the inside of the Spanish club’s shirts. The arrangement, said to be worth £15m over four and a half years, is devised to gain Intel exposure when a player lifts their shirt to celebrate a goal. [...]
Force India sign Perez December 12, 2013 FORMULA ONE: British driver Paul di Resta’s F1 career looks in doubt after Force India signed former McLaren racer Sergio Perez. German Nico Hulkenberg has the team’s other seat, leaving Di Resta, 27, without a drive.
Fans get say in Hull name change December 12, 2013 FOOTBALL: The Football Association has promised to consult Hull City fans before deciding whether to approve owner Assem Allam’s application to change the Premier League club’s name to Hull Tigers.
Oxford win Varsity Match again December 12, 2013 RUGBY UNION: The Varsity Match saw its first ever sending off as Oxford survived the dismissal of scrum-half Sam Egerton to beat Cambridge 33-15. Tries from captain John Carter, Henry Lamont, Egerton and Nicholas Gardner earned Oxford a fourth successive win.
Rampant City can put Gunners to the sword December 12, 2013 It is difficult to overstate the importance of tomorrow’s lunchtime kick-off between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium. In what is one of the most open title races in years, the bookmakers still believe the Premier League trophy will end up at one of these clubs. Man City are 13/8 with Coral and [...]
Attaglance looks set to continue Jefferson’s fine record at Prestbury Park December 12, 2013 MALCOLM Jefferson has enjoyed some tremendous success at Cheltenham in recent years and he could be celebrating in the winner’s enclosure again tomorrow as I like the look of his ATTAGLANCE in the Stewart Family Thank You Gold Cup (2.25pm). Even though the seven-year-old is yet to win over fences, and admittedly had a poor [...]
Britain starts spending again December 11, 2013 CONSUMERS are splashing their cash again after several years of belt-tightening, new figures revealed yesterday. Spending has jumped 3.3 per cent in the year so far, outstripping inflation, as the recovery gathers speed and shoppers regain confidence. The data from Barclaycard, which consists of a significant chunk of credit and debit card transactions in the [...]
Lloyds and RBS slapped with £90m in fines December 11, 2013 RBS and Lloyds Banking Group were yesterday hit by a combined £90m worth of fines from regulators in the UK and US. Lloyds was asked to pay £28m for “serious failings” in relation to bonus schemes for sales staff, marking the largest fine that the Financial Conduct Authority or its predecessor, the Financial Services Authority, [...]
Heavy fog shrouds Canary Wharf December 11, 2013 CANARY Wharf was shrouded in heavy fog yesterday morning causing disruption for thousands of air travellers. Around 280 flights at London’s Heathrow Airport were cancelled, with a spokesman warning there could be further cancellations today due to the backlog. At London City Airport, every flight yesterday morning was either cancelled or delayed. Travellers were advised [...]
Deficit £185bn not £90bn committee of MPs warn December 11, 2013 THE PUBLIC Accounts Committee has warned that government deficit figures may be misleading, after the whole government accounts report put the deficit at £185bn, not £90bn. The accounts, released today, examine all the assets and liabilities in the public sector between 2011 and 2012 and raise questions about the way figures are calculated. Chair of [...]
