How to say no: Three ways to refuse requests July 20, 2015 Treat your time and expertise like finite resources No is a powerful word. With just two letters, we risk burning bridges, squandering opportunities and sabotaging our reputation. “One of our most fundamental needs is for social connection and a feeling that we belong,” the University of Waterloo’s Vanessa Bohns told the Wall Street Journal. [...]
British Open 2015: Zach Johnson toasts “surreal” victory July 20, 2015 Modest Zach Johnson toasted a “humbling and surreal” victory after the American Ryder Cup star emerged triumphant from a marathon Open Championship at St Andrews last night. Read more: Sam Torrance – 'Johnson’s just played the best golf of his life' Johnson saw off 2010 winner Louis Oosthuizen and Australian Marc Leishman in [...]
Sam Torrance: Zach Johnson’s just played the best golf of his life at British Open July 20, 2015 It couldn't have been a much closer Open, but in the end Zach Johnson’s class told and nobody can argue that he didn’t deserve to add the Claret Jug to his Green Jacket from the Masters in 2007. Read more: Zach Johnson toasts "surreal" victory Eagle-eyed readers may recall I tipped him as [...]
Fifa crisis: Ambushed Sepp Blatter to step aside in February July 20, 2015 It was meant to be the latest episode in embattled Fifa president Sepp Blatter’s self-styled bid to clean up the tarnished image of football’s world governing body. Read more: Here’s the money shot – cash rains down on Blatter Instead it descended into chaos and farce before it had even started, as British comedian [...]
Timely career-best knock boosts James Taylor’s chances of England recall July 20, 2015 Batsman James Taylor chose the perfect moment to amass a career-best double century as recriminations over England’s batting woes continue following their 405-run thrashing in the second Investec Test against Australia. Read more: Tremlett – After a bad Ashes opener, Aussies should bounce back at Lord's Taylor, who has made two Test appearances [...]
Tour de France 2015: Geraint Thomas brushes off horror crash to remain sixth July 20, 2015 Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas shrugged off a horror crash to remain sixth overall as fellow Briton Chris Froome retained the yellow jersey after stage 16 of the Tour de France yesterday. Read more: Unsung hero Thomas rides to the rescue to preserve Froome’s lead Thomas collided with France’s Warren Barguil on the final descent [...]
City firms splash out on red tape officers as demand for compliance skills boosts wages July 19, 2015 (Source: Emolument) City workers who help companies cope with red tape are seeing their pay rocket, as a wave of regulations boosts demand for their skills. Figures out this morning reveal that some firms are offering pay rises of 30 per cent in order to attract the staff they need “The more [...]
London’s housing market hits consumer confidence July 19, 2015 London’s housing market is weighing on the minds of consumers, driving the steepest decline in consumer confidence for any major region of the UK last quarter, a poll shows. Consumer confidence in London and the south east fell by six points for the three month period ending June, making it the least optimistic region in [...]
David Cameron sets out five-year plan to fight Islamic extremism in UK July 19, 2015 The Prime Minister will today call on Britain to fight the “subversive” doctrine of Islamist extremism and its “sick worldview”. In a keynote speech in Birmingham today, the Prime Minister will set out the principles he will adopt over the next five years to defeat extremism. Addressing the “struggle of our generation”, he [...]
Angela Merkel calls for action on Greek banking rules as lenders reopen July 19, 2015 Greek banks opened again today after a three-week closure, as European politicians try to restore trust inside and outside of Greece after it narrowly avoided bankruptcy with a last-minute financial reforms deal last week. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for swift aid talks so that Athens can also lift withdrawal limits, which were previously set [...]
