Together Forever looks over-priced in the Irish Oaks July 16, 2015 Bill Esdaile previews the best of the weekend’s UK and Irish racing FOLLOWING the English and French Oaks, the three-year-old fillies will now do battle in tomorrow’s Irish version at the Curragh (5.50pm). Taking into account the form from both Epsom and France, TOGETHER FOREVER looks a great each-way bet at 12/1 with Betway. Having [...]
Buckwheat to score Summer Hurdle hat-trick for Fergie July 16, 2015 THIS is one of the more low-key weekends of the Flat racing calendar and for that reason I’m also going to take a look at tomorrow’s decent National Hunt card at Market Rasen. John Ferguson only started training jumpers four years ago, but he’s still managed to win the last two editions of the Summer [...]
Central bankers scent interest rate hikes: Federal Reserve prepares for rise with UK expected to follow later July 15, 2015 An unprecedented era of easy money, seen on both sides of the Atlantic since 2008, could be over by the end of the year, with the Federal Reserve preparing to hike rates and some analysts expecting the UK to follow suit in subsequent months. “If the economy evolves as we expect, economic conditions likely [...]
Epiphany co-founder Shane Quigley turns his hand to Matalan with launch of homeware brand July 15, 2015 Serial entrepreneur Shane Quigley, who turned £5,000 into £18m by co-founding digital marketing group Epiphany, is leading the charge for Matalan’s launch of an online-only homeware brand – Matalan Direct. He heads the retailing group’s challenge to established online homeware retailers B&Q, Dunelm and HomeSense. Earlier this year Quigley started Earth Bathrooms, a homeware brand [...]
Electricity bills set to climb this winter as National Grid increases capacity to avert blackouts July 15, 2015 Electricity bills are set to rise, after National Grid was forced to fork out £36m to guard against possible power outages across the UK this winter. The company, which manages the UK’s power transmission network, has bought 2.56 gigawatts of extra power, after power station closures left the country at risk of blackouts. Before [...]
Npower, EDF Energy, E.On UK, Scottish Power and SSE to follow British Gas price cuts July 15, 2015 Analysts forecast last night that Britain’s remaining big five energy groups will quickly follow British Gas and cut gas prices for a further 28m households. British Gas, owned by Centrica, yesterday cut gas bills by five per cent – the second reduction in six months. The cut will come into effect for its [...]
Greece votes for more austerity to stay in euro July 15, 2015 The Greek parliament early this morning voted in favour of the deal that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accepted, after gruelling talks in Brussels earlier this week, in order to start progress on a third bailout. The final tally of 229 to 64 in favour of the deal was decisive, yet many of the “No” [...]
Greek debt crisis: George Osborne backtracks on Athens loan pledge as EU readies aid July 15, 2015 The Treasury is preparing to co-operate with Europe over a short-term loan to Greece – but only if the cash is guaranteed – in an embarrassing about-face for chancellor George Osborne who on Tuesday promised not to offer bailout funds to aid Athens. A Treasury source said the European Commission was now proposing ways [...]
Barclays’ second boss in a week exits bank: Sir Mike Rake follows Antony Jenkins as chairman John “Mack the Knife” McFarlane wields axe July 15, 2015 Barclays deputy chairman Sir Mike Rake has become the second casualty of newly-installed chairman John McFarlane in a week, after he confirmed plans to leave the bank “by the end of 2015” yesterday – which leaves the rest of the Barclays board looking decidedly exposed, analysts have suggested. BT chairman and Confederation of British [...]
Severn Trent targeting positive 2016 performance as costs drop July 15, 2015 Utility firm Severn Trent issued a reassuring trading update yesterday, and told investors it is on track to deliver a full year performance in line with expectations. The update boosted shares by almost one per cent. Operating costs are expected to be lower compared with last year, which the company attributed to organisational changes and [...]
