By: Joe Hall

I'm a sports and sports business journalist with City A.M. Follow me for coverage of the industry behind sports and the money made by top athletes. I've provided expert commentary on sports business for both TV and radio, including the BBC World Service. My email is always open to tips and story ideas: joe.hall@cityam.com

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Phone hacking scandal: Trinity Mirror sets aside further £16m after being ordered to pay £1.2m compensation

May 21, 2015

Trinity Mirror has set aside a further £16m after it was ordered to pay out £1.2m in compensation to eight phone-hacking victims today. The publisher of the Daily and Sunday Mirror has been accused of "industrial-scale phone hacking", but says it may appeal the ruling over a dispute on the method used for calculating the level [...]
UK national train strike: Heathrow and Gatwick Express routes to be disrupted by Network Rail bank holiday walkout

May 21, 2015

UPDATE 2.45pm: The RMT has followed the TSSA union in suspending strike action after an improved offer from Network Rail. The looming Network Strike threatens not only to derail travellers' plans to get around the country, but even those looking to go abroad after Heathrow Express announced it would run during shortened operating hours on Monday 25 and Tuesday [...]
The world’s best universities for law: Cambridge and Oxford trump UK competition

May 21, 2015

More Britons would prefer to be lawyers than Hollywood movie stars, but where's the best place to ensure the dream could become a reality? According to the 2015 World University rankings from QS, Cambridge and Oxford live up to their lofty academic reputation when it comes to law degrees. Cambridge and Oxford are ranked second [...]
National Grid profit pulled down as price controls helps energy consumers save

May 21, 2015

The figures National Grid suffered a four per cent drop in pre-tax profits to £2.6bn, during a year in which it benefited from a new operating model and new business activities. The firm's share price remained relatively flat this morning, after energy regulator Ofgem announced it was launching an investigation to see if generators provided it [...]
Train strike: Transport for London warns commuters of disruption from bank holiday Network Rail walkout

May 21, 2015

UPDATE: The RMT has followed the TSSA union in suspending strike action after an improved offer from Network Rail. The nationwide Network Rail strike on bank holiday Monday will cause some Transport for London (TfL) services to also suffer delays and disruption. A 24-hour walk out has been called by rail union bosses from 5pm on Monday 25 May, [...]
Forex-rigging scandal: Barclays given largest fine in FCA history

May 20, 2015

Barclays has been fined £284.4m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failing to control business practices in its London foreign exchange operations. The bank's "inadequate and ineffective" control over its forex floor led to the biggest fine ever handed out by the FCA. Last year the bank opted out of a mass settlement in [...]
eSports betting firm Unikrn launches in the UK

May 20, 2015

eSports company Unikrn is launching in the UK, opening up its platform to British fans to watch and wager on video games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends. Read more: Gfinity just launched the UK's first eSports arena – welcome to the weird world of video game voyeurism European, Australian and Asian eSports fans will [...]
The world’s best business universities and MBAs: Three UK schools named in top 10

May 20, 2015

Three of the top 10 business schools in the world are based in the UK, according to a new university ranking guide. The QS world universities rankings for 2015 has named London Business School as the world's top university for business and management studies, based on a combination of its academic reputation, reputation among employers [...]
Thomas Cook chief executive apologises for reaction to Corfu deaths as it trims losses with “substantially improved” performance

May 20, 2015

The travel agent may have reported higher profits, but its reputation has taken a battering this week, after it emerged it had failed to apologise to the parents of Bobby and Christi Shepherd, the two children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a Corfu hotel in 2006. Read more: Thomas Cook donates £1.5m Corfu compensation [...]
Suzanne Evans quits Ukip policy role as “purge of the plotters” continues

May 20, 2015

Ukip deputy chairman Suzanne Evans will leave Ukip's head office, following MEP Patrick O'Flynn's resignation as the party's economic spokesman. Read more: Ukip crisis: The best reactions so far to the Nigel Farage infighting – and that BBC "c**t" slip up Some suggested that the pair have suffered for trying to usurp former leader Nigel Farage with [...]

Reeves says diplomacy is ‘best economy policy’ as UK tax burden to mount

London Lions CEO: We’d love to be in NBA Europe but we have a reason to exist anyway

Celebrating Pan Am’s iconic legacy as airline plans return to the skies

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