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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General Election 2015: Tory election victory triggers London luxury property market surge as mansion tax fears dissolve

May 10, 2015

In the hours after it became clear that the Tories had won a majority government at the general election, London estate agents reported a surge in luxury property sales as buyers' fears over Labour's proposed mansion tax were allayed. Over £100m worth of top-end central London property was sold on a frenzied Friday as estate [...]
Tesco considers selling mobile phone business

May 8, 2015

Tesco could soon shed its mobile phone business as part of chief executive Dave Lewis' scaling back process following a torrid 2014. The retailer makes around £100m a year from the business it co-owns with 02, whose network the service uses. It has around 250 Tesco Mobile shops across the country. Yet according to the [...]
General Election 2015 results map: How many seats did the SNP win in Scotland and what’s changed since 2005? Only Edinburgh South sticks with Labour

May 8, 2015

Hyperbole is rarely far away in politicians' speeches during a General Election, yet it was hard to argue too much with Nicola Sturgeon's insistence that "the tectonic plates of Scottish politics shifted" following last night's result. Labour and the Liberal Democrats have almost been wiped off the map with the two parties losing 40 and [...]
General Election 2015 results: Meet Mhairi Black, Westminster’s youngest MP who just beat Douglas Alexander in Paisley and South Renfrewshire

May 8, 2015

When parliament reconvenes next month it will welcome its youngest MP since the 1600s; 20-year-old Mhairi Black who spectacularly unseated shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander in the Paisley and South Renfrewshire constituency. She is officially the youngest lawmaker in 348 years. Despite the fact that Black is yet to graduate from her politics degree at Glasgow [...]
When will South Thanet, Ashford, Milton Keynes and the South East constituencies declare results of the 2015 General Election vote?

May 7, 2015

There will still be plenty of intrigue to be plucked out from the overwhelmingly blue 82 constituencies in the South East area on election night. [custom id="15"] Although swathes of the area are "true blue" Tory strongholds, there are some key marginals to keep an eye out for on in the early hours of Friday [...]
When will Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield Hallam and Yorkshire and the Humber constituencies declare results of the 2015 General Election vote?

May 7, 2015

No need to put on the kettle and force your eyes open through the night on Thursday – the map below has the exact times for when each constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber will be reporting its general election results. [custom id="15"] The first comes from Cleethorpes at 2:30am, but things really start to [...]
Where are the most marginal seats in the 2015 General Election? The closest constituencies mapped

May 7, 2015

The 2015 General Election has been consistently described as one of the closest we've ever seen, with polls showing Labour and the Conservatives neck and neck with the public set to head to the polls today. With the situation so delicately poised, voters in the highlighted constituencies on the map above could hold the key [...]
Tesla beats expectations as Elon Musk reveals 38,000 pre-orders for Powerwall home battery

May 6, 2015

The figures Tesla increased production and sales of its electric cars in the first three months of 2015 as Elon Musk's company reported first-quarter earnings expectations that beat analysts' expectations. First quarter losses narrowed to $45m, or 36 cents per share, compared to a $50m loss in the same period last year and above analysts' [...]
21st Century Fox revenue falls as Rupert Murdoch deals with falling TV viewership

May 6, 2015

The figures 21st Century Fox's share price jumped in after-hours trading after the media conglomerate reported third-quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations – although revenues missed targets. Revenues fell from $8.2bn to $6.84bn (£4.49bn). However, excluding turnover from the Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia businesses which have since been sold to Sky, revenues actually increased one [...]
Barcelona and Real Madrid title race threatened by Spanish Football Federation La Liga suspension

May 6, 2015

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) intends to suspend all competitions from May 16, threatening the conclusion of the La Liga season. The penultimate round of fixtures in La Liga is currently scheduled for Sunday May 17 with each team's final game due a week later. With Real Madrid trailing Barcelona by just two points, the [...]

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