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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London’s diners are some of pickiest in the world

November 7, 2014

Restauranteurs beware: London has some the pickiest diners in the world. Based on a study of almost half a million restaurant reviews from seven of the biggest cities in the world, including Delhi, Johannesburg and Auckland, recommendations service Zomato found that Londoners were most likely to vent their spleen at a disappointing dish. [...]
Rentokil shares open down despite rise in revenue and profit

November 7, 2014

Rentokil shares opened four per cent lower this morning, even after the company reported a rise in revenue in the third quarter. The pest control company’s revenue jumped 3.3 per cent to £439m for the quarter, compared to the same period last year, while profit before tax rose 16.7 per cent to £48.8m. [...]
Bovis Homes house prices expected to rise 10 pc in 2014

November 7, 2014

Bovis Homes expect the average sales price of one of its properties to be around 10 per cent higher this year than in 2013, and believes it will sell around 30 per cent more of them. In an interim statement, the housebuilder said sales price had risen about 5 per cent for the period [...]
NFL International Series: Potential of a London franchise could be tested by games on back-to-back weekends in 2015

November 6, 2014

This Sunday marks the third and final fixture in this year's NFL International Series, yet gridiron fans in the UK already have dates to mark in their diaries for its return next year. In 2015 fans will be urged to cheer on the New York Jets, the Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions as [...]
“Big four” banks’ small business lending placed under official investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority

November 6, 2014

Britain’s biggest banks are to be thrust under the microscope by a watchdog launching an in-depth investigation into personal current accounts and small business lending. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) believes the UK retail banking sector is failing its customers through a "crippling lack of competition and transparency". HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds Banking [...]
BSkyB share price falls after it secures 87.45 per cent of Sky Deutschland

November 6, 2014

BSkyB will own 87.45 per cent of Sky Deutschland once its takeover is completed next week, it said this morning. A larger-than-expected proportion of minority shareholders in the German pay-TV company accepted an offer of €6.75 per share from the British company. The takeover is due to be completed on 12 November, and will [...]
Morrisons share price rises, despite 6.3 per cent fall in sales as Ocado tie-in fails to deliver

November 6, 2014

If Tesco can take any consolation from its nightmare few months, it only has to look at rival Morrisons to realise it’s not in its struggle against the might of the discounters alone. In its third quarter results statement, Morrisons shortened its underlying profit before tax expectations after it recorded a drop in sales [...]
Burger King share price jumps following rise in sales growth and net income

November 4, 2014

In contrast to its catchphrase, Burger King did not have things its own way during its third quarter. The fast food company posted figures today showing a net loss of $23.5m in the three months ended 30 September 2014. However, adjusted net income (which excludes tax and other payments) stood at $96.4m, an [...]
Alibaba revenue rises 54 per cent in first quarterly results since IPO

November 4, 2014

Alibaba’s first earnings report since its initial public offering (IPO) – the largest in history – was something of a mixed bag. While revenues beat analysts’ expectations, profits fell well below forecasts. Revenues came in at $2.74bn (£1.71bn) for the quarter ended 30 September 2014, beating an expected $2.61bn from analysts polled by Yahoo [...]
GCHQ director slammed by privacy advocates for suggesting tech companies “facilitate” terror

November 4, 2014

The new director of GCHQ has been slammed for arguing that privacy has never been “an absolute right” in an article in which he suggested large US tech companies help to “facilitate” terror. Robert Hannigan’s comments, which appeared in a Financial Times opinion piece, were lambasted for being “divisive and offensive” by executive director [...]

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