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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Downton Abbey and Strictly Come Dancing beaten by Queen’s message to top of Christmas TV ratings

December 26, 2015

Downton Abbey pipped Strictly Come Dancing to the title of most watched Christmas Day TV show this year – although neither programme could match the audience for the Queen's speech. The final of hit ITV period show Downton Abbey received an audience of 6.6m from its 8.45pm showing, beating competition from the hour-long EastEnders Christmas special which was [...]
Boxing day sales 2015: UK shoppers expected to spend over £3bn as John Lewis and Selfridges enjoy strong starts

December 26, 2015

British shoppers are expected to spend heavily in this year's Christmas sales, with stores such as John Lewis already boasting of strong trading figures. According to figures from the Centre for Retail Research and vouchercodes.co.uk, around 22m shoppers will spend £3.74bn in sales this festive period – a six per cent increase on last year. Department [...]
UK floods in pictures: Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, West Bradford, Summerseat and other areas in Lancashire and Yorkshire affected

December 26, 2015

People have been evacuated from their homes in some areas of Yorkshire and Lancashire on Boxing Day, after Northern England was struck by heavy rain. The Met Office issued their highest severe weather warning for the area, advising those present to "take action" and others not to travel to affected regions. The River Calder, River Ribble and [...]
Hebden Bridge flooding “worse than 2012” as red warning issued for rain in Yorkshire and Lancashire

December 26, 2015

Insurers are braced for the fall-out from severe flooding in Yorkshire and Lancashire which some local business owners have described as worse than the devastating floods of 2012. Homes in Lancashire and Yorkshire have been evacuated after the Met Office issued its most severe red weather warning for rain. Some areas are expected to experience a month's [...]
World’s largest economies: UK could overtake Germany and Japan to become world’s fourth biggest economy

December 26, 2015

The strength of the UK's economic performance has been underlined as it was named the fifth biggest economy in the world for the second successive year and forecast to eventually overtake Japan and Germany. In its annual league table of world economies, the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr) forecast the UK to become "the best performing economy" [...]
Londoners buying property outside the capital hits highest rate in eight years

December 26, 2015

Eye-watering property prices forced Londoners to leave the capital at their highest rate for eight years in 2015, as they spent £24bn on homes outside of the city. 63,000 homes outside the capital were purchased by Londoners in the past year – a two-thirds increase on the 38,000 purchased in 2014 – as house prices continued to skyrocket in the capital. According [...]
Harlequins chasing the American dream: Why the Premiership rugby club is moving pre-season to California

December 24, 2015

Rugby is the fastest growing sport in the USA and Harlequins are looking to ride the wave of its new found popularity by swapping the suburbs of West London for the sun of California in upcoming summers. The 149-year-old rugby club is planning to play pre-season warm up games in America for the next four [...]
Bournemouth breached Financial Fair Play during promotion winning season and could face £10m fine from Football League

December 24, 2015

Bournemouth could face a fine of up to £10m from the Football League for breaching its Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations during their promotion-winning campaign to the Premier League last season. The Football League announced that Cherries exceeded the maximum permitted loss for Championship clubs last season of £6m. Bournemouth's financial figures for the season [...]
Financially stricken Bolton Wanderers placed under transfer embargo

December 24, 2015

Bolton Wanderers have been placed under transfer embargo as the problems caused by the club's dire financial straits continue to mount. The club currently rooted to the bottom of the Championship table will not be able to sign any new players after they failed to submit a Financial Fair Play (FFP) return to the Football [...]
Sepp Blatter to be honoured in China’s £17m football museum

December 24, 2015

Less than a month after being banned from football for eight years, disgraced former Fifa president Sepp Blatter will be honoured in a new £17m museum in China. A football museum is opening in China next year in the eastern Shandong province of Linzi which will feature a statue, quotes and photos in tribute to [...]

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