Uber vs Maaxi: Race is on but Nat Rothschild’s taxi app rival is laps ahead – Bottom Line October 5, 2014 Nat Rothschild, the 43-year-old from an extensive lineage of financiers, certainly has a bold and strategic approach to spotting business opportunities. His adventure with Indonesia’s Bakrie family may have had an unhappy ending, yet even this was based on a reasonable theory. The plan was to connect a mining giant in the booming continent of [...]
Sluggish wages expected to weigh down on UK consumer spending September 28, 2014 REAL wages will fail to take off in the next couple of years, a group of economists will warn today in a report that predicts sluggish growth in consumer spending. The EY Item Club expects the UK’s jobs boom to continue, with employment climbing higher. Yet “annual wage growth over the next three years will [...]
Feelgood factor is key for Tories – Bottom Line September 28, 2014 Ukip activists argue that their party’s growth is just as much of a threat to Labour as it is to the Conservatives. “We are now parking our tanks on the Labour Party’s lawn,” leader Nigel Farage bellowed during his conference speech at the end of last week. A lot of polling data suggests otherwise. Psephologist [...]
Tescopoly fear has proven to be unfounded – Bottom Line September 22, 2014 SEVEN years ago I worked for a charity in Covent Garden. It was a fairly standard office, with us low-level employees popping out every lunchtime to escape the tedium and top up on sustenance. By far the cheapest and most varied selection of grub on offer was to be found in the local Tesco Metro [...]
Premier League: Chelsea boss loses faith in love stories after Lampard heartbreak September 21, 2014 MANCHESTER CITY 1 CHELSEA 1 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho praised Frank Lampard as a “super professional” despite the Blues’ record goalscorer returning to haunt them at the Etihad Stadium yesterday. Mourinho’s men appeared on track to claim three crucial points against the reigning champions, Andre Schurrle having found the net shortly after Pablo Zabaleta was [...]
Luiten claims the Wales Open September 21, 2014 DUTCHMAN Joost Luiten claimed yesterday’s Wales Open at Celtic Manor, the final competition on British soil ahead of this weekend’s hotly-anticipated Ryder Cup. Luiten had to battle hard to finish on 14 under par, narrowly overcoming the challenges of England’s Tommy Fleetwood and Ireland’s Shane Lowry, who both finished on 13 under par. The biggest [...]
Hamilton leads title race yet insists he will keep attacking September 21, 2014 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton says he still feels like he’s playing catch-up in the Formula One title race, despite yesterday’s victory in the Singapore Grand Prix propelling him to the top of the world rankings. Hamilton’s team-mate and closest rival, Nico Rosberg, suffered a car failure, his Mercedes sitting immobile on the starting grid while the [...]
Premier League: Van Gaal lashes out over sloppy Reds’ latest flop September 21, 2014 LEICESTER CITY 5 MANCHESTER UNITED 3 MANCHESTER United manager Louis van Gaal was left bemoaning his side’s tactical naivety again yesterday after they fell to a third defeat from their opening six games of the season. A scintillating attacking start saw goals from Robin van Persie and Angel Di Maria put United 2-1 up at [...]
Pellegrini tells Blues: You play like a small club September 21, 2014 MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini reignited his war of words with Jose Mourinho last night by accusing Chelsea of deploying negative tactics. “I think we played during 90 minutes against a small team trying to defend, trying to keep 10 players in front of their goal,” Pellegrini said, following the 1-1 draw between the sides. [...]
Scots make history with highest ever turnout September 18, 2014 MILLIONS of people poured into Scotland’s polling stations yesterday to decide whether or not it will stay part of the UK, with figures released in the early hours of this morning revealing historically high turnouts. In Clackmannanshire an incredible 88.6 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballots, while in Orkney the figure was 83.7 [...]
