Welcome to Xmas hamper heaven November 27, 2011 CHRISTMAS TEA HAMPER £150 ● Jubilee Biscuit Selection, 500g Tin ● Afternoon Blend Tea, 125g Tin ● Apricot Preserve, no.98 ● Burleigh Mug ● Christmas Coffee, 250g Tin ● Christmas Curd, 327g ● Christmas Spiced Preserve, 340g ● Jubilee Clotted Cream & Pistachio Biscuits, 250g Tall Tin ● 900g Mulled Wine Spice Bag ST NICHOLAS [...]
Finding the way to make internet content pay off November 27, 2011 ALMOST every Brit has heard of Kelvin MacKenzie: the opinionated, controversial editor of the Sun newspaper in the 1980s and early 1990s who went on to become a succesful media entrepreneur. His son Ashley’s story however is also interesting – and comparatively little known. Unlike the rest of the MacKenzie family, he did not become [...]
A NEW BREED OF VC FUNDS IS THE UK’S BEST FRIEND November 27, 2011 ALL we ever seem to hear these days is that the UK venture capital market is behind the US venture capital market. Yet direct comparisons between the two is not always helpful. The US venture capital market is about 30 years old. By contrast, the UK (and European) venture capital market is only in its [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF November 27, 2011 WEB COULD BE THE KEY FOR SUCCESS Small businesses can use clever website design as a tool to compete against large businesses. Recent research released by Yell shows that when websites are equally matched in sophistication and utility, the consumer is less likely to be able to make the distinction between the size of the [...]
Speed’s death stuns football world November 27, 2011 Tributes pour in for Wales manager, found hanged at his home in Cheshire aged just 42 THE FOOTBALL world was numbed yesterday and united in grief after Wales manager Gary Speed was found hanged at his home in Cheshire. The body of 42-year-old Speed, who had appeared on the BBC’s magazine show Football Focus on [...]
Mancini defends Balotelli as Hart stopper denies Liverpool November 27, 2011 LIVERPOOL (1) vs MAN CITY (1) MANCHESTER CITY manager Roberto Mancini defended controversial striker Mario Balotelli, whose red card sparked a period of late Liverpool pressure that nearly cost the Premier League leaders their unbeaten record. Vincent Kompany put the visitors ahead in the 31st minute when he met David Silva’s corner with his shoulder, [...]
SIGNING OFF IN STYLE: Federer ends his year on a high to claim record sixth ATP World Tour Finals November 27, 2011 SWISS superstar Roger Federer capped his 100th career tournament final with a record sixth victory at the ATP World Tour Finals in London after vanquishing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three high-quality sets. Federer was pushed all the way by France’s Tsonga but had just enough in his locker to complete a 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 win [...]
SIGNING OFF IN STYLE: Webber wins season ending race in Brazil but the glory goes to Red Bull team-mate Vettel November 27, 2011 WORLD champion Sebastian Vettel warned his rivals there’s no chance he or his Red Bull team will be resting on their laurels next season. Vettel’s team-mate Mark Webber led home a Red Bull one-two, his first victory of the season, in Brazil with Britain’s Jenson Button third. German Vettel, now a back-to-back world champion, had [...]
White not keen on England November 27, 2011 FORMER South Africa head coach Jake White is the latest high-profile candidate to have distanced himself from succeeding Martin Johnson as England manager. Johnson resigned earlier this month following England’s catastrophic World Cup campaign which ended in abject defeat to France in the quarter-finals and was undermined by off-field controversies. White, who masterminded South Africa’s [...]
Rodgers: Players wanted to honour their manager November 27, 2011 SWANSEA (0) vs ASTON VILLA (0) SWANSEA boss Brendan Rodgers insisted his side were eager to honour the memory of Wales manager Gary Speed, who passed away yesterday, by ensuring their Premier League fixture against Aston Villa went ahead. Four members of the Wales national squad were involved in the fixture as Swansea’s Ashley Williams, [...]
