Wilkinson flies the Falcons nest to join ambitious Toulon May 18, 2009 JONNY WILKINSON has quit English rugby after agreeing to join ambitious French club Toulon next season. The 29-year-old brings to an end a 12-year association with the Newcastle Falcons and becomes the latest England international to swap the Premiership for France’s Top 14. Injury-plagued Wilkinson has not played since dislocating his kneecap at Gloucester back [...]
Anderson: Windies win sets us up for Ashes shot May 18, 2009 SEAM hero James Anderson insists England’s series demolition of the West Indies has given them a “massive boost” for the Ashes this summer. Anderson delivered a match-winning bowling performance with 4-38 to add to his first innings five-for, and lead England to a comprehensive victory in the second Test at the Riverside. Tim Bresnan also [...]
BLANK QUITS LLOYDS OVER HBOS DISASTER May 17, 2009 LLOYDS Banking Group must begin the hunt for a successor to chairman Sir Victor Blank, after the bank chief announced yesterday that he would retire before the bank’s 2010 AGM. In a board meeting at the bank’s Gresham Street headquarters, Blank officially notified fellow board members of his departure, which follows massive investor anger over [...]
FSA vets job movers May 17, 2009 A NUMBER of executives have withdrawn their applications for senior roles at UK financial institutions after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has questioned their suitability. Addressing the Association of Corporate Treasurers, FSA chief executive Hector Sants said that the regulator has conducted interviews with 51 candidates for senior roles, and that a number have been [...]
Blank’s exit won’t end Lloyds’ troubles May 17, 2009 IT was always Sir Victor Blank, one of the Labour Party’s favourite businessmen, who was most likely to be Lloyds Banking Group’s sacrificial lamb. It was he, after all, who was the main driver of Lloyds TSB’s ill-fated takeover of HBOS; he first discussed the idea of the deal with Gordon Brown over drinks in [...]
Fund star hits out at rivals May 17, 2009 FORMER New Star hedge fund heavyweight Alan Miller has issued a blistering attack on some of his peers, ahead of the launch of his wealth management boutique today. Miller, part of the original team that ditched Jupiter to join John Duffield’s New Star, said a number of fund managers are locking in their clients’ funds [...]
Clegg: Martin should go May 17, 2009 PRESSURE on Michael Martin to step down as Speaker of the House of Commons was mounting last night, after Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg called for his resignation over his handling of the MP expenses scandal. In an unconventional move for a party leader, Clegg said that the Speaker is a “dogged-defender” of the status [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 17, 2009 THE SUNDAYSTHE SUNDAY TELEGRAPHINDEPENDENT BEGS A MONTH TO SORT OUT DEBTIndependent News & Media (INM) is close to a standstill pact with its bondholders which would give the company a month’s breathing space to reorganise its debt. The future of the owner of The Independent newspaper has been in serious doubt after the group failed [...]
Deal nears on trains to Germany May 17, 2009 German transport operator Deutsche Bahn is nearing a deal with Eurotunnel, that would enable the German national railway to offer direct services from Germany to St Pancras. Safety regulations – which specify that only trains with a special Eurostar configuration can use the channel tunnel leg of the journey – have so far thwarted the [...]
Qinetiq workers vote on action May 17, 2009 Key British military equipment programmes could be disrupted as workers at Qinetiq move a step closer to strike action today. Unions representing almost half of the defence research company’s 8,000 employees will send out ballot papers, after discussions over pay broke down last week. Unions are condemning an “autocratic” decision by management to freeze basic [...]
