Capital & Regional back in black August 11, 2010 UK property fund manager Capital & Regional swung to a first-half profit of £18m yesterday, after a loss of £131m a year ago, helped by higher property values and disposal of assets. The owner of leisure centres and shopping malls said it sold ten properties for £378m, with its own share accounting for £80m. However, [...]
DIY job for Berkeley chairman August 11, 2010 The boss of building group Berkeley took DIY to the extreme last year by calling in his own firm to carry out £1.32m worth of repair work on his luxury home. Tony Pidgley took advantage of the firm’s “own build scheme”, where employees can get good rates on construction work, according to the firm’s annual [...]
Grainger set to gain from slump August 11, 2010 Britain’s biggest residential landlord Grainger said yesterday it plans to cash in on the wilting housing market by buying up discount real estate. The firm, which has around £2.8bn of assets under management, bought £154.8m of properties in the past ten months, with a further £67.6m of buys in the pipeline. It sold 593 vacant [...]
Hero Gerrard saves England August 11, 2010 ENGLAND (2) vs HUNGARY (1) CAPTAIN marvel Steven Gerrard spared the blushes of both his under-fire coach and Fifa bosses last night as England came from behind to beat Hungary in their first outing since their dismal World Cup showing. The stand-in captain scored two memorable goals in the space of just four minutes as [...]
Capello: Beckham’ is “too old” to continue August 11, 2010 FABIO CAPELLO last night appeared to call time on David Beckham’s international career, admitting the 35-year-old former captain is a “little bit old”. Beckham missed the World Cup through injury but joined Capello as part of his back-up team because of the influence he has on the squad. But the Italian admitted the LA Galaxy [...]
Lerner: O’Neill quit over dispute August 11, 2010 ASTON VILLA chairman Randy Lerner yesterday claimed Martin O’Neill’s departure was down to a difference of opinion as bookies slashed the odds on Sven-Goran Eriksson to take over the reigns at Villa Park. The American tycoon revealed a disagreement over the club’s direction caused O’Neill to step down just days before the new season and [...]
Sir Alex expecting a dogfight – just to finish in the top four August 11, 2010 SIR ALEX Ferguson yesterday warned his Manchester United side to prepare for a “dogfight” this season – just to finish in a Champions League place. The wily United boss expects the likes of Tottenham, city rivals Manchester City, managerless Aston Villa, and Everton to contest a scramble for European spots this term, while he himself [...]
Tiger’s on the rampage!?At 17-1, I’ll take a piece of that August 11, 2010 TAMING a wounded animal is a dangerous proposition in any sport – especially if that animal happens to be a Tiger. Tiger Woods may have looked out-of-sorts and going through the motions during his worst-ever 18-over-par total in the WGC-Bridgestone last weekend, but I’d be very surprised to see a repeat of that at Whistling [...]
CITY RUNNER | GARMIN #4MILER August 11, 2010 CAPITAL MARKETS, MARKETING ROBERT JOHNSON Best time: 29min 00secs Distance: 4.10m Average pace: 07.25 min/mi Best pace: 06.95 min/mi PEDESTRIANS, traffic, cobbled streets – there could be countless reasons for being forced change your route in the Garmin #4miler challenge. But Investec team champion Robert Johnson was presented with the most novel yet as he [...]
Door left open for Borthwick August 11, 2010 RUGBY UNION: Martin Johnson yesterday hinted Steve Borthwick could once again captain England after refusing to confirm Lewis Moody would be his skipper through to next year’s World Cup. Borthwick, who captained England for the first 20 Tests of Johnson’s reign, was replaced by Moody after he was ruled out of the summer tour of [...]
