Prudential Ride London 2019: Everything you need to know about this weekend’s cycling event August 3, 2019 What is it? The Prudential Ride London is a festival of cycling, created by the former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, in 2013. Now in its seventh year, the event is managed by the London and Surrey Cycling Partnership, which includes London Marathon Events and SweetSpot Group, which organises the Tour of Britain cycling event. [...]
Mike Ashley and Philip Day in battle to buy Jack Wills August 3, 2019 High street giants Mike Ashley and Philip Day are embroiled in a battle to takeover Jack Wills, which is on the brink of administration. The billionaires’ companies, Sports Direct and Edinburgh Woollen Mill, are the two remaining bidders for the fashion chain, according to Sky News. Read more: Majestic Wine sells brand and stores for [...]
Europe select Kristalina Georgieva for IMF top job August 3, 2019 The Bulgarian chief executive of the World Bank, Kristalina Georgieva, has been selected as Europe’s choice to become the IMF’s managing director following a day of voting. Georgieva narrowly beat former chair of the eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, and is now favourite for the role. Read more: Europe votes on IMF candidate [...]
Europe votes on IMF candidate as Finland central bank governor withdraws from contest August 2, 2019 Finland’s central bank governor Olli Rehn has withdrawn himself from the race to become the IMF’s managing director. European finance ministers have been battling to take on the role, but unable to come to a unanimous decision, resulting in a vote. Read more: Mark Carney misses cut for IMF top job However, Rehn, joined another [...]
KPMG appointed administrators as Laterooms and Superbreak collapse affecting thousands of holiday-goers August 2, 2019 KPMG has been appointed as administrators to Laterooms and Superbreak following the companies collapses on Thursday. Both firms are owned by the Malvern Group, which has ceased trading, after Cox & Kings India, which owned a 49 per cent stake in the company, defaulted on loan repayments. Read more: Pets at Home set to beat [...]
Oil prices bounce back after Donald Trump’s China tariffs send them plummeting August 2, 2019 Oil prices rebounded by around two per cent on Friday as they recovered some ground following the biggest falls in recent years on Thursday in the wake of US President Donald Trump imposing more tariffs on Chinese imports. As the trade war intensified, the price of World Texas Intermediate and Brent Crude suffered its steepest [...]
Pets at Home set to beat profit expectations as revenue jumps 10 per cent August 2, 2019 Pets at Home revealed that its revenue had grown by 9.9 per cent to £303.4m for the period 29 March to 18 July in a scheduled trading update released today. Retail revenue was up 8.7 per cent to £266.4m and vet group revenue was up 18.8 per cent to £37m for the period this year, [...]
Salford set sights on League Two promotion as club stick with ambitious approach August 1, 2019 On a cold October’s night in 2013, just 65 people turned out to watch Salford City host Cammell Laird in the Evo-Stik League Division One North, the eighth tier of English football. It was the season before the club was taken over by a consortium that includes former Manchester United stars Gary and Phil Neville, [...]
The Community Shield has been called a glorified friendly but what is it worth to the winners? August 1, 2019 It has been 61 days since Liverpool lifted the European Cup in Madrid and this weekend the wait for club football to return will be over. August has arrived, the sun is shining and on Sunday we’re heading back to Wembley. It can only mean one thing: the Community Shield. The traditional curtain-raiser to a [...]
Brentford are getting Premier League ready behind the scenes as they prepare to bid farewell to Griffin Park August 1, 2019 The beginning of a new season is a special occasion for every football fan, but for those at Brentford, Saturday’s Championship fixture against Birmingham will hold extra significance. It will be the final time the Bees kick off their campaign at Griffin Park before moving on to pastures new – 0.5 miles up the road, [...]
