Arsenal Ladies claim league title September 30, 2012 Arsenal Ladies retained their Women’s Super League title yesterday, having not lost a single game so far this season. The Gunners were confirmed as champions before a 3-2 win against Doncaster Belles at Borehamwood.
Farrell kicks Saracens to victory September 30, 2012 Saracens fly-half Owen Farrell kicked all of his side’s points as they defeated Premiership champions Harlequins 18-16 away to inflict Quins’ first defeat this season. Danny Care scored Quins’ only try as Nick Evans kicked their other points.
Harvey Nash confident on full-year targets September 28, 2012 Global professional services group Harvey Nash reported increased revenue and operating profit for the six months to 31 July today, despite taxing trading conditions. Revenue was up 15 per cent compared to last year’s period to £292.5m, while operating profit was up 11 per cent. Operating profit increased across the whole group with main countries [...]
OFT launches car insurance probe September 28, 2012 The Office of Fair Trading referred the UK’s car insurance industry to the Competition Commission for further investigation amid concerns that the market is not working well for motorists, it announced today. The decision came after a market study said there was suspicion that some features of the market prevent, restrict or distort competition. The [...]
Lansdowne slides to bigger first-half loss September 28, 2012 Lansdowne Oil & Gas slid to a £620,000 loss over the six months to 30 June, compared to a loss of £429,000 the year before, the Dublin-based group announced today. Chairman John Greenall said today that his highlight over the six months was the Barryroe oil field, in which Lansdowne has a 20 per cent [...]
Direct Line float priced at £2.6bn September 28, 2012 Direct Line today announced that it would price its IPO at £2.6bn, slightly below analysts’ expectations. The insurance firm, owned by high-street bank RBS, will offer up between 375m to 500m shares when it lists on the London Stock Exchange on 11 October. RBS, which is 83 per cent-owned by the government, had to either [...]
Heineken wins Tiger beer battle September 28, 2012 Heineken won control of Asia Pacific Breweries, the maker of Tiger beer, for S$5.6bn (£2.8bn) this morning. The Dutch brewer bought partner Fraser and Neave’s 40 percent stake in APB, which has 30 breweries in 14 countries, taking its stake in APB from 55.6 per cent to 95.3 per cent. “Our regional headquarters will remain [...]
Providence divests $66m of oil fields September 28, 2012 Ireland-focused Providence Resources has divested $66m (£40m) of exploration and production assets to AIM-listed IGas Energy, as it reported a jump in first half losses. Providence, headed up by Tony O’Reilly, is selling its onshore UK licence interests for oil fields in West Sussex. The company said the sale of the interests in two licenses [...]
Impala Platinum raises wages for miners September 28, 2012 South African miner Impala Platinum this morning said it will raise employee wages by 4.8 per cent from 1 October. Earlier this month Implats received a wage demand from a workers committee at its Rustenberg mine, despite wages being increased at the end of April. But today it said it had given into demands and [...]
FTSE 100 up on Spain’s austerity budget September 28, 2012 The leading share index opened up this morning. Headline mining shares rose as metal prices rallied. Spain’s austerity budget, unveiled yesterday, settled Eurozone nerves and dragged the FTSE 100 up, as the index went back above the 5,800 level in early trading. Aquarius Platinum topped the leaderboard this morning, up almost five per cent. Engineering [...]
