Pinsents warns of cuts June 11, 2009 PINSENT Masons, the UK legal giant, has joined the ranks of law firms cutting jobs by laying out a seven-point plan to staff which proposes part-time work, a pay freeze and redundancies. Managing partner David Ryan has told employees he has worked to avoid job cuts but “minimal” redundancies are going to be necessary. He [...]
Redpath comes in for Ryan June 11, 2009 RUGBY UNION: Former Scotland international Bryan Redpath has been named the new head coach at Gloucester after Dean Ryan left the club “by mutual consent” yesterday. Underfire Ryan quit Kingsholme after seven years in charge and now leaves his former assistant Redpath to pick up the pieces from a disappointing Guinness Premiership season.
Sir Hoy handed knighthood June 11, 2009 CYCLING: Triple Olympic gold medalist Sir Chris Hoy collected his knighthood at Buckingham Palace yesterday. The 33-year-old claimed gold in the men’s sprint, team spring and keirin in Beijing last year, making him the first Briton to win three golds at one Games in 100 years. Sir Hoy’s cycling team-mate Bradley Wiggins, a double gold [...]
Murray’s ready for Mardy June 11, 2009 TENNIS: British No1 Andy Murray admits he is satisfied with his early grass court season form as he prepares for his Aegon Championship quarter-final at Queen’s today. The No1 seed needed just over an hour to dispose of Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4, 6-4 yesterday and now takes on Mardy Fish in the last eight after [...]
Moores: Flintoff is on track for Ashes return June 11, 2009 LANCASHIRE coach Peter Moores believes Andrew Flintoff is on track to be fit to play in the Ashes after the England all-rounder made a miraculous return from injury yesterday. Playing his first County match for six weeks since undergoing knee surgery, Flintoff had Durham opener Michael Di Venuto caught behind off only his second ball [...]
Lions coach: We’ll be better prepared than Springboks June 11, 2009 BRITISH and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has taunted South Africa by saying he expects his team to be in better shape than the Springboks come the first Test. The Lions extended their uneaten tour run to four matches with a 39-3 victory over Natal Sharks on Wednesday and will have played six games before [...]
Lord Jones warns on spending June 11, 2009 Former CBI director general and UK trade minister Lord Digby Jones yesterday called for “moral courage” in the UK public sector to remedy years of inefficiency in public service delivery, and to uphold the UK’s standing as a global economic leader and vital trading partner. He was speaking to the sixth annual Harvey Nash-sponsored business [...]
De La Rue wins passport deal June 11, 2009 Banknote printer De La Rue has won preferred bidder status for a 10-year contract with the Home Office’s Identity and Passport Service to produce biometric passports in a deal worth £400m. The company already produces passports for more than 50 national governments around the world and also makes UK emergency travel documents.
Deripaska’s paper trouble June 11, 2009 Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska yesterday invited two government ministers to join the board of a troubled Russian paper mill he controls after he was reprimanded by the Prime Minister for his management of another plant. Deripaska also owned the loss-making Birmingham-based vanmaker LDV, which went into administration earlier this month after failing to find a [...]
IS IT SUNNY SIDE UP FOR HOME RETAIL? June 11, 2009 JOHN STEVENSON KBC PEEL HUNT“Home Retail Group’s first quarter trading update has seen a notable boost to seasonal lines as Homebase at last delivers like-for-like sales growth. Argos sales were also ahead of expectations, although margins remains under pressure. We note a strong performance in toys, no doubt benefiting from the demise of Woolworths, a [...]
