Why Henrik Stenson and the Open made my golfing year: Sam Torrance’s 2016 review December 19, 2016 Player of the year At 40, Henrik Stenson had almost reached that stage of being the best player around without a Major when the Swede went and banished that tag by winning the Open at Royal Troon in such style. Rory McIlroy deserves a mention for his PGA Tour Championship-FedEx Cup double, but Stenson, who [...]
Households could start 2017 hundreds of pounds worse off by not switching deals before dozens come to an end December 19, 2016 UK households could be starting 2017 more than £250 worse off when dozens of fixed dual fuel energy tariffs finish at the end of this month, GoCompare Energy has warned. At the end of the month, 35 fixed dual gas and electricity tariffs from some of the country's leading suppliers are due to terminate, 33 of [...]
Deutsche Bank mega fine could be sorted by Wednesday December 19, 2016 Deutsche Bank could enter 2017 with one less item to tick off its to-do list, as it has emerged that a potential mega fine from the US Department of Justice (DoJ) could be settled on Wednesday. In September, it was revealed the German banking giant was facing a penalty of $14bn (£11.3bn) for mis-selling mortgage-backed securities. [...]
We’ve got cereal strikes going on: Now Weetabix workers vote for walkouts December 19, 2016 Another day, another proposed batch of industrial action. This time, it's Weetabix workers apparently. Usdaw union has said workers at the cereal company are planning to go on strike in the new year after voting for action in a row over the firm's proposal to change shift patterns. Ed Leach, Usdaw's area organiser, said: “Despite long [...]
British Airways intends to run a full Christmas schedule despite planned strikes December 19, 2016 British Airways has said it intends to run a full Christmas schedule of flights despite planned industrial action. The airline hasn't yet provided details of how this will be achieved, but said it had drawn up "contingency plans" so the normal flight programme can go ahead, should conciliation talks at Acas today not succeed. Alex [...]
Striking Post Office workers have set up a Santa’s grotto complete with live reindeer as part of a protest December 19, 2016 If you've got a soft spot for Santa's favourite animal, you might want to head on over to the department for business. For striking Post Office workers, members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) have set up a Santa's grotto, complete with live reindeer, outside the government's business department headquarters. Read more: Everything you need to [...]
Volvo V40 Cross Country T5 review: A car that defies categorisation for motorists that defy categorisation December 19, 2016 We love to label things. “The tendency to classify and categorise objects is a deeply ingrained aspect of human nature,” Dr Scott Barry Kaufman once wrote in Psychology Today. Maybe you were the kind of person who took pleasure in arranging your CD collection in alphabetical order, or perhaps labelling people is the sort of [...]
Britons set to get stingier this Christmas as the average spend per person on presents falls by £50 December 19, 2016 If you already thought 2016 had been a less-than-ideal year, we have some more bad news for you – and this time it's about your Christmas presents. As the curse of 2016 carries on working its magic, the average spend on gifts per person for friends and family has declined by 11 per cent this [...]
Christmas strikes 2016: From Southern rail to British Airways, why’s everyone striking? December 19, 2016 A raft of Christmas strikes is set to unfold this week, with travel particularly affected. Around 3,000 staff at various Crown post offices are set to walk out today, Tuesday and Saturday, while members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union unleash their latest industrial action on Southern rail today and tomorrow, with an ongoing [...]
Video analytics firm Big Sofa announces Aim flotation after raising over £6m December 19, 2016 Video analytics firm Big Sofa begins trading today on London’s junior market, with an eye on US expansion. Big Sofa has raised around £6.1m by way of a placing of, and subscription for, new ordinary shares at 17 pence per share, valuing the business at £10m. It hopes the fundraising will boost expansion in the [...]