Saha: I’m playing for my Spurs future April 26, 2012 4 Goals scored by Saha, who has made just six starts for Spurs TOTTENHAM’S Louis Saha admits he could be forced out of the club in the summer, just four months after his arrival, but is nevertheless desperate to ensure they claim the Champions League spot he insists they deserve. The much-travelled French striker only [...]
Capital Shopping Centres suffers as both footfall and lettings dip April 25, 2012 CAPITAL Shopping Centres (CSC) yesterday gave a grim update on how the retail sector was faring in the tough economy as it said that its occupancy rates had fallen while fewer people were hitting the shops. The company, whose malls include the Lakeside in Essex and the Trafford Centre in Manchester, said the tough economy [...]
Hunted April 24, 2012 JEREMY Hunt, the culture secretary, was facing calls for his resignation last night, after a trove of emails unveiled at the Leveson inquiry suggested that he was in secret contact with News Corp during its ill-fated bid to buy BSkyB last year. Hundreds of pages of emails appear to show that the US media giant was [...]
Mother’s Day boosts takings at Greene King April 23, 2012 RECENT calendar highlights boosted Greene King as strong sales on Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and St Patrick’s Day drove business up 4.5 per cent in the quarter. The pub operator said it sold 220,000 meals on Mothering Sunday, a 16 per cent increase on 2011 with wine sales up 18 per cent. Greene King chief [...]
Clarke will need more than £1bn to reverse curse of complacent incumbency April 18, 2012 LET’S keep things in perspective here. Tesco isn’t exactly struggling, although you wouldn’t know it from the bad publicity that has plagued it since a profit warning in January. Group profit of £3.83bn was up by five per cent last year on revenues that were seven per cent higher at £72bn. A distressed retailer this [...]
Euro fears and ex-divi stocks see FTSE slide after two days of gains April 18, 2012 BRITAIN’S leading share index dipped into negative territory yesterday, pulled down by a set of ex-dividend stocks, while fears of another blow-up in the Eurozone crisis kept investors nervy ahead of a Spanish debt auction. The FTSE 100 index closed down 21.66 points, or 0.4 per cent at 5,745.29, after two days of gains, as [...]
We must keep National but reduce the field to make it safer April 16, 2012 THERE is no getting away from the fact that Saturday’s Grand National left a bad taste in the mouth. I left Aintree racecourse for a second year running with a hollow feeling inside after another two horses lost their lives in the most famous race of them all. Synchronised, one of the stricken pair, had [...]
A genuine City institution April 16, 2012 Q Tell us a little about the history and ethos of the business. A Located in the architectural splendour of Leadenhall Market, Chamberlain’s Restaurant is an independent, family-owned operation; a natural extension of our premium seafood wholesale business, Chamberlain and Thelwell Ltd. Established at Old Billingsgate Market in 1947, there have now been three generations [...]
Drought could last until year end April 15, 2012 A drought affecting parts of England could last until after Christmas, Britain’s environment agency warned today, as rain over the spring and summer is unlikely to replenish low water levels. In a country more usually associated with damp and drizzle, drought has been declared in seventeen counties in England’s southeast and central regions, after two [...]
Tesco to unveil shake-up amid dismal figures April 15, 2012 TESCO is expected this week to reveal further dismal trading in the fourth quarter of this year as Britain’s largest supermarket unveils plans for its strategic overhaul of the business. In its full-year results on Wednesday, the retailer is expected to reveal a one-1.7 per cent fall in UK like-for-like sales in the three months [...]