Driving progress in Spain February 5, 2015 US CAR-MAKER Ford announced yesterday it has completed the final stage of a €2.3bn (£1.7bn) expansion into Spain. The number of employees at the firm’s facility in Valencia, which is one of its largest assembly operations, has increased by around 3,000 since 2013.
Property firm Grainger achieves sales growth despite electioneering building February 5, 2015 PROPERTY management firm Grainger said despite the good start to the year, the company expects the months leading up to the election to result in a softer market on home sales as uncertainty weighs on market sentiment. The company saw sales in the four months to the end of January increase by four per cent [...]
England: We are ready for big kick-off February 5, 2015 Millennium Stadium atmosphere will not intimidate us, insists assistant coach Mike Catt ENGLAND assistant coach Mike Catt insists his side will not be overawed by the white-hot atmosphere likely to be generated as Wales bid to land an early blow in tonight’s Six Nations opener at the Millennium Stadium. The Red Rose buckled during their last [...]
Is the wine bar making a comeback? Pall Mall Fine Wines is giving it a bash February 5, 2015 The years have not been kind to the wine bar. Two decades ago it seemed there were three on every high street, offering a “sophisticated” alternative to the local boozer, where you could trot off to quaff some Chardonnay and talk about the hardships of the working week. As a journalist, I spent some of [...]
Lancaster backs new-look centre combination to stoke Wales win February 4, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster has backed his untested centre combination to overcome their lack of international exposure and defy their more experienced opponents during tomorrow’s Six Nations opener against Wales. Lancaster has suffered chronic injury woe and Kyle Eastmond, Manu Tuilagi and Brad Barritt are all ruled out of the clash, so Bath’s Jonathan [...]
Lancaster hails Easter’s experience ahead of international comeback February 3, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster insists the experience of veteran No8 Nick Easter could prove pivotal as his side bid to make the perfect Six Nations start in Friday’s opener with Wales at the Millennium Stadium. Easter is among 25 players recalled ahead of the clash in Cardiff and is set to be named on [...]
Lancaster burning with desire for England to land Six Nations title February 2, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster admits banishing the burden of a four-year wait for a Six Nations crown is the principal objective as his side prepare for Friday’s championship curtain-raiser against Wales. Lancaster has presided over three successive runners-up finishes since taking the reins from Martin Johnson in 2012, and last year England agonisingly missed [...]
US corporate results round up January 29, 2015 Blackstone Group ASSET manager Blackstone Group reported a six per cent decline in profit in the fourth quarter of 2014. Meanwhile distributable earnings, which show actual cash available to pay dividends, rose by 38 per cent to $1.13bn (£750m), as Blackstone continued to bring in cash by selling assets. The company’s president Tony James revealed [...]
Will robots take over the world? Science fiction explores the rise of the machines January 28, 2015 Get ready to bow down before your new mechanical overlords – everyone from Stephen Hawking to Elon Musk are warning of the dangers of intelligent machines. We look to science fiction for the likely outcome. ROBOCOP (1987) Sanctimonious, violent but ultimately just, at least we know a future run by Robocop would be fair. [...]
Lancaster urges Cipriani to seize his chance after Farrell ruled out January 27, 2015 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster has thrown down the gauntlet to his remaining fly-halves after Owen Farrell was last night ruled out of the entire Six Nations campaign with a knee injury. Bath No10 George Ford is expected to start against Wales in the Six Nations curtain-raiser at the Millennium Stadium a week on Friday [...]