Leicester Tigers’ stuttering start to the season highlights familiar concerns November 20, 2019 Just four games into a new Premiership campaign that promised to be a turning point for Leicester Tigers and they appear no nearer to ending the “worst period in the club’s history”. That was head coach Geordan Murphy’s brutal assessment of last season. But despite an intense 12-week pre-season designed to get the players in [...]
The Bentley Bentayga Speed is officially the fastest SUV on sale. But should you buy one? November 18, 2019 Zero-point-six-two miles per hour. That slender margin – half the speed of a spider scuttling across your bathroom floor – is enough to make the Bentayga Speed the fastest SUV in the world. Yes, Lamborghini rounds up to an identical 190mph maximum for its second-placed Urus. But whether you’re blitzing a German autobahn or bragging [...]
Jim Ratcliffe wins Jaguar Land Rover challenge over Defender shape November 17, 2019 Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) efforts to thwart billionaire businessman Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s plans to model the shape of his new 4×4 on JLR’s Defender have failed. The Sunday Times today reported that Ratcliffe, the founder of Ineos, had won his challenge to JLR’s attempt to trademark the Defender’s shape. Read more: Ineos’ Teeside chemicals factory [...]
Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty House could sell Jaguar Land Rover supply business November 12, 2019 Sanjeev Gupta’s industrial conglomerate Liberty House is considering selling a major automotive supplier to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Renault. The company has hired advisers from Grant Thornton to look into how to address market issues facing Liberty Pressing Solutions (LPS). Read more: GFG Alliance launches $15bn Liberty Steel Group One of the options on [...]
Will CO2 rules choke car industry profits? November 12, 2019 Europe’s car industry needs to tackle the huge challenge posed by new emissions regulations. But for those who do, it’s a major opportunity. The commitment to limit global warming to 2 degrees is the greatest challenge of our time. If we’re going to meet it then we need to cut harmful emissions from industry, and [...]
US court orders Donald Trump to hand over tax returns November 4, 2019 A US appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s accountants must hand over eight years worth of tax returns to New York prosecutors. The decision is a blow to Trump, who has been repeatedly resisted calls by political opponents to publish his financial records. Read more: Nancy Pelosi expects Donald Trump impeachment hearings to [...]
Eddie Jones’s future a key part of England’s next four-year cycle for 2023 Rugby World Cup in France November 3, 2019 After a Rugby World Cup comes a period of flux. Win or lose, success or failure, a new cycle begins now for the teams who competed in Japan, with planning for France 2023 under way already in the back rooms of the country’s governing bodies. For the likes of Australia, New Zealand and France that [...]
Rugby Betting Tips: Ford and Farrell to steer the chariot home October 31, 2019 EDDIE Jones said from the start of his appointment as England head coach in 2015 to judge him on how his side perform at the 2019 World Cup. It is fair to say he’s been a success, with his team just 80 minutes away from their second Webb Ellis Cup. The Red Rose have been [...]
England v South Africa: Rugby World Cup final victory can top the achievement of 2003 October 31, 2019 It’s the eve of the Rugby World Cup final and I could hardly be more confident. England come into their clash with South Africa on the back of a near-perfect performance in the semi-final, while their opponents did the bare minimum to reach the showpiece in Japan. England were sensational in beating New Zealand 19-7 [...]
Spirit Aerosystems buys Bombardier’s 3,600-job Northern Ireland factory in $500m deal October 31, 2019 The 3,600-job Belfast manufacturing base of Canadian aerospace giant Bombardier has been snapped up by US rival Spirit Aerosystems, as part of a $500m deal. Bombardier, the province’s biggest employer, had sparked concerns that people could lose their jobs when it put the unit up for sale earlier this year, along with its operations in [...]