Horse Racing Betting Tips: Greenside suited by soft ground on Gentlemen’s Day at Sandown June 13, 2019 EVERY racecourse seems to have a Ladies’ Day but tomorrow it’s Randox Health Gentlemen’s Day at Sandown, where there will be beer tasting, arcade games, live music and the Style Award. On the racing front, the highlight of the card is the Listed Randox Health Scurry Stakes (2.05pm) over five furlongs. With all the rain [...]
This Father’s Day, give the dads in your office a real gift June 13, 2019 A shirt with the word “legend” plastered across the front? A trio of “bad boy” chili sauces? A customisable BBQ branding iron? Father’s Day really is an object exercise in gifting tat. Such tokens are inconsequential and ephemeral – destined for a cluttered kitchen drawer. Better to get dads something they actually want. Simply, more [...]
Stevenage FC launch share offering as they seek £1.2m boost to promotion ambitions June 3, 2019 For clubs scrambling to scale the ultra-competitive English football pyramid it can pay to go against the grain. Ambitious Stevenage FC are doing just that with an innovative equity offering designed to give them a leg up into League One and, later, the Championship. Chairman and majority owner Phil Wallace hopes to raise £1.2m by [...]
Crackdown on junk food adverts ‘will damage’ broadcasters and advertisers June 3, 2019 The government’s plan to crack down on junk food TV advertising is an “irrelevant symbolic gesture” that will damage business for broadcasters and advertisers, a damning new report has warned. Media research firm Enders Analysis said plans to ban TV adverts for unhealthy food will not tackle the issue of childhood obesity and will cause [...]
Easyjet and Marks and Spencer candidates for relegation in FTSE reshuffle June 2, 2019 Easyjet looks set to be the next company to fall out of the FTSE 100, with several others, including Marks and Spencer, nervously eyeing the drop ahead of the blue chip list’s reshuffle on Wednesday. The budget carrier has faced a turbulent time, which has pushed shares down 22 per cent in the last six [...]
Should you really sell in May and go away – What is the truth of the old stock market saying? May 30, 2019 There are many phrases used to try to capture trends or patterns that supposedly appear in the movement of share prices over the years. For example, the concept of a “Santa Rally” suggests that stock prices increase in the run up to Christmas. Yet one of the oldest such phrases is “sell in May and [...]
Keep your wits about you, it’s not easy to navigate this tyrannical political jungle May 30, 2019 Any country that forced its citizens to spend over 40 per cent of their time working for those in power would be roundly condemned as a slave state and the most appalling tyranny. Yet this is the effective reality in Britain. Just over two fifths – 40.94 per cent – of everything the nation earns is [...]
Trainline IPO: Rail app seeks to raise £75m from June float May 29, 2019 Trainline hopes to raise at least £75m when it floats on the London Stock Exchange next month, it said today. Read more: Trainline confirms intention to float in London IPO The ticket-booking app expects to launch its initial public offering (IPO) next month, when it is confident of raising enough capital for a listing on [...]
Facebook-backer Index Ventures leads $4m series A for UK legal startup May 28, 2019 Seedlegals, which helps UK startups automate the fundraising process, has secured $4m (£3.2m) in funding from one of the world's most successful venture capital firms. San Francisco and London-based Index Ventures led the series A funding round, putting Seedlegals among the likes of Facebook, Just Eat and Slack in its portfolio. Additional participation was provided by Kima Ventures, [...]
The Sky’s the limit May 23, 2019 I’ve always been fascinated by the media. That’s just as well I suppose, as I run a reputation management firm. But I am constantly intrigued by its influence, its reach, the way it works – and always, always the stories going on behind the scenes. So it was a genuine pleasure to welcome Jeremy Darroch, [...]