Golf Comment: On this sublime form, Rory could win the year’s other three Majors May 18, 2015 AT THE start of every year Rory McIlroy jots down his targets for the season on a piece of paper, folds it up and puts it away in his wallet. Whatever he set himself in January, he ought to up it on current form. With a swing like his, McIlroy could win every week. I [...]
Three things to expect from the M&S full-year results on Wednesday May 18, 2015 If City analysts are anything to go by, this Wednesday could be a good one for Marks & Spencer's chief executive Marc Bolland. The troubled high street giant is forecast to post its first full-year rise in profits for four years. M&S has invested billions of pounds trying to improve the 798-strong store portfolio, up [...]
Records tumble as Rory McIlroy claims Quail Hollow win May 17, 2015 WORLD No1 Rory McIlroy carded a final-round 69 to storm to a record-breaking victory at the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in North Carolina last night. Four-time Major winner McIlroy failed to repeat the heroics of his stunning round of 61 on Saturday but finished on a staggering 21 under par for the tournament, [...]
Galliford Try wins £55m of school projects May 7, 2015 GALLIFORD Try said yesterday that it has won two new contracts in the education sector worth up to £55m. The FTSE 250’s construction business Morrison Construction will refurbish four primary schools in Scotland after being appointed preferred bidder by Moray Council. Its building business has also won a £38m contract in Hull and East Riding [...]
Morrisons boss says customers key to survival May 7, 2015 MORRISONS new chief executive David Potts said yesterday that it would take more weeks of listening to customers and staff to understand how to bring the “British underdog” back to life, as it reported a further drop in sales. In his first trading update since taking over the reins in March, Potts said he had [...]
Analyst Views: What was your reaction to Morrisons’ first update under potts? May 7, 2015 BRUNO MONTEYNE | BERNSTEIN While we count the new chief executive David Potts as a great addition to the team, we think the task of repositioning Morrisons is much harder than for Tesco as it has less competitive advantages and it will take much longer than what currently is embedded in consensus margin expectations. CLIVE [...]
FTSE slumps on market jitters over close vote – London Report May 7, 2015 BRITAIN’S top share index fell to one-month lows yesterday as voting got underway in what looks set to be one of the country’s closest national elections in decades. With the result uncertain, the vote could yield a weak government, push the world’s fifth-largest economy a step closer to leaving the European Union and stoke Scottish [...]
Chil the kite could soar above rivals in Victoria Cup May 7, 2015 ASCOT’S card tomorrow looks tricky as it is without the imponderables of whether the rain will come and how many non-runners there could be consequently . The big betting heat is the Victoria Cup (3.45pm) and my two against the field are ZARWAAN and CHIL THE KITE. Zarwaan would be a really confident selection at [...]
Morrisons share price down after sales fall, despite slower rate under new boss David Potts May 7, 2015 The figures The Bradford-based retailer said that like-for-likes excluding fuel were down 2.9 per cent in the 13 weeks to 13 May. However, this was slightly less than analysts' forecasts of a decline of three per cent. Shares in Morrisons were trading down two per cent at 176.2 pence per share this morning. Why it's interesting [...]
Sainsbury’s dividend hit as profits plunge: Supermarket joins “horror show of income slashers” May 6, 2015 Sainsbury’s became the latest supermarket to take the knife to its final dividend yesterday, joining banks and oil companies in what analysts called a “horror show of income slashers”. Sainsbury’s said it will pay a full-year dividend of 13.2p per share, down 23.7 per cent on last year, after changing its policy in November [...]