Christian Eriksen returns to football with Brentford January 31, 2022 Danish footballer Christian Eriksen, who suffered a near-fatal cardiac arrest while playing last year, has signed for Brentford. The 29-year-old former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder has not played competitively since collapsing at Euro 2020 last summer. Eriksen, who was subsequently released by Inter Milan, has signed a short-term deal with Brentford until the end of the [...]
Octopus Energy faces £100m blow from market meltdown January 29, 2022 Octopus has warned it is facing a hefty bill from the energy crisis, as it absorbs the impact of the price cap and soaring wholesale costs.
Post-Brexit boost for the City as London takes top spot in global financial powerhouse rankings January 27, 2022 London continues to hold the top spot for financial and professional services in terms of overall offer when compared to other global destinations, including New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris and Frankfurt, according to new figures published this morning. London received an overall competitiveness score of 61, followed by New York (58) and Singapore (53). [...]
Ed Warner: Stand up for English cricket January 27, 2022 Wanted: someone to stand up for English cricket. National governing body the ECB is hunkered in its bunker, losing the PR battles over racism and the Ashes debacle. This simply won’t do. Challenging though the circumstances are, the sport needs visible leadership with a strong voice, prepared to defend what is good about it while [...]
Deloitte forecasts late flurry of Premier League transfer activity January 24, 2022 Premier League clubs are being tipped to embark on a trolley dash in the final week of the January transfer window. Spending in the English top-flight has already passed £100m this month, eclipsing the total outlay in last year’s Covid-affected winter window. And Deloitte’s Sports Business Group is forecasting a busy final few days before [...]
Remote work will free reluctant city dwellers and reinvigorate London January 24, 2022 London has been the cradle of dreams and ambition for a long time. It is more than 600 years now since Dick Whittington left Gloucestershire to seek his fortune in the capital, rising to become lord mayor for the first time in 1397. Faint echoes of his journey remain with us all today: how many [...]
Liverpool and Chelsea breathe new life into Premier League title race January 23, 2022 Call off the trophy engravers; hold that order of sky blue ticker tape; put Pep Guardiola’s dancing shoes away for now: we may have a Premier League title race after all. Leaders Manchester City’s slip-up at Southampton on Saturday dropped blood into the water and 24 hours later Liverpool and Chelsea showed they still have [...]
How Instagram conquered the antiques world January 20, 2022 It was a classic case of love at first sight. Over breakfast I’d spotted my ‘forever-table’ on Instagram, and by that afternoon my partner and I were en route to a residential street in Brixton to pick it up. The caption gave some dimensions and the price; the seller’s bio read ‘shop via the grid’. [...]
Shop staff fear abuse and Covid infection after government ‘flip-flopping’ on mask policy January 19, 2022 Retail workers have called on the government to reconsider its plans to scrap the requirement for shoppers to wear face masks. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of England’s plan B Covid restrictions yesterday. Mandatory mask rules will be scrapped next Wednesday. Retail trade union the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) [...]
Yorkshire hire World Cup winning former West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson January 19, 2022 Yorkshire have appointed former West Indies and South Africa head coach Ottis Gibson on a three-year contract starting next month. Gibson, who also had a stint as England bowling coach, is set to become only the second black head coach in the history of county cricket. He replaces Andrew Gale, who was among 16 people [...]