Jamie Snowden: Hoping Wendigo can deliver for the postmen March 7, 2025 Two-time Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer Jamie Snowden gives an insight into what it’s like to train a 4,000-share syndicate horse for the Festival. Speaking about Albert Bartlett hopeful Wendigo, on behalf of BetVictor Casino, Snowden said: “Having a horse like Wendigo – who is split into 4,000 shares – running in a Grade 1 at the [...]
Wizz Air: Why airline faces lengthy spell of turbulence February 4, 2025 Wizz Air is facing some turbulence. Despite enjoying its busiest ever year of passenger traffic in 2024, the Hungarian budget carrier can’t seem to turnaround an ailing share price. The stock is down more than 40 per cent over the last 12 months and fell a further three per cent on Monday after analysts at [...]
Dear developers, no one actually wants all these retail units February 4, 2025 Big retail units may appeal to developers' fantasies about what towns could be. But they need to focus on actual demand, writes John Andrews.
Rachel Reeves is banking on Sustainable Aviation Fuel – but will it ever become a reality? January 29, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves today confirmed government backing for Heathrow Airport’s third runway. The announcement, outlined in a growth speech in Oxfordshire, followed a week of speculation that the long-delayed and highly controversial proposals could be back on the agenda. It came alongside news that Gatwick and Luton would also be given the green light for [...]
Boeing suffers second-biggest yearly loss in its history January 28, 2025 Boeing has reported its second-largest annual loss on record after one of the most turbulent 12-month periods in its history. The US planemaker reported an annual net loss of $11.8bn (£9.5bn) on Tuesday and burned through some $14.3bn in free cash. Revenue also fell 14 per cent to $66.5bn, while deliveries from its commercial airplanes [...]
Wizz Air boss likely to miss out on £100m bonus as shares struggle January 27, 2025 The recent performance of Wizz Air’s share price suggests the company’s boss is set to miss out on a £100m bonus payout. The controversial bonus for CEO Jozsef Varadi was approved by shareholders in 2021. Under the terms of the agreement – the biggest bonus award in the history of the London Stock Exchange – [...]
Ryanair: ‘Boeing delays have forced us’ to slash passenger forecasts January 27, 2025 Ryanair has slashed its traffic forecasts as a result of ongoing delivery delays from the embattled US planemaker, Boeing. The budget airline said it no longer expects Boeing to deliver sufficient aircraft to meet a 2026 target of 210m passengers. “Boeing delays have forced us to revise our full-year traffic target to 206m, just three [...]
British airline pilots body win landmark appeal against Ryanair January 17, 2025 The British Airline Pilots Association has achieved a win in the Court of Appeal today over over illegal blacklisting practices at Ryanair
Pub giants allay fears of hospitality crisis despite higher wage bills January 15, 2025 Pub giants Mitchells & Butlers and Fuller, Smith & Turner have both expressed confidence as the firms adapt to higher wage bills, in a positive sign for an industry which warned of crisis last year. Mitchells, the owner of Harvester, Toby Carvery and All Bar One, reported like-for-like growth of 10.4 per cent over the [...]
L’Homme can Presse home his advantage in Gold Cup January 14, 2025 REGULAR readers will know that I tipped a Venetia Williams horse in my first Road to Cheltenham ante-post column last week. Well, I’m going in again I’m afraid! Make no mistake, Williams is an outstanding trainer, particularly of chasers, and I just think L’HOMME PRESSE is too big at 25/1 for the Boodles Gold Cup. [...]