Lions Tour: AWJ back to captain XV just weeks after being ruled out of tour July 21, 2021 British & Irish Lions Head Coach Warren Gatland has announced his team to battle South Africa this weekend at Cape Town Stadium. Only 24 days ago, Alun Wyn Jones suffered a dislocated shoulder during the Lions first game of the tour against Japan on home soil. The Osprey will lead the Lions this weekend pairing [...]
Downing Street does not deny govt mulls increasing national insurance contributions July 20, 2021 Downing Street has not denied that National Insurance contributions could be increased to fund a new social care plan, in a move that would break a Conservative manifesto pledge. Boris Johnson is reportedly considering plans to raise National Insurance payments by one percentage point for employers and employees to raise £10bn a year to help [...]
History maker Collin Morikawa coasts to second major title at The Open July 18, 2021 Collin Morikawa held off fellow American Jordan Spieth to win The Open on his championship debut at Royal St George’s on Sunday. Morikawa, who won the 2020 US PGA Championship on his second major start, held his nerve on the closing stretch to become the first player to win two different majors at their first [...]
Louis Oosthuizen takes one-shot lead into final round of the Open as Collin Morikawa keeps up chase July 17, 2021 Louis Oosthuizen stayed on course for a wire-to-wire victory at the Open Championship, despite Collin Morikawa cutting his lead. Oosthuizen, who won the Claret Jug in 2010, carded a third round of 69 to move to 12 under par and lead The Open by one shot from Morikawa. The South African played the first two [...]
PwC to ramp up partner pay packages to record highs after Covid profit rush July 17, 2021 The UK’s largest accountancy firm has done so well out of the pandemic that average partner pay at the firm has surged to a record £868,000. Demand for PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) consulting services has weathered Covid extremely well, and the firm is set to publish record-high revenues later in the year, according to reports in Sky [...]
The Hundred: MD Sanjay Patel on profits, participation, gender equality and winning over sceptics with English cricket’s new competition July 17, 2021 Sanjay Patel, managing director of The Hundred, could be forgiven a few sleepless nights as Wednesday 21 July approaches. That is when the Oval Invincibles are due to host the Manchester Originals in a women’s match that raises the curtain on the controversial new competition designed to breathe new life into domestic cricket. Patel has [...]
Saudi Arabian wealth fund takes McLaren stake in £550m raise July 16, 2021 Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has today taken a stake in iconic supercar maker McLaren through an equity raise. Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) has taken part in a £550m raise likely to be unveiled within days, as was first reported by Sky News. Along with investment firm Ares Management, PIF will put £400m into [...]
Flood death toll in Germany hits 110 with dozens trapped and hundreds still unaccounted for July 16, 2021 Rescue operations and the search for hundreds still unaccounted for continue across Germany, Belgium and Holland, with at least 110 people having died in devastating floods. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was “stunned” by the devastation and pledged support to the families of those killed and to cities and towns facing significant damage. “In [...]
Intel ‘in talks’ to but chipmaker Global Foundries for $30bn July 16, 2021 Intel is reportedly in talks to buy semiconductor chipmaker Global Foundries for $30bn (£21.7bn), amid the continuing global shortage of the chips. The Wall Street Journal reported that the US tech giant was circling the New York-based firm, which is owned by the Mubadala Investment Company. But Global Foundries said that it was not in [...]
Boris Johnson promises not to ‘decapitate’ London as a part of levelling up agenda July 14, 2021 Boris Johnson will today vow not to “decapitate” London and other “tall poppies” during the government’s levelling up agenda as he gives further details of his government’s trademark policy programme. Johnson will say that we “don’t think you can make the poor parts of the country richer by making the rich parts poorer” and that [...]