Women’s Super League season preview: New-look division confident of building on World Cup platform September 5, 2019 The Women’s Super League kicks off a new season on Saturday looking to build on the success of the summer’s World Cup and there is every indication it is on the right path. Even before a ball has been kicked the signs are good. The 2019-20 campaign is the first with Barclays as the title [...]
British Land files legal challenge against Monsoon Accessorize CVA September 5, 2019 British Land has filed a legal challenge against Monsoon Accessorize’s recently agreed rescue plan, which will see the retailer slash rents across more than half its UK stores. The owner of Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre is aiming to block the retailer’s company voluntary arrangement (CVA) following its approval in July, Sky News reported. Read more: [...]
You haven’t got mail: Yahoo Mail down around the world September 5, 2019 Yahoo’s email servers have suffered a fault that has blocked users around the world from using the service, with many complaining they cannot work. The problem has also hit the email services of UK companies Sky, BT, and Talktalk, which piggyback off Yahoo’s network. Read more: Natwest and RBS website outages hit online banking customers [...]
Ministers prepare new finance council to support post-Brexit lending to SMEs September 5, 2019 Ministers are reportedly set to launch a finance council to support lending to small and medium sized business (SMEs) post-Brexit, following complaints the government has not done enough to help prepare the firms for the UK leaving the EU. Read more: Bill to block no-deal Brexit a ‘chink of light’ for business, says CBI The [...]
Downing Street calls today ‘first day of election’ despite failure to pull trigger September 5, 2019 Downing Street has called today the “first day of the election campaign” despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to trigger a snap election in parliament last night. Johnson’s office told Sky News that the PM will begin his campaign to win an election today after opposition MPs resisted his call for a 15 October vote. [...]
The great Premier League giveaway: Why Sky Sports are handing over free highlights on YouTube September 4, 2019 Premier League football is an expensive commodity and to extract every ounce of its value broadcasters need to innovate. In February last year Sky Sports pledged £3.6bn to buy 128 live matches per season in the 2019-22 rights cycle. That might have worked out as a reduction from its previous deal – £4.2bn for 126 [...]
Hilco Capital circles embattled retailer Links of London September 4, 2019 Homebase-owner Hilco Capital is circling troubled jewellery retailer Links of London. The vulture fund is among a number of bidders for Links, which is trying to secure a rescue deal in the coming days, according to Sky News. Read more: Folli Follie hires advisers to weigh up Links sale A deal is likely to be [...]
Stirling Industries tables £190m bid for Apple Watch supplier Ipsen September 3, 2019 Industrial acquisition firm Stirling Industries is said to be close to snapping up Apple Watch supplier Ipsen International for £190m. Aim-listed Stirling, which was set up last year, is on the brink of closing the takeover of Ipsen, which provides heat treatment services for hardening steel in products across a range of industries. Read more: [...]
Bond fund giant Pimco ‘vying to buy’ £5bn taxpayer-owned loan portfolio September 3, 2019 Global investment giant Pimco is reportedly among the bidders looking to snap up the final tranche of taxpayer-owned customer loans issued in the wake of the financial crisis a decade ago. The bond fund manager is eyeing a possible bid for the £5bn loan portfolio, according to Sky News, in a City sale that marks [...]
Construction industry output ‘drops like a brick’ to a decade low September 3, 2019 Britain’s construction industry suffered its sharpest decline in new work in more than a decade last month, as economic uncertainty hampered decision making among customers. New orders slumped at their worst rate since March 2009, according to closely-followed industry barometer the IHS Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which read just 40 for the category where [...]