The Office Group is expanding to Hammersmith March 16, 2017 Co-working office provider The Office Group is expanding its footprint in the capital, taking out a 20-year lease on a building in Hammersmith. The company is opening up 61,000 square feet (sq ft) of flexible office space across the lower eight floors of 1 Lyric Square, a block located just minutes from Hammersmith tube station. [...]
Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding revealed as presenters for the Channel 4 version of Great British Bake Off March 16, 2017 Channel 4 today revealed comedians Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding will be stepping into the Great British Bake Off (GBBO) tent as the show's new presenters. Also new for the eighth season of the show will be food writer Prue Leith. She will be joining baker Paul Hollywood, who hopped channels after the BBC lost the rights [...]
Cheltenham Festival betting tips: Dandridge can Rock The World in Grand Annual March 16, 2017 IF YOU are still searching for a winner when they are lining up for the Grand Annual (5.30pm), just remember that it isn’t over until the fat lady sings. This is the traditional ‘get out of jail stakes’, although it’s one of the hardest races of the week to try to break free – six [...]
Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond is readying a return to the City as part of a Qatar-backed takeover bid for Square Mile stockbroker Panmure Gordon March 16, 2017 Bob Diamond, the former chief executive of Barclays, is reportedly set to launch a takeover bid for Panmure Gordon, one of Britain's oldest stockbrokers. Diamond's private equity firm, Atlas Merchant Capital (AMC), and QInvest, a Qatari investment bank that currently owns 43 per cent of Panmure, will create a bid vehicle to make an offer, according [...]
21st Century Fox £12bn takeover of Sky has been referred to regulators Ofcom and the CMA by culture secretary Karen Bradley March 16, 2017 The bid by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox to take over Sky has been referred to regulators by the culture secretary. Karen Bradley confirmed her decision this morning after already announcing she was “minded” to do so. Broadcast regulator Ofcom will examine “public interest considerations” and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) “jurisdiction issues”. Read more: Sky takeover [...]
Canary Wharf Group is selling its stake in the Walkie Talkie – which could value it at £1.2bn March 16, 2017 Got a hankering to own one of the capital's most iconic (and controversial) landmarks? You could be in luck, after it emerged Canary Wharf Group, Morgan Stanley and others are planning to put a 50 per cent stake in the building on sale. City A.M. understands Canary Wharf Group has approached agents to sell its [...]
Jones Bootmaker administration: Kurt Geiger and Endless eye up struggling shoe brand March 15, 2017 As Jones Bootmaker sits on the brink of administration, upmarket shoe retailer Kurt Geiger and Endless, the turnaround firm that owns Bathstore, are reportedly among suitors poised to swoop in to the 150-year-old firm’s rescue. The two are in discussions with advisers to Jones’ owners about deals that would potentially save hundreds of jobs, Sky News reported. [...]
Cheltenham Festival betting tips: Yorkhill can prove a class apart for Mullins and Walsh March 15, 2017 WE HAVE become accustomed to Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh dominating the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. Although that didn’t happen this year, they also don’t have a bad record on the Thursday. They won three races 12 months ago, including the opening JLT Novices’ Chase (1.30pm), and I expect them to take today’s [...]
Cheltenham Festival betting tips: Put your faith in Hobbs and Johnson For Good Measure March 15, 2017 FINDING the winner of the 24-runner Pertemps Final (2.10pm) is yet another impossible task, especially with my original fancy Presenting Percy having been clobbered by the handicapper. He represents last year’s winning owner/trainer/jockey combination and I still wouldn’t be surprised if he goes very close, although at as short as 6/1 in a place, the [...]
Cheltenham Festival betting tips: Venetia looks all set for the last Tango in Cheltenham March 15, 2017 GORDON Elliott has had a remarkable season. He is set to win his first Irish trainer’s title and is also on course to be crowned leading trainer at this year’s Festival. Undoubtedly one of his leading fancies this time is Diamond King in this afternoon’s Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Plate (4.10pm). The nine-year-old was a [...]