Horse racing betting tips: Japanese raiders look set to take Hong Kong by storm December 8, 2016 SHA TIN Racecourse in Hong Kong stages its glittering Longines International meeting on Sunday morning. The good news for racing fans in this country is that for the first time Racing UK (Sky channel 432) will show Sunday’s meeting, as well as racing from both Sha Tin and Happy Valley going forward. Those early risers [...]
Transport for London hits out at government for failing to share air quality information relating to Heathrow expansion December 8, 2016 Transport for London (TfL) has criticised the government for failing to share key information on Heathrow expansion. Speaking at a London Assembly Transport Committee meeting on Thursday, Alex Williams, acting managing director of planning at TfL, said: "There is an ongoing issue that pre any legal challenge, we have asked for a regular series of [...]
Byron Hamburgers to get new big cheese chairman in former Morrisons boss Dalton Philips and new chief exec December 7, 2016 There will be a new chair at the table at Byron Hamburgers this week, when former Wm Morrison boss Dalton Philips will be appointed chairman of the up-and-coming restaurant chain. The appointment could come as soon as tomorrow, Sky News reported. It will be Philips' biggest corporate role since leaving the supermarket at the beginning [...]
PlayStation VR review: An affordable entry into the world of virtual reality entertainment December 7, 2016 The PlayStation VR has made a right mess of my living room. Sony’s new headset requires the use of roughly seven thousand bits of cable, which snake and coil around your TV and your console and your neck like rubbery snakes. Truly, I have never felt more at risk of accidental self-strangulation than when reviewing [...]
A small band of Remain useful idiots wrongly thinks Brexit won’t happen December 7, 2016 We have a problem. An odd little group of people – who make up with fervour and confidence what they might lack in numbers and logic – is presently touring the world of the commentariat. Unlike most Remain campaigners, principled and reasonable people able to accept a decision contrary to their will and move on, [...]
Fund manager Schroders gears up to appoint BAE Systems and Google Ventures heads as non-executive directors December 6, 2016 FTSE-100 listed asset manager Schroders will name Ian King, the chief executive of BAE Systems, and Avid Larizadeh Duggan, a Google Ventures partner, as non-executive directors this week. They could be officially appointed as soon as today, sources told Sky News. Read more: Schroders backs private equity firm's bosses as they fend off hostile bid The group [...]
Threadneedle Bar at the Royal Exchange shares its recipe for the Mediterranean cocktail Amalfi Sour with us December 6, 2016 Now the cold snap has arrived, we’re all eager to reach for a warming drink. But what makes a great winter cocktail? There are many ways to heat up a drink; stew it on the hob like a mulled wine, add a few warming spices like cinnamon and nutmeg or pour in the booze, that’ll [...]
Fernando Alonso could reignite fierce rivalry with Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, team chiefs confirm December 6, 2016 Mercedes could be set to reignite one of motorsport’s most combustible rivalries after team bosses admitted that McLaren’s Fernando Alonso is on their shortlist to replace departing world champion Nico Rosberg. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes’ other driver, and Alonso endured such a fraught relationship while team-mates at McLaren in 2007 that the Spaniard quit the Woking-based [...]
Britain’s broadband boost: Regulator wants an infrastructure shake-up to reduce dependency on BT Openreach December 6, 2016 BT will be forced to share vital fixed line infrastructure with rivals in order to "reduce the country’s reliance on Openreach" under proposals by Britain's telecoms regulator. Ofcom today revealed plans it hoped would make it "quick and easier" for the likes of Vodafone,TalkTalk and Sky to build their own fibre networks. Openreach maintains the UK's main telecoms infrastructure [...]
Ex-Liverpool chairman Sir Martin Broughton targets sophisticated investors for new sports venture December 6, 2016 Sophisticated investors in the UK are being encouraged to back sport businesses using a new online platform that puts them in front of a range of unquoted companies in the sector. Sports Investment Partners (SIP), the private equity firm founded by former Liverpool chairman Sir Martin Broughton, has teamed up with corporate finance adviser Envestors to launch [...]