Windfall due next year but clubs can’t wait to spend their billions August 6, 2015 PREMIER League clubs are ramping up their spending this summer in anticipation of the television cash bonanza on the horizon next year, according to a new survey. The findings, from accountants BDO’s annual survey of financial directors at English football clubs, comes after it emerged this week that spending by top-flight sides in this transfer [...]
Royal Bank of Scotland share price dips as government raises £2bn through share sale August 4, 2015 Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) were down 1.4 per cent at 332.7p in the first minutes of trading, after the government initiated its first major sale of shares since it took a stake in the bank in 2008. UK Financial Investments, the government's investment arm, said it had raised more than £2bn through [...]
Calais migrant crisis: Foreign secretary Philip Hammond says government “has got a grip” on crisis August 3, 2015 The government has a grip on the migrant crisis in Calais, the foreign secretary Philip Hammond has said, while David Cameron faces calls to return from his holiday. Speaking after chairing a meeting of the government’s emergency committee, Cobra, Hammond confirmed the UK would commit 100 more guards to Calais’ Eurotunnel terminal. https://twitter.com/PHammondMP/status/628276498525483008 The foreign [...]
Swift third after Drucker sprints to Classic victory August 2, 2015 TEAM Sky’s Ben Swift was the highest-placed Briton after finishing third at the London-Surrey Classic following a thrilling sprint on the Mall which saw Luxembourg’s Jean-Pierre Drucker crowned champion. BMC Racing’s Drucker edged out Dutch rider Mike Teunissen, while Swift had to be content with a place on the podium for the second year running, [...]
The World Anti-Doping Agency is “very alarmed” after leaked files show extent of suspected doping August 2, 2015 A leak of test data from the International Association of Athletics Federation has led to new allegations of doping, which the World Anti-Doping Agency has said they are “very alarmed” about. The Sunday Times and German broadcasted ARD/WDR have been given access to the results of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes between 2001 and 2012. [...]
Real Madrid and Barcelona head to BT as Sky pulls out of bidding for La Liga TV rights August 1, 2015 BT Sport has struck the latest blow in its battle with Sky Sports for football broadcasting supremacy, as it closes in on securing the rights to Spanish football. Read more: Sky’s costs soar as battle with BT Sport weighs Sky is believed to have pulled out of the bidding process for rights to La Liga fixtures [...]
How London’s streets became a death trap for cyclists: Every bicycle accident mapped July 31, 2015 To scroll past this visualisation on mobile, swipe down on the right-hand side of the map. The Elephant & Castle roundabout is infamous among the capital's cyclists. In 2013, the last year for which we have complete data, there were 15 incidents involving cyclists on or next to the junction. In May last year, [...]
BT’s profits rise ahead of sports pay-TV launch July 31, 2015 BT Group yesterday posted a solid rise in first-quarter profits and said it is on track to meet full-year expectations, thanks to strong demand for its superfast fibre broadband and a flurry of customers signing up for its new pay-TV football coverage. The telecoms company pulled in 217,000 new super-fast fibre broadband customers and 60,000 [...]
Listing alpaca farming and ninja practice on your CV “just a bit too personal”, warn City recruiters July 31, 2015 Some readers may remember the 80’s trend for writing completely useless and “quirky” info into one’s CV. Sadly, with the advent of LinkedIn, talking about your love of sky-diving and extensive collection of beard combs doesn’t always win favours with the people in Human Resources. But some of the most elite recruitment firms in the [...]
Greece crisis: After six months in power Alexis Tsipras’ Syriza government has left the country with a veritable Mount Olympus to climb July 30, 2015 Alexis Tsipras’ six-month old left-wing Syriza government has put the country through a breath-taking roller-coaster of ideological hysteria, politico-economic gambles, and farcical constitutional experiments. Now it faces a rockier path ahead than the one it inherited. Perversely, at the time they lost power, the previous government was beginning to boast financial indicators pointing [...]