Ukip conference 2014: Nigel Farage sets out tax-cutting policies September 26, 2014 Ukip has gathered in Doncaster for its last party conference before next year's general election. The timing is somewhat unfortunate for Nigel Farage's eurosceptic party with much of the media's attention focused on the upcoming vote on whether Britain will join airstrikes against ISIS. However, that won't stop the party putting forward some eyecatching policies to [...]
Wonga braced for sharp fall in its profits September 25, 2014 Online payday lender Wonga is set to report profits of £50m for 2013, down from £84.5m the previous year, it was reported yesterday. The high-profile firm has been beset with problems in the past year, with founder Errol Damelin stepping down as chairman and chief executive Niall Wass quitting after just six months in the [...]
GlaxoSmithKline to name Sir Philip Hampton chair September 24, 2014 SHARES in pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) rose slightly in late afternoon trading yesterday after it emerged that Sir Philip Hampton was likely to be named as its new chairman. GSK is likely to announce Hampton’s move in the next two days – and with such a large job he is expected to eventually give up [...]
Rose and Bradley the value to be their teams’ top player September 24, 2014 UNDERSTANDABLY both Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler head the Top European and Top American markets respectively, after both men enjoyed their finest seasons to date. World No1 McIlory’s confidence is sky-high after landing two Majors this season, while Fowler’s consistency at the top-level has been breath-taking. But it’s Justin Rose, rather than McIlroy, who offers [...]
Out of sight September 23, 2014 Michael Hoppen Gallery to showcase photographs of the horizon The horizon, where land and sky conspire to conceal the unknown, has long been a fixation of photographers. On the one hand it connotes distance, expansiveness, the epic curvature of the earth. On the other, it’s a symbol of the limitation of human perspective – a [...]
Phones 4u is to close the rest of its 362 stores September 22, 2014 PHONES 4u’s remaining 362 high street stores across Britain will be permanently closed and the 1,697 staff in those stores will be made redundant, administrator PwC announced last night after failing to find a buyer for the shops. Britain’s largest mobile network operator EE bought 58 Phones 4u stores in a £2.5m deal earlier in [...]
EE ready to buy up to 60 Phones 4u stores today September 21, 2014 BRITAIN’S largest mobile network operator EE is in talks to buy up to 60 Phones 4u stores following the retailer’s collapse into administration. PwC is understood to be planning to announce the deal as soon as this morning. However sources close to the administrator said talks were ongoing last night. Phones 4u’s collapse was triggered [...]
Leafing street level for top of Walkie Talkie September 18, 2014 Don’t look down: The moment a tree is hoisted up by crane to the top of 20 Fenchurch St before being guided down into its soon-to-be-launched Sky Garden on levels 35, 36 and 37.
Watch: Leaf’s-eye-view of a tree being hoisted to the top of the Walkie Talkie September 18, 2014 Skyscrapers may be complex to build, but what about getting the furniture into them? You can usually squeeze a sofa into the lift – but a full-grown tree requires rather more specialist equipment. The video below gives a leaf's-eye-view of the process involved in hoisting a palm tree into the top floors of the Walkie [...]
Sky Deutschland tells investors to shun Sky Europe takeover bid September 17, 2014 THE BOARD of Sky Deutschland has advised its minority shareholders not to accept the takeover offer from BSkyB, claiming the bid “does not reflect the full potential and thus intrinsic value” of Sky Deutschland. BSkyB agreed in July to buy the 57 per cent of Sky Deutschland owned by 21st Century Fox, as part of [...]