McLaren 570S Spider review: Tim Pitt may have found his new favourite supercar July 31, 2017 When a car doesn’t feel right within the first 50 metres, it’s not right. That was the mantra of Richard Parry-Jones, the chassis guru who helped transform Ford in the 1990s. It’s also a test McLaren applied to its new 570S Spider. Forget topping 200mph, this £164,750 roadster had to feel sorted at city speeds. [...]
Olympic Stadium Formula One plan revealed: Audacious proposal shows Grand Prix circuit snaking through East London July 14, 2017 An audacious plan to hold a Formula One Grand Prix in and around Stratford’s Olympic Park has been pitched to the mayor of London, rivalling a separate bid to host a race in the Docklands. Reports of the Docklands plan surfaced earlier this week after the owners of Silverstone triggered a break clause in their [...]
Tour de France 2017: Team Sky has full support of the media giant despite a tumultuous year June 30, 2017 Team Sky has the full backing of the executives at the media behemoth despite enduring a year plagued by doping allegations, according to a key director at Britain’s most successful cycling team. Sky has dominated professional cycling in recent years, winning four of the last five editions of the Tour de France, which starts on [...]
Heading to the America’s Cup? Here’s where to go and what to do in Bermuda June 2, 2017 There are few things more intimidating on the water than suddenly finding yourself in the middle of a practice race for the America’s Cup. The oldest trophy in international sport is being contested in Bermuda for the first time in June 2017, but teams have been based on the Atlantic island for months, training for [...]
One year until The EU General Data Protection Regulation: The business world speaks out about the biggest ever overhaul of data legislation May 25, 2017 Exactly one year from today, “the most lobbied piece of legislation in history” – the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – will be enacted, radically overhauling the relationship businesses have with personal data through a raft of new obligations and consumer rights. The way firms collect, store, process and protect the personal information of [...]
Party donors: Here are the biggest names bank-rolling the Conservative campaign May 18, 2017 As the Conservatives launched their policies today, the money behind the Tory manifesto was revealed. The Electoral Commission has published the names of party donors who have given more than £7,500 to a party between 3 May and 9 May, giving an insight into who wants Prime Minister Theresa May back in Number 10. Read [...]
Will the Football League’s iFollow platform usher in a streaming revolution that reaches the Premier League? May 8, 2017 We can now watch Hollywood films without ever having to buy a DVD or go to a cinema, listen to music without owning a single CD, and keep up to date with the news without ever stepping into a newsagent. The advent of smartphones and streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify have revolutionised consumer [...]
Sunday Times Rich List 2017: The wealth of Britain’s billionaires has boomed despite Brexit, but Mike Ashley, Sir Philip Green and Selfridges owning Weston family lose millions May 7, 2017 The wealth of Britain’s richest has rocketed with more billionaires than ever before, new figures reveal. Brexit failed to derail the rise of the super-rich and the collective cash of the world’s wealthiest topped a whopping £658bn – that’s up 14 per cent on last year. There are now 14 more billionaires in Britain than [...]
Mercedes GLK 250 review: We travel to Bahrain, the Monaco of the Middle East, to test drive Mercedes’ junior SUV May 3, 2017 It’s appropriate that Bahrain should celebrate high-octane sports; it was here that oil was first discovered in the Gulf, after all. Fireworks explode in a riot of colours overhead as Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari takes the Bahrain Grand Prix’s chequered flag, followed by Lewis Hamilton six seconds later as the sky above the grandstands erupts. The [...]
Where things stand one year after BHS went into administration April 25, 2017 BHS was almost 90 years old when it went into administration a year ago today, but all that remains of its legacy now is a string of empty shops and an online store. When retail tycoon Sir Philip Green sold the chain for just £1 to serial bankrupt Dominic Chappell in 2015, he set off [...]