Rowing – Outdoorsy vs Outsidey November 6, 2024 I have recently been made aware of the important difference between being “Outdoorsy” and being “Outsidey”. The main distinguishing factor here appears to be that the former requires some type of skill or capacity for endurance. It is the difference between enjoying a long countryside walk to a good pub for lunch and signing up [...]
Marks and Spencer shares up on double-digit growth as turnaround pays off November 6, 2024 Marks and Spencer has reported another bumper set of results ahead of the golden quarter as its turnaround plan continues to pay off. The company’s share price rose by nearly five per cent in early trades and reached a level not seen since 2016. Profit before tax rose 17.2 per cent to £407.8m, up £348.1m [...]
England rugby star who put fan in headlock banned for just six weeks November 5, 2024 England and Sale rugby player Jonny Hill has escaped with a six-week ban after pleading guilty to physically abusing a spectator. Hill was alleged to have put the fan in a headlock and broken his glasses following Sale’s Premiership semi-final defeat at Bath in June. The incident was investigated by police without the outcome being [...]
Steve McQueen falls short with wartime drama Blitz November 5, 2024 Ten years on from his Oscar triumph with 12 Years A Slave, filmmaker Steve McQueen has forged his own creative path. Rather than dive into the world of blockbusters, he has stuck with hard hitting dramas such as his Small Axe anthology of films and the 2018 thriller Widows. His latest is Blitz, a World [...]
Driving Gen Z into the ground November 5, 2024 A shortage of driving tests and suggestions that young people should not be allowed to give their friends lifts are just the latest examples of the infantilisation of Gen Z, says Phoebe Arslanagić-Little In July 2024, there was not a single driving test to be had anywhere in London, at all. The best the DVSA [...]
The NHS will soon cost more than the GDP of New Zealand November 5, 2024 Spending on health and social care will hit £200bn by the end of this parliament – more than the entire economy of New Zealand – as Britain heads towards being a £1.5 trillion state, says Emma Revell New Zealand sounds, by all accounts, like a pretty sweet country. For a start, it is one of [...]
Star stockpicker Richard Penny ditches asset manager November 4, 2024 Star stockpicker Richard Penny has ditched his asset manager Lansdowne Partners to move to Oberon Investments Group. Penny and his investment team will join Oberon while continuing to manage the £28m CRUX UK Special Situations, the £21m CRUX UK Core and the £7m CRUX UK Smaller Companies funds. Oberon, a little known name in the [...]
Mike Ashley defeated: What’s next for Boohoo and will Frasers billionaire seek revenge? November 1, 2024 Retail tycoon Mike Ashley has experienced a rare taste of defeat after fast-fashion giant Boohoo resisted his attempt to become its new chief executive by tapping the boss of Debenhams. Dan Finley is to step into the role which is being vacated by John Lyttle whose departure was announced last month. Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group [...]
Why millennial women are efficient – but not very productive – mothers October 31, 2024 Millennial women have reached child-bearing age in a corporate culture that encourages them to have fewer babies, closer together and later in life, says Eliza Filby Few may have seen the link between yesterday’s budget and the latest fertility rates from the ONS which showed they have dropped to their lowest mark since records began. [...]
Rise in National Insurance and Minimum Wage delivers ‘ big blow’ to struggling firms October 30, 2024 Rachel Reeves’ increase to employers’ National Insurance Contributions (NIC) will be a “big blow” to sectors already suffering from higher costs, a number of businesses have warned. While delivering the Autumn Budget this afternoon, the Chancellor announced a number of “very difficult decisions” in order to fill the £22bn “black hole” inherited by the Conservatives. [...]