George Ford has given Eddie Jones a dilemma with his excellent World Cup warm-up September 12, 2019 I wasn’t convinced to start with but it seems Eddie Jones has been pretty crafty by selecting his 31-man squad as early as he did. It has given those going to the World Cup an extra four weeks to prepare for the tournament, rather than wasting emotional energy on fighting to make it. There are [...]
City Moves for 12 September – Who’s switching jobs at Stobart Aviation, the Hymans Robertson Foundation and RBC Capital Markets? September 12, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Stobart Aviation, the Hymans Robertson Foundation and RBC Capital Markets. Stobart Aviation Former BA Cityflyer general manager Luke Hayhoe has joined Stobart Aviation as aviation business development director as it works to boost relationships with its customer airlines at London Southend airport, Carlisle Lake District airport and Teesside International Airport. Luke, [...]
Raheem Sterling hits new heights and shows why sponsors are in hot pursuit September 11, 2019 Last month it emerged that Raheem Sterling was being courted by Air Jordan, the Nike sub-brand reported to be considering making him the face of a new range of football boots in a £100m deal. If anyone was in any doubt why Sterling is in line for one of the sport’s most lucrative ever boot [...]
England will have to go the extra mile to win the Rugby World Cup September 11, 2019 If England needed any reminding of the logistical hurdles to winning the World Cup, they received it on Monday when they were held up at Tokyo Narita Airport for six hours on their arrival to Japan due to travel chaos caused by Typhoon Faxai. Eddie Jones’s side already had one of the most demanding schedules [...]
Mike Ashley survives shareholder vote at Sports Direct meeting September 11, 2019 Mike Ashley emerged from today’s Sports Direct meeting relatively unscathed as shareholders voted to re-elect him as a director of the FTSE-250 firm. In total, 90.99 per cent voted to reappoint Ashley as a director and 9.01 per cent voting against. However, Ashley owns 61 per cent of the shares. Read more: Mike Ashley to [...]
UK litigation funder Augusta raises $115m from US investment manager September 11, 2019 The UK’s largest litigation funder by case volume Augusta said today it had raised $115m (£93m) from an unnamed US investment manager. Managing director Louis Young said: “This development is a strong endorsement of the litigation funding industry and in particular, our market-leading experienced team”. Litigation funders back individual legal cases or portfolios of cases [...]
DEBATE: Has John Bercow done more harm than good as House of Commons speaker? September 11, 2019 Has John Bercow done more harm than good as House of Commons speaker? Lauren McEvatt, managing director at Morpeth Consulting, says YES. John Bercow, with his regular abuses of convention and obvious partisanship, has presided over a gross politicisation of the formerly independent nature of the speaker of the House of Commons. A role which [...]
Recruitment firm raises £45m in latest funding round September 11, 2019 Online graduate recruitment company Jobteaser has raised £45m to help roll out its careers advice to “hundreds of thousands” more students across the UK and Europe. The funding round, which was led by Highland Europe and backed by existing investors Alven, Idinvest Partners, Seventure Partners and Korelya Capital, brings the total amount raised since the [...]
Eddie Jones takes gamble with squad selection but how does England’s cap count compare to rivals? September 10, 2019 Since taking charge of England in 2015, Eddie Jones has been working towards victory in the now-imminent World Cup. Everything he has done over the past four years has been with lifting the Webb Ellis Cup in mind. Yet at the 11th hour he has gambled, opting to sacrifice experience within the squad for talented [...]
Just what the doctor ordered: The tech that is freeing NHS staff from pagers, landlines and WhatsApp September 10, 2019 When Lydia Yarlott started working as a junior doctor in 2015, she was handed a pager. With this retro piece of technology, she was expected to communicate with her colleagues in the hospital. For anyone unfamiliar with (or too young to know) how a pager works, the device beeps when someone wants to contact you, [...]