Adidas mulls sale of golf brands after tough day on the fairway August 7, 2015 ADIDAS has launched an overhaul of its struggling TaylorMade golf business, including a potential sale of some of its brands, as the sport continues to lose popularity. The German sportswear firm said yesterday that it has hired investment bank Guggenheim Partners to explore options for the golf business after revenues fell by 26 per cent [...]
Premier League preview: Arsenal now ready to reclaim title, Chelsea to prioritise Europe and Manchester United neeed a striker August 7, 2015 For the first time in more than a decade it feels like the conditions are right and the ingredients in place for Arsene Wenger to add to his three Premier League titles. Read more: Jose swipe as Arsenal land the first blow Retaining the FA Cup and improving on their league position last [...]
Theatre review: Splendour August 6, 2015 Donmar Warehouse Four Stars With The Iron Lady, Shame and this autumn’s forthcoming Suffragette, it seems playwright Abi Morgan is on a mission to compensate for the dearth of meaty acting roles for women. True to form, this revival of her critically acclaimed four-woman play Splendour is as challenging and gripping as it was 15 [...]
Huge age divide in smartphone internet access as only one in three aged 65 and over use mobile internet August 6, 2015 The age divide in internet access is even more extreme than you might imagine. Essentially all young adults in the UK use smartphones to go online, but among those aged 65 and up, that figure dwindles to less than one in three. 96 per cent of adults aged 16 to 24 accessed internet “on the [...]
UK housing crisis: How deregulated “slums” can solve the shortage of homes and high prices for renters August 6, 2015 A blog recently posted on the ASI website seems to have driven some angry reaction. “Britain needs more slums” proclaimed Theo Clifford, the winner of our 18-21 category of our Young Writer on Liberty Competition. While the ASI has a policy of publishing a whole range of opinions (views expressed on the blog are those [...]
Britain’s now a smartphone and selfie nation, Ofcom report finds August 6, 2015 If you feel like smartphones are taking over, you're not wrong. The nation is now using smartphones to get online more than any other device for the first time in history. The smartphone has snatched the crown from laptops as the device people said was the most important for getting online – 33 per cent [...]
A high end estate agent is trying to entice the super rich to Mayfair with a vintage style travel poster August 6, 2015 Mayfair is now up there with Gstaad, St Moritz and Monaco as a favourite playground among the world's super-rich. Read more: Showing off in your supercar will soon be a crime in Kensington & Chelsea And how better to keep them flocking to London's most expensive neighbourhood than with an art deco travel poster? [...]
Mortgage rates start to climb off record lows August 4, 2015 MORTGAGE rates are creeping up, ending years of decline and raising affordability fears for young homeowners. Rates on a two-year fixed-rate mortgage currently go as low as 1.05 per cent, according to MoneySuperMarket. But the comparison website is urging people to remortgage as there are signs lenders are starting to raise rates. First Direct offered [...]
The government sports policy has failed…now it must empower local people to reverse participation slump August 4, 2015 The London Olympics and Paralympics created a once-in-a-generation opportunity in the UK to inspire people to get active and play sport. With a year to the Rio 2016 games, it is clear that that the government has wasted this opportunity. The latest figures show that that fewer people are active in sports than in 2012. [...]
If you’ve a grip on the Calais migrant crisis Philip Hammond, why don’t you come take a look? August 4, 2015 We British know how to queue, that is without a doubt. But last Wednesday I was sitting in a cab in Calais next to a lorry driver from Yorkshire in one of the most unpleasant queues of my life, while gangs of young men wandered past us eyeing up which UK bound lorry they thought [...]