Lancaster: New boy Ford ready to boss Samoa November 19, 2014 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster is relishing the prospect of finally unleashing George Ford against Samoa at Twickenham on Saturday as his side bid to revive their flagging autumn programme. Ford is set to make his first Test start following four appearances as a replacement and his inclusion represents one of five changes to the [...]
Top sportswoman accolade for leading dressage star Dujardin November 19, 2014 DOUBLE Olympic champion Charlotte Dujardin was last night crowned Sportswoman of the Year after dominating the world of dressage over the last 12 months on board Dutch gelding Valegro. The 29-year-old won two individual gold medals and a team silver at the World Equestrian Games in Caen during the summer, while also claiming victory at [...]
Sir Clive Woodward offers Stuart Lancaster his advice: “Work your socks off” November 19, 2014 Sir Clive Woodward has offered his advice to beleaguered England head coach Stuart Lancaster: keep working your socks off. The mastermind behind England’s 2003 Rugby World Cup triumph said that Lancaster, whose England side has lost five games in a row, must demonstrate to his players that he’s up for the fight. England [...]
Results Only Work Environment: How ending nine to five can banish wasted potential November 18, 2014 During the industrial age, it made sense, in terms of productivity and output, for employees to be at work for a set number of hours. The workday often revolved around static machinery and, for companies, broken or inefficient machines were the biggest costs. In today’s knowledge-based economy, for many firms, it is now human [...]
Lancaster axes Care and Vunipola in bid to arrest five-match slump November 18, 2014 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster has made three changes to his 23-man matchday squad as the Red Rose bid to salvage their autumn programme against Samoa at Twickenham on Saturday. Saracens scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth, Wasps skipper James Haskell and Gloucester centre Billy Twelvetrees all make the cut for the first time this series. There has [...]
Facebook Messenger adds 300m users since messaging removed from main app November 18, 2014 Over half a billion people use Facebook Messenger every month, the social media site revealed today. The mobile instant messaging app now has over 500m monthly users following the company’s decision to remove the messaging feature from the main Facebook app. Combined with its other instant messaging service, WhatsApp, Facebook now has around [...]
In full: Alex Salmond’s final speech as Scottish first minister November 18, 2014 Alex Salmond made his final statement as first minister to the Scottish Parliament this afternoon, bringing to a close seven and a half years leading his country. Salmond opened his speech by saying that holding the post of first minister had been "the privilege of my life", adding that "better days" lie ahead for [...]
Ed Miliband re-launches PM campaign with new battle against zero-hour contracts November 17, 2014 Businesses and unions are digging in for an election-year battle over zero-hour contracts and what they mean for workers Ed Miliband re-launched his campaign to be the next Prime Minister last week, with a new attack on zero-hour contracts and the treatment of workers. Businesses hit back immediately, arguing the contracts give workers flexibility, allow [...]
Nicko Milligan Golf Day raises £35,000 November 16, 2014 In May members of the business community who knew and loved Nicko Milligan, the Sky executive who was tragically killed in a speedboat accident along with his daughter Emily, took part in the inaugural Nicko Milligan Golf Day. It was organised by Nick Hurrell (left) from Enter, Nick Theakstone of GroupM (right), Lawson Muncaster of [...]
Deloitte launches £25m fund for employees to create their own startup businesses November 16, 2014 Big four accountancy firm Deloitte today announced it had started a £25m internal investment fund to allow its employees to create their own startup businesses. If their idea is chosen, employees will be given funding and allowed to work full time on developing their business ideas while receiving “incubator” support from the firm to turn [...]