Pub chain J D Wetherspoon to scrap traditional Sunday roast dinners when it brings in its new menu in a couple of weeks February 27, 2016 Sundays are about to get tricky – you might have to find a new haunt to grab your roast dinner at, as popular pub chain J D Wetherspoon is scrapping the traditional Sunday offering. If you need to get your Yorkshire pudding fix, you better be quick, because last roasts will be served on Mother's Day, 6 [...]
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg tops poll of favourite technology chief executives, and Apple’s phone unlocking row with FBI has not dented view on Tim Cook either February 27, 2016 It may be almost a teenager, but we're still fans of Facebook, or the people behind it at the very least. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has topped a poll run by intelligence company Morning Consult as the technology chief executive the greatest number of people have a favourable opinion of, with 48 per cent saying they [...]
Arsenal financial accounts reveal that despite only signing Petr Cech, Gunners spent £39.4m on transfer costs in summer window February 26, 2016 Arsenal made a loss of £3.4m after tax in the first half of the fiscal year due to higher than reported transfer costs. Although the club only signed veteran goalkeeper Petr Cech for just over £10m in the summer, clauses triggered in previous deals took Arsenal's total transfer outlay to £39.4m. Read more: Alisher Usmanov increases personal [...]
Louis Saha: Fifa election ignores what football’s governing body really needs – reform led by a truly independent body February 26, 2016 Fifa is hoping that years of corruption scandals and turbulence will finally be brought to an end by the election of a new president. But I’m not the only one of the opinion that Fifa’s problems run deeper than Sepp Blatter – 69% of fans polled in Transparency International’s recent research said they’ve lost all [...]
Oprah Winfrey partnership could be an expensive choice for Weight Watchers as shares plunge on massive loss and missed earnings forecasts February 25, 2016 Weight Watchers stock has plummeted by over 27 per cent in after hours trading after the worldwide dieting organisation reported a loss of $11.3m (£8.1m) for the fourth quarter of 2015, compared with profit of $4.4m in the same period in 2014 – a 359 per cent drop in income. This brought earnings per share (EPS) [...]
Why firms need to plan ahead to limit damage by association, as the BBC may have found out with Jeremy Clarkson February 25, 2016 The career-ending and potentially life-threatening injuries suffered by celebrities taking part in The Jump recently has raised some questions around whether the continuation of the TV series is in good taste. If the broadcaster were forced to cut short the production, lucrative advertising and sponsorship deals could be left exposed, not to mention committed production costs. [...]
Bankers say it will take more than a decade for the banking industry to gain the public’s trust – new survey from Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) February 24, 2016 British bankers have admitted they have long way to go before people start liking them again. According to a new survey out today from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), half of British bankers say it will take more than a decade for the banking industry to gain the public's trust. Nearly one-third say [...]
How a new wave of developers are using virtual reality and videogames to market their property February 24, 2016 When the iconic red-bricked turbine halls of south London’s Battersea Power Station first fell into dereliction more than 30 years ago, videogames were in their infancy. The primordial graphics technology of the 1980s could only produce a handful of colours and basic, blocky images, reproducing scenes no more visually complex than a single asteroid tumbling [...]
EU referendum: The letter signed by business leaders backing David Cameron’s European Union reforms may not go down in history as a great one February 24, 2016 A wonderful book called Letters of Note has gathered together some of the most remarkable, significant, amusing and heartbreaking letters ever written. The project began as a website and amassed legions of fans on social media, whose enthusiasm drove a crowdfunding campaign to see the collection published. The book features letters from a former slave to [...]
Charlton fans convince energy drink Coco5 to rule out making commercial deal with the club as part of protests against owner Roland Duchatelet February 23, 2016 Charlton have missed out on a potential commercial deal after their own fans persuaded a possible partner not to work with the Championship club. Energy drink brand Coco5 ruled out a financial arrangement with Charlton after being bombarded with social media messages from Addicks fans upset at the way their club is being run. Supporters [...]