BP share price edges up as profits plummet 20 per cent, but still beat expectations April 28, 2015 BP's share price rose slightly this morning, even as the company's results suffered from the effects of low oil prices. The energy giant’s underlying replacement cost profit was down 20 per cent for the three months ending 31 March, compared with the same period a year earlier. That sounds like terrible news, but the company [...]
Santander shrugs of Eurozone troubles to record 39 per cent jump in profit April 28, 2015 The Eurozone’s largest bank showed it can thrive in the region’s crisis. Profit before tax was up 39 per cent in the three months to March 2015, compared to the same three months a year ago. It came in at €2.9bn (£2.1bn), up from €2.1bn in quarter one 2014. Banco Santander’s net income grew 32 [...]
London Marathon 2015: After Mark Carney thrashed Barclays boss Antony Jenkins, how well does your race time compare? April 27, 2015 Mark Carney beat Antony Jenkins in the high-finance battle at the London Marathon yesterday. The Bank of England’s 50-year-old governor produced a mercurial run, beating Jenkins, the 53-year old Barclays chief executive, by an hour and a half. Carney’s time of 03:31:22 was faster than the men’s average of 04:04:30, and far faster than the [...]
Centrica expects choppy waters ahead as low oil and gas prices continue to weigh on peformance April 27, 2015 Centrica said this morning that the continued weight of low commodity prices meant it was unable to revise up the gloomy forecast it gave investors in February. The company's preliminary results, released on 19 February, revealed a full-year net loss of £1bn and left dividends slashed by 30 per cent. Also in that statement, the [...]
General Election 2015: Conservatives get the backing of 5,000 small businesses April 27, 2015 The Conservatives have received an endorsement from 5,000 small businesses across the country, who want David Cameron’s party to get the chance to finish what it started. The letter, published in The Telegraph, praises the government for: Their steps to lower taxes, reduce red tape, simplify employment law and get the banks lending. The coalition, [...]
As Paula Radcliffe bids goodbye to the London Marathon, here’s why her world records will stand the test of time April 26, 2015 The world’s best long distance runners have taken to the capital’s streets to compete in the London marathon, yet much of the nation’s attention will be focused not on the elite field, but in the masses of club athletes and in particular one 41-year-old who has recently been struggling with an achilles injury. More on [...]
General Election 2015 interactive: Lord Ashcroft polls show Conservatives set to win Rochester and Strood from Ukip April 25, 2015 The Conservatives are on course to take the Ukip-held seat of Rochester and Strood, according to the latest Lord Ashcroft poll. The Tories would take the seat by 37 per cent to Ukip’s 30 per cent according to the survey. It pus Labour in third on 25 per cent followed by the Greens on four [...]
Rich list 2015: Who is the UK’s richest sports figure? And who wins the Wenger Mourinho wealth duel? April 25, 2015 Lewis Hamilton is the UK’s richest sportsman, according to the Sunday Times’s Rich List. The list reveals that Hamilton is worth £88m, with his wealth increasing by a massive 29.4 per cent from £68m last year. That means the Formula One world champion is now £4m better off than Wayne Rooney in second place and [...]
London Marathon 2015 interactive: Is this the best place to run a fast time? April 25, 2015 The London Marathon is a special event on the 26-mile racing calendar, and not just because of the iconic city the route takes in. It is also the best place to run a fast time, according to the data, with more of the fastest 2,500 men’s and 2,500 women’s times being run here than any [...]
General Election 2015: Sturgeon expects SNP to enjoy “enormous influence” over a Labour government April 25, 2015 If the SNP wants Ed Miliband in power so it can gain influence over a minority Labour government, then it’s going a funny way about it. Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), said that her party would expect to enjoy “enormous influence” over a Labour government, in words set to scare [...]
