Rising beer prices causing 'north-south divide', pub boss warns The Daily Telegraph The rising cost of beer is creating a “serious” north-south divide as new pubs are only opening in affluent areas such as the south of England and in city centres, the boss of one of the UK’s largest pub companies has warned. | Rising taxes are forcing pub companies to concentrate ...
Cold weather heralds bumper strawberry crop The Daily Telegraph The recent cold weather has had an unexpected side effect - Britain is set to have its biggest ever crop of strawberries this summer. | Recent inclement weather should lead to the UK's biggest ever strawberry crop | By James Hall, Consumer Affairs Editor | 11:51AM BST 02 May 2012 | Strawberry ...
Britain's got talent, but the Daily Mail seems short of prescience The Observer Simon Cowell: a talent to succeed. Photograph: Ken McKay/Rex Features | The supposed power of the press? Here's a chastening example from everyday life, one without a smidgen of politics on display. Begin at the end of March as Britain's Got Talent a...
Britain's got talent, but the Daily Mail seems short of prescience The Guardian | The Mail prophesied the end of Simon Cowell when Britain's Got Talent was being outperformed by The Voice. So much for the power of the press to influence events Simon Cowell: a talent to succeed. Photograph: Ken McKay/Rex Features | The supposed p...
A Tory at the BBC? It wouldn't be the first time The Guardian | Boris Johnson was as outspoken as ever about political placement at the BBC. But rare is the chairman of board or trust who has not been affiliated to one of the main parties Lord Patten: chairman of the BBC Trust, and once chairman of the Conserva...
Jamie Oliver urges MPs to stop academies selling junk food The Guardian | Chef Jamie Oliver and health experts have been left baffled by education secretary Michael Gove's exemption of nearly half of pupils from healthy eating rules Chef and school food campaigner Jamie Oliver. Photograph: Ken McKay/Rex Features | An exa...
Rupert Murdoch Denies Planning To Sell Off UK Newspapers Huffington Post | LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch has denied reports that News Corp is considering spinning off its British newspapers to protect the rest of his media empire from a phone hacking scandal. | The Daily Telegraph and the Financial Times newsp...
Murdoch denies planning to spin off UK newspapers Chicago Tribune | LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch has denied reports that News Corp is considering spinning off its British newspapers to protect the rest of his media empire from a phone hacking scandal. | The Daily Telegraph and the Financial Times newspapers sa...
Murdoch denies planning to spin off UK newspapers Reuters | LONDON May 19 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch has denied reports that News Corp is considering spinning off its British newspapers to protect the rest of his media empire from a phone hacking scandal. | The Daily Telegraph and the Financial Times newspa...
Murdoch denies planning to spin off UK newspapers Daily Press | LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch has denied reports that News Corp is considering spinning off its British newspapers to protect the rest of his media empire from a phone hacking scandal. | The Daily Telegraph and the Financial Times newspapers sa...
Weaker euro zone nations need more support from core: UK Daily Press | LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone can protect its currency if its stronger countries provide more support for the weaker to help them deal with their problems, British finance minister George Osborne said in a newspaper on Sunday. | The future of Europe's 17-country single currency bloc is under threat from a political stalemate in Greece, which c...
JPMorgan's big loss: Explain it to me CNN By Charles Riley @CNNMoneyInvest May 11, 2012: 1:05 PM ET | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- What, exactly, is going on at JPMorgan Chase? Something about whales? | Um, well, yes. Allow us to explain. | JPMorgan, which has more assets than any other bank in the country, announced Thursday that it has lost an awful lot of money over the past six weeks. | Now,...
