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$51.3m: Mike Ashley's new jet
Thursday 15 Dec 2016Embattled retailer Sports Direct International ( SPD ) is lavishing $51.1m (£40.3m) on a corporate jet. The revelation could hardly have been more poorly timed given woeful interims (8 Dec) containing further downgrades to earnings guidance and raising further questions over corporate governance...
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1: IT procurements likely in 2017
Thursday 08 Dec 2016We all know the NHS has been slashing budgets left, right and centre to meet the Government’s austerity spending targets and this is hitting the IT supplier world. According to Brendan Mooney, CEO of digital transformation specialist Kainos ( KNOS ) , this is unlikely to change any time soon. He...
10: Years for new tech auto adoption
Thursday 08 Dec 2016There’s lots of chatter about self-driving cars hitting our roads but regulations and safety measures are not the only thing putting the brakes on mass adoption. New technology takes roughly a decade to become fully embraced by automotive manufacturers, according to broker Peel Hunt. (SF) ‹...
100,000: Satellite customers
Thursday 08 Dec 2016This is the number of customers satellite broadband and airtime reseller Satellite Solutions Worldwide ( SAT:AIM ) had been targeting by end-2017. But the company reckons it will beat that figure thanks to a period of rapid expansion. A trio of acquisitions during 2016 have transformed the scale of...
1.3bn litres of pop
Thursday 08 Dec 2016A warm summer helped Britvic ( BVIC ) sell 1.3bn litres of fizzy drinks in the UK during the year to 25 September 2016. Sales of Pepsi , which Britvic distributes in the UK, 7UP and Tango’s best year in more than a decade helped volumes gain around 4.8%. Worldwide, and including sales of still...
12% - Playtech founder sells shares
Thursday 08 Dec 2016Teddy Sagi, founder of gaming technology outfit Playtech ( PTEC ) , banked £330m after selling a 12% stake in the gaming technology specialist. Investment bank UBS conducted the sale which initially aimed to find buyers for 10% of the company’s shares. UBS said ‘strong demand’ from institutional...
£4bn – RBS capital shortfall
Thursday 08 Dec 2016Stress tests conducted by the Bank of England showed Royal Bank of Scotland ( RBS ) may require up to £4bn more capital in an economic downturn. Cost-cutting and conversion of loss absorbing capital into equity, diluting existing shareholders, would reduce the capital deficit to between £1bn to £1...