* Samsung had already ended support for Diamond Series * New IAAF chief Coe wants to overhaul calendar, improve finances * Nike, Adidas see running business growing fast * Bolt is the only big earner on track Athletics was struggling to compete for funding with money-spinning sports such as soccer and baseball even before the latest doping scandal; but that task has now grown much harder despite the booming popularity of amateur Read more [...]

Comments (0) From the Capability Brown Festival, which celebrates the 300th anniversary of 'Capability' Brown, to the anniversary of literary legends including Shakespeare, Beatrix Potter and Charlotte Brontë, it's set to be another exciting year in England. Here, VisitEngland looks at some of the highlights to look forward to in 2016…Anniversaries1. 300th anniversary of Lancelot 'Capability Brown', Countrywide (30 August)Arguably England's greatest landscape Read more [...]

Last week Sky announced that it will be making Premier League highlights available on demand next season, after renewing its rights to "near-live highlights", the value of traditional highlights programmes, in particular, the BBC’s flagship football show, Match of the Day, into question and again leads to serious discussions about the future of sport on the BBC. BBC Sport was, along with ITV, traditionally the television home of top-level sport in the UK. In addition Read more [...]

Comments (0) It might be more than six weeks until Nottingham welcomes in the New Year and before the Winter Wonderland has opened, But attention is already turning to what's on the menu for 2016. Nottingham is earning a glowing reputation for the quality and diversity of events that it hosts throughout the year. Looking ahead to next year, Experience Nottinghamshire have announced a wide range of events and delights that residents and visitors can look forward Read more [...]

9 November, 2015 | By Merlin Fulcher Greenwich Painted Hall. Image by Michael Reeve Source: Image by Michael Reeve The Old Royal Naval College (ORNC) is hoping US benefactors will bankroll the restoration of its iconic Painted Hall Two fundraising events in New York aimed at ‘well-regarded enthusiasts in all walks of life’ are expected to raise vital funds for the project later this week.Organised by a specially Read more [...]

Constructed in the 1850s, Gasholder No8 used to hold 1.1million cubic feet of gas, but is now London's newest parkThe fragile 82ft circular guide frame was dismantled from its old location, where Pancras Square is now, in 2011It was then refurbished by Shepley Engineers, a specialist restorer based in Yorkshire, before being reerectedBy Ted Thornhill for MailOnline Published: 09:28 GMT, 10 November 2015 | Updated: 09:37 GMT, 10 November 2015 Read more [...]

Leading cloud-based enterprise event management platform Cvent will attend the 2015 Event Technology Awards with a chance of winning four different categories. Cvent offers software solutions to event planners for online event registration, venue selection, and event management, mobile Read more [...]

For a long, long time, there was a really bad word on Facebook. It was often visible on the site where everyone could see it. And you were supposed to click it. But you never did—no one did, really. We just ignored it. It made us feel bad and weird. That word was “decline.” Ever since Facebook Events was introduced back in 2005 (when it was called “My Parties,” LOL) until very recently, if you wanted to let someone know you couldn’t go to their kegger, baby shower, or cat’s birthday Read more [...]

Boris Johnson will push Israeli companies to treat London as their "first priority" when expanding outside the Middle Eastern country. The London mayor has flown into the financial centre of Tel Aviv to kick-off a three-day trade mission in which he will mix business meetings with political talks in Israel and the Palestinian territories. The Conservative MP will press representatives of Tel Aviv's business community to follow other Israeli firms by investing in London when he hosts a reception Read more [...]

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