Wigan chairman Dave Whelan insists he would pull his team out of the Premier League if promotion and relegation was scrapped in the English top flight... more
Wigan owner has reacted angrily to the Football Association's failure to punish Wayne Rooney for his clash with Latics midfielder James McCarthy... more
JJB founder Dave Whelan has waded into the spat between the company's chairman Sir David Jones and Newcastle United's billionaire owner Mike Ashley... more
The High Street leisure sector was poised for a massive shake-up as Blacks Leisure, which also trades as Millets, said a potential £16 million takeover bid had gone away... more
Bombed-out shares in sportswear retailer JJB jumped 2.125p to 11.75p on hopes its former owner and Wigan Athletic sugardaddy Dave Whelan will buy the group's health clubs chain... more
MORE on the blame game for the mess we're in. Bankers get the rap and credit-rating agencies, institutional shareholders, analysts, lawyers, accountants, PRs, media, regulators and government go free. Reader Michael Davies from Oxfordshire writes: "It is also apparent that there is one other group that has contributed substantially to the problem of bankers' pay which has escaped attention. This is the group of remuneration consultants who have advised the various boards on senior executive pay. Their habit of collecting data on industry pay levels and then suggesting similar percentage levels for their clients has not only created a upward spiral in pay levels, as everybody measures everbody else, but has ignored the need for a reality check as to what absolute amount is really needed to provide incentives in the business line concerned."... more
Retail: Fears for the future of JJB Sports were growing as the leisure retailer offloaded another four stores to fierce rival Sports World, owned by Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley... more
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