The market for players as young as 14 has turned wild, according to industry figures. Some wages are astronomical, one agent says. A sporting director at a top-flight club struggling to keep their best youngsters away from the richest teams in England says: It's a nightmare. We have to offer 14-year-olds scholarship contracts just to protect ourselves. It is a ruthless business.
Almost nine years after launching her womenswear brand Cefinn following Brexit, the designer Samantha Cameron has announced she will be winding down future operations in the coming months. The wife of the former prime minister David Cameron cited turbulence in the fashion wholesale factor, ongoing cost pressures and international trading restrictions. It had become increasingly difficult to achieve the level of growth needed to reach a profitable position, she said in a statement.