Collins Stewart hiring again ahead of market upswing August 10, 2009 FINANCIAL services group Collins Stewart will today announce a number of high-profile new hires alongside its interim results, as new chief executive Mark Brown beefs up the group’s core businesses to take advantage of opportunities in the current market turmoil. Most of the hires will be to the securities division, though the group has also [...]
BEER TODAY, GONE TOMORROW August 10, 2009 LIVERPOOL Football Club looks set to end its 17-year partnership with Danish brewers Carlsberg at the end of the 2009/10 season. Carlsberg and the club have not been able to reach an agreement on a new shirt sponsorship deal, with the Reds looking to double their price from the last time the deal was extended. [...]
UK house prices seen rising August 10, 2009 STRONG growth in buyer enquiries and price expectations improved to their highest level since April 2007, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) will reveal today. Their latest market survey showed that only 23 per cent of surveyors reported a fall in house prices over the last three months, taking the net balance to -9 [...]
UK house prices seen rising August 10, 2009 STRONG growth in buyer enquiries and price expectations improved to their highest level since April 2007, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) will reveal today. Their latest market survey showed that only 23 per cent of surveyors reported a fall in house prices over the last three months, taking the net balance to -9 [...]
FSB: Use Rock to end the banks’ credit monopoly August 10, 2009 THE government should consider using Northern Rock as a “people’s bank”, operating via the post office network, to increase the flow of credit to small firms, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said yesterday. The FSB said that the state support offered to banks had allowed them to develop a “monopoly” on providing businesses with [...]
FSB: Use Rock to end the banks’ credit monopoly August 10, 2009 THE government should consider using Northern Rock as a “people’s bank”, operating via the post office network, to increase the flow of credit to small firms, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said yesterday. The FSB said that the state support offered to banks had allowed them to develop a “monopoly” on providing businesses with [...]
ABI disputes Myners’ plan for investors August 10, 2009 INVESTOR bodies last night launched a fresh attack on City minister Lord Myners, following his suggestion that shareholders should be able to buy and sell their voting rights. The comments from Myners are the latest in a string of radical proposals designed to increase shareholder power. “Some shareholders who never vote could sell their voting [...]
ABI disputes Myners’ plan for investors August 10, 2009 INVESTOR bodies last night launched a fresh attack on City minister Lord Myners, following his suggestion that shareholders should be able to buy and sell their voting rights. The comments from Myners are the latest in a string of radical proposals designed to increase shareholder power. “Some shareholders who never vote could sell their voting [...]
Heathrow T2 to get a refit August 10, 2009 AIRPORT owner BAA yesterday unveiled plans for a £1bn refurbishment of Heathrow’s Terminal 2, which will allow capacity at the depot to grow by 11.5m to around 30m passengers each year by 2019. The environmentally friendly refurbishment (pictured), part of a £4.8bn investment at the airport in west London, will house airlines belonging to the [...]
Heathrow T2 to get a refit August 10, 2009 AIRPORT owner BAA yesterday unveiled plans for a £1bn refurbishment of Heathrow’s Terminal 2, which will allow capacity at the depot to grow by 11.5m to around 30m passengers each year by 2019. The environmentally friendly refurbishment (pictured), part of a £4.8bn investment at the airport in west London, will house airlines belonging to the [...]