Beat the blues with a slice of Caribbean sun March 25, 2010 WINTER is finally over, and the sun has been reminding us all of its existence in the past week or so. If you are already thinking ahead to next year and wondering how you will get through another few months of darkness and “snow days”, there’s a solution: buy a home in the Caribbean. Barbados [...]
NEWSPAPER VETERAN APPROACHES GUARDIAN WITH A HEAVY HAND March 24, 2010 HEATED words in the media world yesterday after Carolyn McCall’s abrupt defection from the helm of Guardian Media Group to easyJet. Some say McCall won’t be too sorely missed by her former charges at the Guardian, given the messy state of the group’s finances and her recent controversial decision to sell the Manchester Evening News. [...]
Binocular back to best in Hurdle win March 16, 2010 BINOCULAR completed a fairytale turnaround in fortunes to win the Champion Hurdle, the big race on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. Just last month the Nicky Henderson-trained six-year-old was on the brink of being withdrawn from the race after a string of disappointing performances. But, following some encouraging last-minute preparations last week, jockey [...]
CELEBRITY LAWYER CEMENTS HIS STATUS March 15, 2010 CELEBRITY LAWYER CEMENTS HIS STATUS SHOWBIZ and the somewhat more drab world of the law aren’t usually professions that share column inches, but a City immigration lawyer is doing his level best to change that perception. Philip Trott, head of immigration at Bates Wells & Braithwaite solicitors, has been enjoying more than his usual share [...]
Get Me Out Of Here can get Festival off to a flyer March 15, 2010 WILLIAM Hill are as short as 4/6 about Irish raider Dunguib in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, the opening contest of the four day meeting. Last year’s Champion Bumper winner could well be something special, but that is more than reflected in his price. I think he will probably win, but certainly wouldn’t be backing him [...]
Qaspal to set up Festival bonus tilt with Imperial Cup win at Sandown March 11, 2010 TOMORROW’S Paddy Power Imperial Cup is normally a Pipe family benefit race, but the one they’d obviously lined up for the race, Hunterview, unfortunately missed the cut. He would surely have had a great chance to continue the stable’s fine record, but in his absence the one to be on is Philip Hobbs’ QASPAL (pictured). [...]
AMBITIOUS SQUARE MILE LADIES APPOINT THEIR NEW AMBASSADOR March 8, 2010 MUCH has been made of the significance of today – International Women’s Day – for ladies in the City, so it seems fitting that the appointment of the latest high-flying president of the City Women’s Network (CWN) has been timed to coincide with the festivities. India Gary-Martin, the new president, is one of the best-known [...]
Losses at RBS are slashed to just £3.6bn February 25, 2010 Royal Bank of Scotland claimed its darkest days have passed as it posted annual losses of £3.6bn – down from £24bn in 2008. The group’s core business – which includes only the departments that will remain after the bank is forced to restructure – saw profits jump from £4.4bn in 2008 to £8.3bn last year. [...]
A £53M CHEQUE GETS YOU THINKING February 25, 2010 WITH The Capitalist taking a well earned holiday, this ancient scribe has been ruminating over a few whimsical anecdotes that he has come across over the past 47 years in the City of London. My first recollection while learning the merchant banking ropes at Philip Hill, Higginson, Erlangers was to be sent to collect a [...]
Rose: We had to pay Bolland his £15m golden handshake February 7, 2010 THE outgoing head of Marks & Spencer has defended the £15m “golden hello” offered to his successor Marc Bolland. Sir Stuart Rose, who will be replaced by Bolland in May, said M&S needed to pay the sum in order to remain competitive. He told a Sunday newspaper: “At the end of the day, if you’re [...]