Premier Farnell optimistic despite tumbling profits September 3, 2009 ELECTRICAL components distributor Premier Farnell posted a 10 per cent drop in second-quarter profit yesterday although it said it saw signs of improvement in August sales. Premier Farnell distributes items from batteries to microchips to companies such as Philips and Microsoft and also counts Nokia and Eriksson among its customers. Profit before tax fell 10 [...]
Premier Farnell optimistic despite tumbling profits September 3, 2009 ELECTRICAL components distributor Premier Farnell posted a 10 per cent drop in second-quarter profit yesterday although it said it saw signs of improvement in August sales. Premier Farnell distributes items from batteries to microchips to companies such as Philips and Microsoft and also counts Nokia and Eriksson among its customers. Profit before tax fell 10 [...]
Faulks takes aim at London, the City and Dickens September 2, 2009 A WEEK IN DECEMBERBY SEBASTIAN FAULKSHutchinson, £18.99 WITH HIS interest in the historical past and his solid, straightforward prose, Sebastian Faulks is the bard of Middle England. His most famous books – Birdsong, Charlotte Gray et al – are set in the world wars, times sure to interest your middlebrow reader. So he is taking [...]
HEATHROW TOP DOGS READY FOR A GRILLING August 18, 2009 YESTERDAY marked the first working day at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 for philosopher Alain de Botton, who’s spending a week as “writer-in-residence” at the airport while scouting for fuel for a new book. The tome, “A Week At The Airport: A Heathrow Diary”, is due to be published in September and will feature conversations with passengers, [...]
Big Brother in the Square Mile raises legal issues August 11, 2009 THERE is nothing so British as fear of Big Brother. And perhaps, not without reason – the UK has 20 per cent of the world’s CCTV cameras. But the latest fear is being spied on at work. City firms have begun to import state-of-the-art tactics to keep a close eye on employees, and it is [...]
Big Brother in the Square Mile raises legal issues August 11, 2009 THERE is nothing so British as fear of Big Brother. And perhaps, not without reason – the UK has 20 per cent of the world’s CCTV cameras. But the latest fear is being spied on at work. City firms have begun to import state-of-the-art tactics to keep a close eye on employees, and it is [...]
St Lucia’s most spectacular retreat is taking luxury to new levels August 2, 2009 ONE OF THE remaining signs of St Lucia’s colonial past (and Commonwealth present) is the fact that, by law, the first 40 feet inland of every stretch of coastline belongs to the Queen. That doesn’t mean sunbathing is restricted to Her Maj and Philip, should they deign to drop anchor in these parts, but it [...]
City Moves who’s switching jobs July 23, 2009 Stephenson HarwoodThe international law firm has hired Duncan Stiles to its corporate practice, specialising in public and private M&A transactions, primarily for FTSE 100 and 250 clients. Stiles joins from rival Ashurst, where he spent over 18 years and became a partner in 2000. In addition to building up a successful M&A practice, he also [...]
City Moves who’s switching jobs July 23, 2009 Stephenson HarwoodThe international law firm has hired Duncan Stiles to its corporate practice, specialising in public and private M&A transactions, primarily for FTSE 100 and 250 clients. Stiles joins from rival Ashurst, where he spent over 18 years and became a partner in 2000. In addition to building up a successful M&A practice, he also [...]
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside (with billionaires) July 19, 2009 IT’S mid-morning, and having got a crack-of-dawn BA flight from London City Airport, I am now in a helicopter flying from Nice to Monte Carlo. Out of the window, the warm sunshine and blue sea provide a stunning backdrop to the hotels and villas carved out of the white rocks. As a helicopter virgin I [...]