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 [...]
MARTHA LANE FOX REVEALS SHE COULD HAVE BEEN A PRISON GUARD July 15, 2009 GORDON Brown’s new digital inclusion tsar Martha Lane Fox has had a stellar career to date, but it’s reassuring to learn that she could happily turn her hand to something else should she tire of running Lucky Voice and charitable foundation Antigone. Because Lane Fox has revealed that, in another life, she would have been… [...]
Metals lose their shine and oil slips on the strong dollar June 15, 2009 LOWER commodities stocks and the firm dollar took the FTSE 100 lower yesterday, losing 2.6 per cent, or 115.94 points, to close at 4,326.01. Volumes were about 76 per cent of its 90-day average daily volume, but the index has risen 25 percent since hitting a six-year low on 9 March. “The fundamentals of the [...]
Chocolate gives finalists plenty to chew on June 7, 2009 Nearly there. After 13 firings, ten challenges and one peerage, the lowest budget Apprentice to date was drawing to a close. Sir Alan congratulated his finalists before bringing on The Apprentice alumnus to help out with the make-or-break task. Kate and Yasmina grinned as their old friends strutted back in, looking like a Marks and [...]
Banking stocks are rock bottom, which could mean it’s time to buy July 18, 2008 Financials are at bargain basement prices and it could be time to get involved, reports Esther Shaw Northern Rock has been one of the most spectacular victims of the credit crisis, but much of the banking sector has experienced some stormy weather over the last year. Even large institutions like Barclays and Royal Bank of [...]
How the Queen’s Dressmaker got its cutting edge back October 25, 2005 When Timothy Maltin was just 27 he became the managing director of a national institution. Five years ago, Timothy Maltin went to work in tracksuit bottoms and a green Pilgrim Services sweatshirt top. Just the job when you’re running a grave tending business. But these days Maltin is chairman and chief executive of Hardy Amies, [...]
Green: ‘I am worth £1bn pay’ October 21, 2005 Philip Green defended his stunning £1.2bn dividend payment from Arcadia Group telling City A.M: “Venture capitalists would take much more.” In a day dominated by retail news, Green earned the biggest headlines. Arcadia — which owns Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins, Wallis, Etam and Miss Selfridge — reported a 6.8 per cent rise in sales to [...]
On top of the world October 21, 2005 Retail may be struggling, but Philip Green has just taken a £1bn dividend. Is he embarrassed? Not much. Displaying the timing for which he has become famous, retail entrepreneur Philip Green paid himself a whopping £1.2bn dividend from his retail chain Arcadia. At a time when retailers nationwide are struggling, Arcadia announced a 10.1 per [...]