Entrepreneur Luke Johnson reveals he has a secret stalker November 3, 2014 Risk Capital Partners chairman and entrepreneur Luke Johnson looks to be paying the price of fame – the private equity star has got himself an obsessive fan. “I appear to have a stalker. She attends many of my speaking engagements and then comes up to me at the end…and says ‘I want you,’” he writes [...]
Redknapp eyes Defoe swoop to cure striking ills December 1, 2014 QPR boss Harry Redknapp has admitted his interest in linking up with Jermain Defoe for a fourth time but fears the Hoops may be priced out of a deal for the former England striker. The 32-year-old has endured a turbulent first season in Major League Soccer with Toronto FC despite netting 11 goals in 19 [...]
Investcorp founder Nemir Kirdar to step down after 32 years October 9, 2014 Investcorp founder Nemir Kirdar will retire from the group next year after more than 30 years at the heart of the Bahrain-based group. “I step down satisfied that Investcorp is now firmly established as a global financial institution,” he said. Kirdar, who is executive chairman and chief executive of the firm, will retire on 30 [...]
New SuperGroup chief executive Euan Sutherland gets golden handshake of almost 200,000 shares while share price continues to slide October 22, 2014 Euan Sutherland is being given a golden handshake of almost 200,000 shares by SuperGroup, following his appointment to the role of chief executive earlier today. He will take over from Julian Dunkerton, who founded the group’s fashion brand SuperDry. Dunkerton has been appointed to the role of product and brand director. Under the [...]
Theatre review: John by DV8 November 7, 2014 ★★★☆☆ Lyttelton Theatre When Lloyd Newson, director of verbatim physical theatre company DV8, wanted to create a play about male attitudes towards love and sexuality, he interviewed fifty volunteers. But from the moment John walked in and told his tale, Newson knew he had to change tack. John’s father was a rapist, his mother [...]
Saudi soap opera: The petro-kingdom’s day of reckoning is now approaching fast January 25, 2015 I have never understood the world’s fixation with soap operas; why obsess about EastEnders when the real world is so often far more dramatic and even less plausible? Even more to the point, why worry about 80s American re-runs Dallas and Dynasty when we have the true-to-life House of Saud, the world’s most prosperous family, [...]
Manufacturing figures point to slower growth – London Report November 2, 2014 MANUFACTURING figures due out today are likely to show a loss of momentum in the UK economy’s growth. The manufacturing purchasing managers’ survey for October is forecast to sit at 51.5, the same as for September and weaker than the rates of 52.2 in August and 54.7 in July. A reading of 50 shows no [...]
SuperGroup share price slides as former Co-op boss Euan Sutherland replaces Julian Dunkerton as chief executive October 22, 2014 The former boss of The Co-operative Group, who jumped ship from the troubled company he once called "ungovernable" in March after only 10 months in charge, has been named the new chief executive of Supergroup. Euan Sutherland will replace Julian Dunkerton, the man who founded the group’s fashion brand SuperDry, who becomes product and brand director. [...]
Singapore fund crashes into RAC stock market float plans September 23, 2014 RAC, the roadside recovery group that has been preparing itself for a £2bn flotation in London, is understood to be in takeover talks with GIC, the Singapore sovereign wealth fund. Sources said last night that RAC’s initial public offering timetable had come to a halt to allow talks to be held between private equity group [...]
Phillip Hughes dies: Tributes pour in for Australian test batsman November 27, 2014 Tributes from around the world are pouring in for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes who has died, two days after being struck on the head by a ball in a domestic cricket match. The 25-year-old test batsman never regained consciousness, the Australia team doctor Peter Brukner said in a statement on Thursday. Hughes was batting for [...]