Moelis snaps up US politician Eric Cantor for vice-chair role September 2, 2014 Former US Congressman Eric Cantor is set to join New York investment bank Moelis, becoming vice-chairman and managing director, after an embarrassing rejection from politics by his own local supporters. The boutique firm announced yesterday that Cantor could “provide strategic counsel” to the group and its clients, after 13 years as an elected Republican representative. [...]
Admiral vehicle count rises in its third quarter November 12, 2013 MOTOR insurer Admiral Group said yesterday that the number of vehicles on its books increased three per cent in the third quarter of 2013. In a trading statement, Admiral’s chief executive Henry Engelhardt said the group vehicle count of 3.64m was lifted by expansion outside its core UK market. The international vehicle count rose by [...]
Car review: BMW’s new X6 is niche but nice November 10, 2014 It was rather unfair on the woman who’d just parked her new Mini Countryman. I walked across the street to check it out and she assumed I’d come to admire it. In fact, I wanted a closer look at this ugly, lardy monstrosity. I was baffled that anyone would buy one. A three-door Mini, [...]
Ukip-onomics: Slash aid, scrap HS2, raise taxes – Patrick O’Flynn discusses the credible manifesto December 7, 2014 Nigel Farage has spent years moulding Ukip into the perfect political anti-party. Bon-bons, beer and union flag bunting are in; political-correctness, strict party-lines and untouchable budgets are firmly out. But for how long? The anti-establishment teenager has grown into a young adult. At 21, the party is beginning to be taken seriously, having graduated to [...]
London Report: UK labour data and inflation report to form rates outlook August 10, 2014 LABOUR market data and the Bank of England’s quarterly inflation report due this week will point to the likelihood of rate rises in the near future. “Latest labour market data is likely to show a further marked drop in unemployment but still muted earnings growth,” said Howard Archer, of IHS Global Insight. “A further marked fall [...]
Car review: The Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster is a new breed November 3, 2014 The British classic may have Mercedes money behind it now, but it’s sharper and more powerful than ever. Aston Martin, which is rightly known for making beautiful British cars, nevertheless has one small problem. For far too long, its cars have looked, well, the same. The company’s employees and a small number [...]
Plot your watch shop route November 6, 2014 If some nifty wristgear features in your beloved’s letter to Father Christmas, you need to plan your shopping expedition with appropriate precision – easy thanks to London’s bulging watch-retail scene The Square Mile The Royal Exchange, Bank Probably the UK’s most luxurious shopping mall, REX has become a mini-hotspot of horology, thanks to the recent [...]
London Report: FTSE is bolstered by doveish Bank data and thin trading August 13, 2014 THE FTSE yesterday ended slightly higher in thin trade, boosted by a doveish message from the Bank of England. Britain’s leading index closed 24.26 points higher, or 0.4 per cent, at 6,656.68 points after a choppy session marked by low trading activity. Shares in G4S, the world’s biggest security company, led advances, up 5.3 per [...]
Tony Bevan at Ben Brown Fine Arts: The tree of life, death and the mind November 23, 2014 Painter Tony Bevan speaks ahead of his show at Ben Brown Fine Arts. Tony Bevan established a name for himself with blood-coloured self-portraits that snarled and gurned and twisted into the white of the canvas. Meeting him today, you’d be forgiven for asking, where are the devilish flared nostrils, the vast egg cranium [...]
Troubled Woods parts ways with Rose coach Foley August 25, 2014 FORMER world No1 Tiger Woods insists he is in no hurry to find a new coach after bringing to an end his four-year partnership with Canadian Sean Foley yesterday. Woods enjoyed a return to form under the tutelage of Foley, who also coaches England’s Justin Rose, winning eight titles and resuming his place at the [...]