Jim Murphy pledges redistribution from south to north by hitting the City of London March 25, 2015 Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy will unveil plans to spend £1bn on Scotland's "young working-class" in the heart of the City of London. The money for the new spending spree will come, in part, from reintroducing the bankers' bonus tax, which disproportionately hits workers in London. Murphy will say in the speech that the tax [...]
Jim Murphy pledges redistribution from south to north by hitting the City of London March 25, 2015 Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy will unveil plans to spend £1bn on Scotland's "young working-class" in the heart of the City of London. The money for the new spending spree will come, in part, from reintroducing the bankers' bonus tax, which disproportionatley hits workers in London. Murphy will say in speech the tax "is a [...]
Meet Paul Lister, the Laird who wants to re-introduce bears, wolves and forests to the Scottish Highlands July 19, 2015 It says something about the wildness of Alladale that TV adventurer Bear Grylls chose a spot nearby to set up his Survival Academy. It’s a wild place: Paul Lister, the Laird of this Victorian hunting lodge in the Scottish Highlands, might even answer the baronial door wearing a wolf mask. It’s his self-deprecating joke; [...]
St James’s Place boss David Bellamy: Slow and steady wins the race October 30, 2014 St James’s Place may hold the accolade as the second youngest business on the FTSE 100, but its tender years belie a growing sense of maturity for the firm. Its pool of assets now stands near the £50bn mark, it joined the ranks of the 100 biggest UK companies in March and has an increasingly [...]
Direct Line set to join FTSE 100 as Barratt slides down the list September 2, 2014 Insurer Direct Line looks set to join the coveted FTSE 100 listing this week alongside newcomer Dixons Carphone, as the FTSE committee conducts its quarterly review. The changes are likely to be announced later today and could also see homebuilder Barratt demoted out of the top 100 blue chip companies. The developer only joined the [...]
RBS share price falls as it is fined £15m for mortgage advice failings August 27, 2014 Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland fell 0.5% in early trading on Wednesday, after it was fined £14.5m for “serious failings” in the way it advised customers about mortgage loans, in another blow for the embattled bank. The Financial Conduct Authority found a series of failings by the state-owned bank and its Natwest arm in [...]
Earthquakes in the UK: Why do they happen, how often do they happen, when was the largest and how does it compare with the rest of the world? May 22, 2015 Last night hundreds of people in Kent were woken by a 4.2 magnitude earthquake, which occurred just before 3am. This is the second-biggest earthquake in nearly a decade: back in 2007, Folkestone was rocked by tremors measuring 4.7 magnitude. The UK is not known for being a hive of tectonic activity, but according [...]
City Moves for 19 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 18, 2014 Barbican Centre Trust Emma Kane has been appointed chairman of the charitable arm of the Barbican Centre. She has worked in corporate and financial PR for over 25 years, and is founder and chief executive of Redleaf PR. Kane is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and board director of Grange Park Opera. [...]
Hatton Garden jewel heist update: Police hunt for missing van after nine suspects arrested May 20, 2015 Update: Police have arrested a total of nine men in connection with the Hatton Garden heist – the oldest of whom is aged 76. Detectives from the Flying Squad arrested the men on Tuesday morning on charges of conspiracy to burgle. Read more: Hatton Garden heist images revealed by police More than 200 [...]
Tesco share price rises as Richard Cousins and Mikael Ohlsson join board October 6, 2014 Tesco brought some relief to its unhappy investors yesterday after announcing that it had beefed up its board by hiring the chief executive of catering giant Compass and the former boss of Ikea. The embattled retailer said Richard Cousins, a turnaround specialist who had led Compass since 2006, and Mikael Ohlsson, who was chief [...]