Cinven buys up KKR’s Northgate Public Services for undisclosed fee December 22, 2014 Software and outsourcing business Northgate Information Solutions yesterday sold its public services division to Cinven, a top European private equity firm. David Meaden, chief executive of Northgate Public Services – which was owned by KKR – said Cinven’s acquisition of the division was “a huge vote of confidence in the strength of our [...]
Christie’s 2014 sales go down in art history January 20, 2015 THE WORLD’S leading art business and auction house Christie’s yesterday reported art sales of £5.1bn for the year ended December 2014, the highest such figure of any art company in the history of the market. The total was a was up 12 per cent year-on-year, driven by growth in all the company’s activities and across [...]
US corporate results round up May 7, 2014 US gas price surge gives a lift to Chesapeake Energy Chesapeake Energy, the second largest US producer of natural gas, reported a sharply higher quarterly profit yesterday that topped expectations, helped by a 53 per cent rise in gas prices. Profit in the quarter was $374m, on output 11 per cent higher. Sotheby’s narrows its [...]
Are eco-homes the key to sustainable living? Igloo brings “fabric first” approach to Islington January 29, 2015 Burns Night may be over, but there’s a small patch of N1 with Scottish history that’s about to embark on a new beginning. Caledonian Road, a mile and a half-long stretch in between the recently transformed area of King’s Cross and Islington, is affectionately known as The Cally. It started life as the site of [...]
Peak performance January 28, 2015 Named after the highest point reached by a star in the night sky, Zenith has certainly scaled the heights of modern watchmaking throughout its 150 years of continuous innovation – an anniversary being marked with aplomb in 2015. 1865 At just 22, the founder of Zenith, Georges Favre-Jacot, revolutionises watchmaking by uniting all its professions [...]
General Election 2015: How MPs stepping down at this election could make millions on their second homes March 25, 2015 Exclusive: On 30 March when parliament is dissolved, as the majority of MPs will gear up to embark on the toughest part of their election campaigns, some will bid farewell to the Commons for the last time as they step down from public life. But among the 77 MPs leaving office, many will be left [...]
Razor sharp: Will King talks moving on from King of Shaves, politics, a plan for Tesco and why we need Tinder for voting May 4, 2015 I came, I saw, I shaved, I died’ isn’t how I want to be remembered,” quips Will King. In 1993, he founded King of Shaves, the popular men’s toiletries brand. In frustration over the poor quality of his own products, he turned to his then-girlfriend’s bath oil for a smoother finish. The resulting businesses, including [...]
UK house prices: Mansion tax shrugged off as empty plot on Poole peninsula goes on sale for £6.25m November 19, 2014 The threat of mansion tax may be dampening the prices in London and making Myleene Klass feel like she can't brew coffee in her own home, but it doesn't appear to be having much of an impact in Dorset. An empty piece of land on the county's narrow Sandbanks peninsula has gone on sale for [...]
London property prices: In 16 weeks the value of this three bed terrace shot up £340k October 17, 2014 While the data is telling us the London property market is cooling, there are still plenty of signs of just how crazy it can be. Here’s one. It’s not a super skinny house with a bed next to the kitchen, no, this time, it’s an almost average house in zone 2- but its value has [...]
London’s best flats with square garden access June 5, 2014 Next weekend, over 200 gates will be unlocked, grass will be mown, shrubs will be spruced and marquees will be erected to allow thousands of people to walk around London’s historic garden squares. The annual Open Garden Squares Weekend will kick off on 14 and 15 June to showcase the beauty and grandeur of these [...]