No punishment for Tindall and co after night out September 16, 2011 ENGLAND’S management team have launched a vehement defence of skipper Mike Tindall and several of his team-mates who embarked on a night out in Queenstown following last Saturday’s win over Argentina. Tindall, who led the side in the absence of the injured Lewis Moody, and a group of players, including Dan Cole and Steve Thompson, [...]
FTSE nears seven-year high as M&S boosts retail sector April 6, 2011 BANKS helped drive Britain’s top shares to a near seven-week high yesterday following a Portuguese debt auction, while Marks & Spencer rose on better-than-expected sales, lifting sentiment in retailers. The FTSE 100 ended up 34.07 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 6,041.13, its highest closing level since 18 February. Lex van Dam, hedge fund manager [...]
FTSE nears seven-year high as M&S boosts retail sector April 6, 2011 BANKS helped drive Britain’s top shares to a near seven-week high yesterday following a Portuguese debt auction, while Marks & Spencer rose on better-than-expected sales, lifting sentiment in retailers. The FTSE 100 ended up 34.07 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 6,041.13, its highest closing level since 18 February. Lex van Dam, hedge fund manager [...]
Osborne misses a great opportunity November 30, 2011 AS ever, it was Lewis Carroll who put it best in Alice Through the Looking Glass: “The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today.” Even that could be too optimistic: reading between the lines of yesterday’s mini-Budget, it is clear that the UK is out of money to an even [...]
Osborne misses a great opportunity November 29, 2011 AS ever, it was Lewis Carroll who put it best in Alice Through the Looking Glass: “The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today.” Even that could be too optimistic: reading between the lines of yesterday’s mini-Budget, it is clear that the UK is out of money to an even [...]
Osborne misses a great opportunity November 29, 2011 AS ever, it was Lewis Carroll who put it best in Alice Through the Looking Glass: “The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never jam today.” Even that could be too optimistic: reading between the lines of yesterday’s mini-Budget, it is clear that the UK is out of money to an even [...]
CITY VIEWS: WOULD YOU WELCOME HIGHER TAXES TO FUND ELDERLY CARE? July 4, 2011 JOHN WILD | WILLIS “No. When the new government came in I thought they should change the way tax money is used in the public sector. I thought that under Labour there was too much bureaucracy. They could take enough in tax to pay for these things if they changed the way it was distributed.” [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS August 4, 2011 Kentz Corporation The holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group has appointed Christian Brown as group chief operating officer. Brown, who had a 17-year career with Kellogg Brown and Root before joining Foster Wheeler in 2009, will initially be based in the London office before transferring to Houston in June 2012. Paul Lewis, [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS August 4, 2011 Kentz Corporation The holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group has appointed Christian Brown as group chief operating officer. Brown, who had a 17-year career with Kellogg Brown and Root before joining Foster Wheeler in 2009, will initially be based in the London office before transferring to Houston in June 2012. Paul Lewis, [...]
Chairman leaves Mitchells & Butlers July 14, 2011 MITCHELLS & BUTLERS has lost its third chairman in 18 months after the company announced yesterday that Simon Burke will stand down just five months into the role. Burke’s resignation is yet another round of musical chairs at the pub group following months of warfare between the company and some of its biggest shareholders, which [...]