Competitive edge March 30, 2014 Annabel Palmer talks tech with Vizeum’s managing director Richard Morris VIZEUM is one of eight companies in the Dentsu Aegis network. While iProspect does digital performance media and Posterscope Out of Home media, Vizeum provides integrated media planning services. When Richard Morris, then at sister company Carat, was offered the role of managing director, he [...]
Chinese holidaymakers lead the charge over Christmas January 13, 2014 Wealthy foreign visitors helped keep Britain’s tills ringing over Christmas with spending up a record 40 per cent on the previous year. Chinese tourists led the charge, with spending up 52 per cent to around £741 per transaction in December, according to figures out today by tax-free shopping specialist Global Blue. While China accounted for [...]
EasyJet rings in New Year with steady growth January 7, 2014 EasyJet continues to show steady growth, as passengers opting to fly with the low-cost airline continued to increase through December 2013. The company saw passenger numbers rise by 3.5 per cent compared to the same time last year, reaching a total of 4.3m. This marks further improvement for the company which posted positive numbers for [...]
We let the truffle dogs loose in rolling fields of southern France January 20, 2014 Frederika Whitehead goes in search of pungent fungus that drives foodies crazy SERGE, our guide on the truffle hunt, is twinkle-eyed as he tells us about the aphrodisiac properties of truffles. “Truffles,” he says, “are like women: round, firm and very sensuous. I am passionate about truffles because they are the food of love.” We [...]
On the runway to SUCCESS April 27, 2014 Annabel Palmer talks to Cristobal Lowery, founder of GigaFare, which aims to bring algorithmic trading to the airline industry ARE ENTREPRENEURS born or made? In the age-old debate, Cristobal Lowery – the chirpy 20-something who founded his first company straight out of university – makes a compelling case for the former. In 2010, he created [...]
Scardino joins IAG board November 14, 2013 Marjorie Scardino, the former boss of publishing group Pearson, is joining the board of British Airways parent IAG next month. Scardino, who stepped down from Pearson at the start of the year, will replace John Snow as a non-executive director. The airline has recently shaken up its board, two years after Iberia and BA merged. [...]
Ireland taps Willie Walsh for debt agency October 28, 2013 IRELAND appointed airline chief Willie Walsh to its government debt agency yesterday, securing the former British Airways boss’s broad experience as it returns to financial markets following an €85bn bailout. Walsh, now chief executive of British Airways’ parent International Airlines Group, will become chairman of the National Treasury Management Agency’s (NTMA) board of directors once [...]
IAG shakes up board structure November 7, 2013 British Airways boss Keith Williams will also take up the chairman’s seat as part of a board reshuffle at parent firm IAG. Martin Broughton, the current chairman, is leaving the BA board but will keep his role as deputy chairman at IAG, which was formed with BA and Iberia merged in 2011. Meanwhile Luis Gallego [...]
CNBC Comment: UK fraud squad flounders behind US January 13, 2014 HOLLYWOOD loves a swindler. Leonardo DiCaprio’s role as a dwarf-tossing trader in The Wolf of Wall Street proves as much, and reinforces a modern-day misrepresentation of bankers as the real gangsters of New York. “My name is Jordan Belfort,” says DiCaprio in his opening line. “The year I turned 26, I made $49m, which really [...]
London Report: Investors take punt on banks to drive FTSE up January 7, 2014 THE UK’S blue chip share index rose to a one-week high yesterday, with gains in financial stocks pushing the FTSE 100 towards major technical resistance levels. Lloyds rallied three per cent, as investors bought the stock on expectations that the bank will start paying dividends this year and that it will benefit from a recovering [...]