ANALYST VIEWS: CAN AB FOODS RETURN TO GROWTH AS COSTS RISE? April 27, 2011 JEREMY BATSTONE-CARR | CHARLES STANLEY We have long held AB Foods management in high regard and admire the candour with which the company faces up to its operational challenges. However, we will be lowering our earnings estimates in the light of these results and believe that the shares’ rating leaves little to go for. ANDREW [...]
Ghosts of Cardiff may return to haunt Sri Lanka, says Finn June 6, 2011 ENGLAND fast bowler Steven Finn has warned Sri Lanka’s batsmen they are likely face another awkward battle for survival on the final day of the second Test at Lord’s. With memories of their fifth day capitulation at Cardiff still fresh in their minds, Sri Lanka will be concerned at the prospect of having to bat [...]
Ghosts of Cardiff may return to haunt Sri Lanka, says Finn June 6, 2011 ENGLAND fast bowler Steven Finn has warned Sri Lanka’s batsmen they are likely face another awkward battle for survival on the final day of the second Test at Lord’s. With memories of their fifth day capitulation at Cardiff still fresh in their minds, Sri Lanka will be concerned at the prospect of having to bat [...]
Living the life of a laird in a private Scottish stronghold August 7, 2011 ACKERGILL Tower is the sort of place that ought to have a permanent backdrop of lighting forks and thunderclaps. An asymmetrical block of granite turrets and chimneys, it’s a brooding, lonely obelisk that pierces the flat coastal landscape at Scotland’s most northerly tip. John O’Groats is just up the road, the next headland over is [...]
Living the life of a laird in a private Scottish stronghold August 7, 2011 ACKERGILL Tower is the sort of place that ought to have a permanent backdrop of lighting forks and thunderclaps. An asymmetrical block of granite turrets and chimneys, it’s a brooding, lonely obelisk that pierces the flat coastal landscape at Scotland’s most northerly tip. John O’Groats is just up the road, the next headland over is [...]
Kheraj back at Barclays April 18, 2011 HIGH-flying banker Naguib Kheraj is to return to his alma mater Barclays as a part time senior adviser, the bank said yesterday. Kheraj, who spent ten years at Barclays from 1997, including three years as its group finance directorfrom 2004, has returned to advise it on “a range of commercial and policy matters”, the bank [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 13, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES PARCOM CAPITAL TO SELL SEE TICKETS FOR £120M See Tickets, one of the largest ticketing companies in Europe, is in the advanced stages of being sold by Dutch investment firm Parcom Capital for between £100m and £120m. The sale, which has reached second round bidding, has attracted interest from a handful of private [...]
RBS GIVES BACK WITH BORIS BUSINESS DEAL May 15, 2011 GOOD to see that RBS, 83 per cent owned by the taxpayer, is giving something back, after the bank donated £275,000 to Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s “Business Bootcamps”. The scheme, launched last Friday, aims to help London’s fledgling entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground through a series of bootcamp-style workshops run by business [...]
Banks help FTSE to end May on a high but fear still reigns May 31, 2011 BANKS and energy stocks, buoyed by hopes of a second bailout for Greece, helped Britain’s FTSE 100 higher yesterday, but traders remained concerned about buying momentum in the short-term. “Uncertainty for the near term outlook still remains bearish until the markets can pick up positive momentum and clear hurdles to give the bulls a chance [...]
Admiral looks at Linea deal as profits rise August 25, 2010 ADMIRAL GROUP could bid for Spanish insurer Linea Directa and is eyeing an expansion into the household market after growing its interim profit by more than a fifth to £127m. Admiral, which specialises in car insurance, said an offer for Linea Directa was a possibility at the right valuation. The Spanish business could be worth [...]