Watches for those with a global outlook May 3, 2012 THERE’S a case to be made that in the age of global business the ultimate executive watch is a world timer. For anyone whose work sees them regularly jetting between time zones, or who simply needs to know the hour in different markets around the globe at any given moment, a world timer – in [...]
PAINTING A PICTURE OF RBS PAST AND PRESENT March 26, 2012 Auctioneers at Bonhams, the fine art house, are hoping that all the (mainly bad) news about the Royal Bank of Scotland and the debate about Scottish independence may have a beneficial impact on the demand for a portrait being sold next month in the firm’s Edinburgh office. Bonhams is auctioning a portrait of Archibald Campbell, [...]
PAINTING A PICTURE OF RBS PAST AND PRESENT March 26, 2012 Auctioneers at Bonhams, the fine art house, are hoping that all the (mainly bad) news about the Royal Bank of Scotland and the debate about Scottish independence may have a beneficial impact on the demand for a portrait being sold next month in the firm’s Edinburgh office. Bonhams is auctioning a portrait of Archibald Campbell, [...]
DOCTORS AND POLITICIANS CHARGE THEIR OWN GLASSES March 25, 2012 AS the debate rumbles on over setting a minimum price for alcohol, the British Medical Association has shown itself to be a bastion of moral fortitude. Heartily backing the move, which has found favour with the Prime Minister, it spoke out against the “scourge of alcohol abuse” and has lobbied against supermarkets selling cheap booze [...]
DOCTORS AND POLITICIANS CHARGE THEIR OWN GLASSES March 25, 2012 AS the debate rumbles on over setting a minimum price for alcohol, the British Medical Association has shown itself to be a bastion of moral fortitude. Heartily backing the move, which has found favour with the Prime Minister, it spoke out against the “scourge of alcohol abuse” and has lobbied against supermarkets selling cheap booze [...]
BC goes back to the future with new deal for Foxtons March 18, 2012 THE private equity firm that lost control of Foxtons amid the housing slump is on the verge of buying it back from its banks. BC Partners, led by managing partner Charlie Bott, is set to take a majority shareholding for between £55m and £75m, two years after the estate agent was shored up by a [...]
European woes put a spanner in Wolseley’s plan March 27, 2012 PLUMBING and heating merchant Wolseley has revealed higher profits on the back of continued strong growth in the US, but warned of challenging economic conditions in Europe. The owner of Plumb Centre and Bathstore as well as Ferguson in the US reported pre-tax profits of £250m for the six months to the end of January, [...]
European woes put a spanner in Wolseley’s plan March 27, 2012 PLUMBING and heating merchant Wolseley has revealed higher profits on the back of continued strong growth in the US, but warned of challenging economic conditions in Europe. The owner of Plumb Centre and Bathstore as well as Ferguson in the US reported pre-tax profits of £250m for the six months to the end of January, [...]
ITV pins its hopes on in-house shows as advertising slips February 29, 2012 ITV, the free-to-air broadcaster, yesterday said sales of hit shows such as Downton Abbey had boosted its revenues, allowing it to become less reliant on an advertising market it expects to slow down this year. Non-advertising revenues jumped 11 per cent last year to £922m, accounting for around 43 per cent of overall revenue. Since [...]
Bellway profits jump on robust London growth March 27, 2012 HOUSEBUILDER Bellway has said profits before tax more than doubled in the first half of the year as higher selling prices and a strong demand for homes in the south continued to underpin growth. The company, which operates from over 200 sales outlets in the UK, reported a 69 per cent rise in pre-tax profit to [...]