DO YOU SHOP AT A DISCOUNT SUPERMARKET? June 26, 2012 RICHARD CORBEN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE I shop at both because of the low cost. They are cheap and also in a good location. In the town where I live we have Lidl and an Aldi, and I am satisfied with the quality. PAOLO ADRAGNA FIDESSA I shop at Lidl from time to time because it [...]
LONDON 2012 IMAGE OF THE WEEK June 14, 2012 BRITISH Airways has unveiled a giant image of Jessica Ennis, the heptathlete, on the Heathrow flightpath. It will welcome visitors to Britain for the next five weeks. Between now and the start of the Olympics, City A.M. is publishing its Olympic Image of the Week. If you have a shot you think our readers will [...]
FTSE tumbles below 5,500 mark as Spain edges closer to a full bailout July 24, 2012 BRITAIN’S top share index closed back below 5,500 for the first time this month yesterday, with financials among the worst off on Eurozone debt exposure fears as Spain looked to be nearing a full sovereign bailout. Spain paid the second highest yield on short-term debt since the birth of the euro at an auction yesterday, [...]
OLYMPIC MEDIA BUZZ LONDON 2012 PARTNERS June 24, 2012 IN ASSOCIATION with Repskan.com, City A.M. is measuring the relative Olympic media buzz around the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games partners, week by week. The leaderboard, right, reflects their ranking over the past week, in this case from Wednesday 13 June to Wednesday 20 June. British Airways has jumped in the rankings, following the [...]
UK firms say extra Heathrow runway must be on the table June 25, 2012 TRANSPORT firms and business groups have urged the coalition to break a decades-long impasse on UK aviation policy and make transparent plans to address capacity issues at Britain’s airports. Airport operator BAA, British Airways owner IAG, Virgin Atlantic and the British Chambers of Commerce are among a group lobbying for a long-term plan by the [...]
Antarctica is a mysterious, icy wonderland and a visual feast September 23, 2012 THE Antarctic tundra is a black and white world, except for the occasional colourful beak, feather, foot or fin, or the blue ice and turquoise underbelly of a whale. While it is certainly remote and desolate, it is also pure and peaceful: it makes you feel alive. From October to March, there is no night [...]
What the other papers say this morning January 9, 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES Hovis forced to turn to EU grain Hovis, one of the UK’s top-selling breads, is to abandon its pledge to use only British wheat following rain-blighted harvests. Hovis will start using EU grain from this weekend. The move is a blow for UK farmers, who are already reeling from relentless rain in 2012 [...]
OLYMPIC MEDIA BUZZ LONDON 2012 PARTNERS May 27, 2012 IN ASSOCIATION with Repskan.com, City A.M. is measuring the relative Olympic media buzz around the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games partners, week by week. The leaderboard, right, reflects their ranking over the past week, in this case from Wednesday 17 May to Wednesday 24 May. As the Olympic Flame took flight on board the [...]
Investor wrath moves to IAG and Heritage June 17, 2012 THE UK’s shareholder spring could this week give way to a sizzling shareholder summer, as newly emboldened investors keep up the pressure on company boards. The biggest potential for fireworks this week comes on Thursday when the board of struggling Heritage Oil faces investors, disappointed at the two-thirds reduction in the company’s value over the [...]
IAG sells off BMI Regional May 10, 2012 British Airways parent IAG said yesterday it had sold BMI Regional, a division of the loss-making BMI business it recently acquired, for £8m. IAG, which had planned to close the business, said the sale should secure 330 jobs. It will be taken over by Sector Aviation Holdings, an Aberdeen-based consortium that includes tycoon brothers Stephen [...]