Evan Davis to fill Paxman’s shoes on BBC Newsnight July 21, 2014 Evan Davis, one of the most well-known voices of Radio 4’s Today programme, will replace Jeremy Paxman as the main host of BBC Newsnight after the famously forthright presenter maid his stage exit last month after 25 years. A former economics editor of the flagship current affairs show Newsnight, as well as BBC News, Davis [...]
Utility consultancy gobbles up £10m firm after revenues rise April 21, 2015 UTILITIES broker Utilitywise, which counts Krispy Kreme, Dolce & Gabbana and Boots as clients, yesterday unveiled a £10m acquisition as it reported a 42 per cent rise in half year revenue. The Tyneside-based company, which works with businesses to cut their gas and water bills, has bought UK firm T-Mac Technologies, a tech company offering [...]
London Collections: Men – the lowdown on the latest menswear trends June 4, 2015 The Breton Stripe is a summer classic. Get the long-sleeved T-shirt from Ralph Lauran at mrporter.com, £110, the chinos from AMI at mrporter.com, £155, the Steve McQueeninspired shades from Persol at davidclulow.com and the “Classic Batchel” shoulder bag from The Cambridge Satchel Company, £130, cambridgesatchel.com Sketches: Emma Hopkins LC:M – aka London’s men’s [...]
Apple Pay in the UK: These are the retailers and restaurants signed up for the July launch June 9, 2015 Some of the UK's biggest retailers are lining up to start accepting Apple Pay when it launches in the UK next month. As well as being able to use your iPhone or Apple Watch to seamlessly glide through ticket barriers on the Tube, the Silicon Valley giant has its finger hovering over the button [...]
“I will miss Top Gear” – Jeremy Clarkson April 18, 2015 Jeremy Clarkson has used his Sun column to say he will miss his job hosting Top Gear. It is the first time Clarkson has written a column since he was booted off the programme for allegedly punching a producer, during a “fracas”. He said: Heartfelt thanks to all those who have written to say how [...]
With Australia’s central bank the latest to cut interest rates, is the global recovery at risk? May 5, 2015 Steven Feng, a research fellow at Griffith University Asia Institute, says Yes The global economy risks slipping into a deflationary trap. The US recovery is built on shaky ground, the Eurozone faces an imminent threat to its integrity, hopes for supply-side reform in Japan have faded, and China is in de facto deflation. Emerging economies [...]
If music be the food of city business April 13, 2015 BUSINESS rocks, according to the latest trend in corporate trouble shooting, which sees former Boots senior development manager Stuart Cross use his love of music to provide valuable business lessons. In his weekly Growth Riffs For Business Leaders newsletters, Cross delivers choice nuggets of rock-pop wisdom to more than 1,000 business leaders in the form of [...]
General Election 2015: The two-month race for Lib Dem leadership has begun May 10, 2015 Following the Lib Dems' terrible defeat at the General Election earlier this week, a new leader must be chosen to replace Nick Clegg. The party won almost 50 seats fewer than it did in 2010, amounting to its worst election performance in history. Those who lost their seats included Vince Cable, formerly secretary of state [...]
Ex-Boots boss Richard Baker to take up chair at Whitbread July 16, 2014 Costa Coffee and Premier Inn owner Whitbread has appointed one of its non-executive directors, the former Boots chief executive Richard Baker, to take over as chairman. Baker, who has sat on the board since 2009, will replace Whitbread’s longserving chairman Anthony Habgood in September. Habgood announced in January that he would be retiring after nine [...]
US mulls oil price war with Middle East: Senate debates lifting ban on exports July 31, 2015 Senators in the US have raised the prospect of an oil price war with the Middle East. The Senate held a crucial meeting on whether the decades-old ban on exporting crude oil should be lifted, with chair of the Senate committee on energy and natural resources, Lisa Murkowski, arguing the US should “compete against our [...]