BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WORK HARD TO WED October 25, 2011 BACK ON the soapbox for BeautifulPeople.com, the dating service that axed 5,000 members for putting on weight last Christmas. The site has launched a “comedic” YouTube video (right) to defend its looksist agenda. “You can’t argue with millions of years of evolution,” the site’s managing director Greg Hodge told The Capitalist, speaking from an Los [...]
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WORK HARD TO WED October 25, 2011 BACK ON the soapbox for BeautifulPeople.com, the dating service that axed 5,000 members for putting on weight last Christmas. The site has launched a “comedic” YouTube video (right) to defend its looksist agenda. “You can’t argue with millions of years of evolution,” the site’s managing director Greg Hodge told The Capitalist, speaking from an Los [...]
OSBORNE UNVEILS ARTS TAX BREAK November 3, 2011 TO TATE Britain for the launch of Legacy10, the scheme cooked up by culture minister Jeremy Hunt and RLM Finsbury chairman Roland Rudd to encourage the nation to leave 10 per cent of their wealth to charities and cultural causes when they die. Backers of the scheme, which takes advantage of a Budget change from [...]
OSBORNE UNVEILS ARTS TAX BREAK November 3, 2011 TO TATE Britain for the launch of Legacy10, the scheme cooked up by culture minister Jeremy Hunt and RLM Finsbury chairman Roland Rudd to encourage the nation to leave 10 per cent of their wealth to charities and cultural causes when they die. Backers of the scheme, which takes advantage of a Budget change from [...]
Leaving a legacy doesn’t just have to be a metaphor November 3, 2011 YOU can give without suffering. That is the heart of the launch of my new Legacy10 campaign. The donor will not feel the pain while they’re alive, even if their children might be a little worse off, but the charities that benefit from our generosity can be exponentially better off. The reality is that we [...]
Sun setting on Murdoch’s time at family firm April 4, 2012 JAMES Murdoch’s departure from the top job at BSkyB will have little effect on the broadcaster’s business, analysts said yesterday. Jeremy Darroch, the chief executive, and Nicholas Ferguson, who has stepped up to head the board, will provide continuity so the strategy is unlikely to change. Murdoch will remain on the board, representing News Corporation’s [...]
History maker Cavendish sets his sights on London after claiming world glory September 25, 2011 SPRINT king Mark Cavendish became Britain’s first world road race champion for 46 years as his team executed a plan that had been three years in the making to prefection in Denmark. The 26-year-old (right) produced a trademark burst to cross the line, ahead of Australia’s Matt Goss and German Andre Greipel, after Team GB’s [...]
Meccano-set towers: how London offices are evolving January 15, 2012 JE ne regrette rien. That is the message from Chris Grigg when we discuss his decision to quit banking in 2008 to take the reins at commercial property giant British Land. At the time, many in the City thought the former head of Barclays’ commercial bank was simply quitting one troubled industry for another; his [...]
Ministerial favouritism isn’t business-friendly September 27, 2011 VINCE Cable’s Department for Business announced a plan last week to give the UK’s 50 largest firms ministerial “business buddies”. For example, Nissan will make friends with enterprise minister Mark Prisk, Vodafone will get chummy with culture secretary Jeremy Hunt and British Gas will have Cable himself as a ministerial pal. What will government ministers [...]
Jeremy Hunt lays out his vision for local TV network in the UK January 19, 2011 Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt yesterday laid out his plans to introduce a network of local TV stations in the UK. The radical shake-up will see private firms bid for a new channel that will broadcast local news for several hours a day, alongside a national schedule. It will be funded with advertising and likely some [...]