Cricket Comment: England must clinch Ashes this week as Oval will favour Aussies August 5, 2015 THIS Ashes is almost impossible to predict but I think England need to try and wrap it up at Trent Bridge this week. A drawn series would see Australia retain the urn and England don’t want to wait until the Oval, where I think conditions will favour the tourists. The ball swung around in the [...]
What does the Autumn Statement 2015 mean for you? November 26, 2015 THE SINGLE PARENT CATHERINE GANNON, MANAGING PARTNER OF GANNONS LAW FIRM Gannons Commercial Law continues to perform extremely well as profits and earnings increased on last year. She is commercially savvy and has restructured the business from an LLP to a Limited Company due to the recent legislation covering LLPs. This illustrates that Catherine is [...]
Aena IPO: Spanish market set for takeoff with Luton airport owner’s float February 10, 2015 Luton airport's Spanish owner Aena priced its looming stock market blockbuster at the top of the range yesterday – underscoring a burgeoning confidence among investors and dealmakers about Spain’s rejuvenated capital markets and economy. Aena, which will sell shares for €58 a piece to value the group at €8.7bn, has covered its books five times [...]
Elvis & Kresse’s Kresse Wesling on belts, brands and acid rain September 13, 2015 "Love at first sight”. That’s how Kresse Wesling, one half of Elvis & Kresse, describes the first time she saw old fire hoses – the product that underpins her company. The MBE recipient was on a “very dull” environment management course back in 2005. Two fellow course participants were from the London Fire Brigade. [...]
The ultimate connection: Hyperoptic’s Dana Tobak on recalcitrant councils and politics in taxis October 18, 2015 The thing some have been slow to come to terms with is that BT is not the only solution," says Dana Tobak, when I ask her what the UK is doing wrong when it comes to internet provision. Tobak co-founded fibre-based internet service provider Hyperoptic in 2011. She and business partner Boris Ivanovic, who she [...]
Does the Mazda MX-5 still deserve to be called a sports car? August 28, 2015 The Mazda MX-5 is the world’s bestselling sports car, but it’s never been the quickest. When it launched in the UK in 1990, it offered an enjoyable driving experience combined with top-down convertible thrills for the relatively inexpensive price of £14,500. But the MX-5 failed to move with the times. It cared more about being [...]
Restaurant review: Les Gourmets des Ternes, the Frenchest place on earth, is now located in Knightsbridge July 7, 2015 I started reviewing restaurants for this newspaper back in 2011, a relative blink of an eye but enough time to see some pretty seismic changes in the London food scene. Back then the shadow of the Great Recession still loomed large over London and only the brave or foolish dared to open new restaurants. It [...]
RationalFX and Xendpay founder Rajesh Agrawal on Apple Pay, Masai warriors and the future of banks October 25, 2015 When I get the Tube, I always pay using my Apple Watch,” says Rajesh Agrawal. The Indian-born entrepreneur and philanthropist doesn’t exactly need to take the Jubilee Line to work – in The Sunday Times Rich List 2012, he was estimated to be worth around £90m. But making money has never been the aim: “look [...]
London FinTech stars join Tech City UK’s Future Fifty scheme as booming digital finance sector steals the spotlight December 10, 2014 The capital's crown as the financial technology epicentre of the world will be reaffirmed today as seven of London’s rising FinTech stars will join the government-backed Future Fifty scheme. TransferWise, Go Cardless and Algomi are among the group of 12 companies joining Future Fifty – run by Tech City UK, part of UK Trade & [...]
The self-made mastermind: Malwarebytes founder Marcin Kleczynski on giving away software and what it’s like making half a million bucks at 18 November 29, 2015 After I’d met Marcin Kleczynski, I came across someone who has known and worked with him for several years. A few seconds in and he said to me: “when you meet Marcin, the first thing you think is ‘I might be talking to the next Mark Zuckerberg… but this one’s a lot nicer’”. It’s hard [...]