FTSE falters as miners and oil stocks crumple – London Report August 19, 2015 THE FTSE 100 ended lower for a sixth consecutive session yesterday, dragged down by mining stocks as copper prices continue to trade near six-year lows. The blue chip index ended down 0.38 per cent, or 24.01 points, at 6,526.29, more than eight per cent below its record high of 7,122.74, reached in April. However, the [...]
Theatre review: Bend it like Beckham July 2, 2015 Phoenix Theatre | ★★★☆☆ New British musicals have had a tough time of late. Made in Dagenham sank without a trace earlier this year, despite decent reviews and an A-List lead, and Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Tim Rice both had new shows suffer similar fates the year before. Compared to the above, Bend [...]
Autumn Statement 2015: George Osborne’s speech transcript in full including stamp duty, business rates and corporation tax announcements November 25, 2015 Mr Speaker, this Spending Review delivers on the commitment we made to the British people that we would put security first. To protect our economic security, by taking the difficult decisions to live within our means and bring down our debt. To protect our national security, by defending our country’s interests abroad and keeping our [...]
City Moves for 9 September 2015 | Who’s switching jobs September 8, 2015 Colliers International The commercial real estate services provider has appointed Charles Cowley as head of London offices lease advisory. He joins from Savills, where he was director of lease advisory. Cowley has 25 years’ experience in the industry, and also previously headed the landlord and tenant team in CBRE’s West End office. Northern Trust Douglas [...]
Bilic the favourite as West Ham prepare to announce new boss June 8, 2015 WEST Ham expect to appoint a new manager by tomorrow at the latest, with former Hammers defender Slaven Bilic widely considered the favourite to succeed Sam Allardyce. The club took the unusual step yesterday of confirming that an appointment was imminent, following days of intensive talks, and indicating that it would come in the next [...]
West Ham: Westley denies Bilic disrespect following Europa League romp vs FC Lusitans July 2, 2015 West Ham academy manager Terry Westley denied that new boss Slaven Bilic had shown a lack of respect by choosing to watch his side’s commanding victory over FC Lusitans in the Europa League first qualifying round from the Upton Park stands last night. Read more: I want to take West Ham to Champions League, [...]
Black Monday 2015: US stocks battered in biggest fall since 2011 August 24, 2015 After briefly reversing the losses they suffered in early morning trading, US stocks dived back down again and experienced their biggest one-day fall in four years. Read more: Black Monday: Equities bloodbath continues on US markets as Dow Jones and S&P 500 plummet At close, Nasdaq was down 3.8 per cent at 4,526, while the Dow [...]
Paris terror attacks: There’s no case for rushing in illiberal snooping laws in the new surveillance bill November 17, 2015 Lest my position on current events be misunderstood, let me restate a basic truth I’ve set out in these pages before. Killing terrorists is good. However, achieving that desirable end does not mean that the state needs to become more powerful. Nor does it mean that the state should snoop on all of us, “just [...]
London house prices: The north-south divide emerging in the capital’s property sector July 27, 2015 One interesting factor in new figures published today (more on that here) is a sign growth in house prices is slowing in parts of London. In fact, it looks like there's a north-south divide emerging – and in this case it's grim down south. The figures, by Haart estate agent, showed while prices across the [...]
London house prices: First-time home buyers face nightmare market as deposits soar and supply lags July 31, 2015 We all know how tough the housing market is for first-time buyers, and one of the main reasons is lack of supply. Much has been said about how the government is looking to tackle this problem by encouraging housebuilders to ramp up construction of new builds. But figures out this morning show that far from [...]