Persimmon sees profits at top end of forecasts January 9, 2012 British house builder Persimmon said it expects underlying full-year pre-tax profits to rise by half, helped by higher sales margins, and said it was confident of further growth in 2012 as first time buyer interest improves. The largest UK housebuilder by market value said on Monday tighter cost control and sales on higher margin land [...]
Will Olympic torch come down your road? Flame route details revealed March 19, 2012 STREET-LEVEL details of the 8,000-mile journey that the Olympic flame will travel throughout the British Isles on its way to Stratford this summer have been released for the first time. It includes unprecedented insight into the torch’s route through the capital in the final legs of its journey, which will include a visit to the [...]
Property CEOs pocket payout worth millions June 22, 2011 TWO of London’s blue-chip property companies, Land Securities and British Land, paid out multi-million pound pay deals to their chief executives last year, their annual reports revealed yesterday. Francis Salway, the chief executive of Land Securities, was paid £1.2m in salary, bonus and benefits in the year to March compared to £1m the previous year, [...]
Property CEOs pocket payout worth millions June 22, 2011 TWO of London’s blue-chip property companies, Land Securities and British Land, paid out multi-million pound pay deals to their chief executives last year, their annual reports revealed yesterday. Francis Salway, the chief executive of Land Securities, was paid £1.2m in salary, bonus and benefits in the year to March compared to £1m the previous year, [...]
This former general says the real essence of strategy has been forgotten by business January 29, 2012 THE British government can’t do strategy. Who says so? The British government, that’s who. Or more precisely, that’s what the House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee concluded after an inquiry last year. To the historian, this looks like a loss of national vocation. In the great wars of the twentieth century, the British often [...]
This former general says the real essence of strategy has been forgotten by business January 29, 2012 THE British government can’t do strategy. Who says so? The British government, that’s who. Or more precisely, that’s what the House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee concluded after an inquiry last year. To the historian, this looks like a loss of national vocation. In the great wars of the twentieth century, the British often [...]
FTSE commodities drop on fear over Fed announcement September 21, 2011 BRITAIN’S top shares dropped back yesterday, led by weakness in commodity issues as investors nervously awaited the outcome of a US Federal Reserve meeting with expectations for further economic stimulus seen as already discounted. The FTSE 100 closed down 75.30 points, or 1.4 per cent at 5,288.41, retreating after a two per cent bounce on [...]
The party will go on long into the night should New Year’s Eve win March 14, 2012 IRELAND have had a stranglehold on the Weatherbys Champion Bumper since the race was introduced in 1992 with 14 winners compared with Britain’s five. However, the home team have bounced back in recent years, winning the last two renewals with Cue Card and Cheltenian. That said, the one man all will fear is Willie Mullins [...]
The tax avoidance rule that favours cronyism March 6, 2012 WHAT may you do without being punished by the state? With 25,000 pages of new legislation every year, and many laws expressed in hopelessly vague language, no one can be sure. But there is a more straightforward reason we cannot know what will land us in trouble. The authorities might punish us even though we [...]
The tax avoidance rule that favours cronyism March 6, 2012 WHAT may you do without being punished by the state? With 25,000 pages of new legislation every year, and many laws expressed in hopelessly vague language, no one can be sure. But there is a more straightforward reason we cannot know what will land us in trouble. The authorities might punish us even though we [...]