City Moves for 26 August 2015 | Who’s switching jobs August 25, 2015 Close Brothers Asset Management Nicholas Cliffe has been appointed investment director at the investment management firm. He joins from HSBC Global Asset Management, where he spent five years as a discretionary wealth manager. Ashurst The law firm has appointed Shaun Lascelles as a partner in its global private equity team. He joins from the London [...]
EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannau opens first EasyFood pilot store in London – with food priced at 25p February 2, 2016 Aldi and Lidl are about to get a taste of their own medicine, after EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannau has opened his first EasyFoodstore in north-west London, bringing the challenging spirit of the discount airline to the grocery sector. The Park Royal shop (next to the EasyBus depot on the North Circular, natch) will sell a limited and basic [...]
London Business School produces the most business leaders and chief executives, while Oxford University has the most graduates on £500,000 plus February 26, 2016 It's that time of year – when the thoughts of the nation's 17-year olds turn to which university they want to go to. If you have leadership ambitions, you could do worse than pay attention to new research from salary benchmarking site Emolument, which has found London Business School has produced the most leaders, with five [...]
Focus On Canning Town: For affordability and an easy commute to Canary Wharf, the only way is E16 March 17, 2016 East London’s post-industrial landscape is rapidly disappearing in favour of quirky cultural venues, artfully rustic cafes and glassy residential towers. While the investment potential in Hackney and Tower Hamlets has been well-documented, other locations that are just as accessible have managed to slip under the radar. One of these is Canning Town, a part of [...]
Why the EU referendum should not be used as a scapegoat to explain falling M&A activity May 5, 2016 Barack Obama probably dealt with a wide array of important issues during his recent UK visit, but it’s doubtful anyone noticed. Only one subject dominated, and that was the US President’s views on Brexit. So loud is the discourse surrounding the EU referendum that, as was the case with President Obama’s visit, it threatens to [...]
City Moves for 24 March 2016 | Who’s switching jobs March 24, 2016 Close Brothers Asset Management Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) has appointed family lawyer Josephine Fay to its business development Team to strengthen its proposition for lawyers and their clients in the UK. She joins from Farrer & Co LLP. Josephine will be reporting into recently appointed Shirley Coe, director of the business development team, and [...]
EU referendum: Remain appears to have gained ground in the polls, but the reality is more muddled May 19, 2016 Polling data is flooding into the public debate on the UK's membership of the EU ahead of the referendum in June. The latest poll by Ipsos MORI put Remain ahead by 18 percentage points, while YouGov's showed 44 per cent of respondents wanted Britain to stay in EU compared with 40 percent who wanted the country to [...]
From Bangkok to Phuket, Thailand is a country of contrasts that’s full of surprises June 10, 2016 What are you missing?” the chef asked. I looked down at a soggy pile of noodles, looked back up and replied, “More soy?” “Sugar!” he barked, then he dumped an entire saucer’s worth into the pan. “Now that’s pad thai.” As someone with severely savoury tastebuds, I was appalled. I was in Issaya Cooking Studios, [...]
London flooding risk: Riverside locations including Bankside, ExCel London, Putney, Chiswick and Teddington warned of risk Thames could breach its banks February 12, 2016 Parts of London both east and west along the River Thames have been warned there is a risk of flooding in the next few days because of high tides. Water levels are higher than usual for this time of year, prompting the Environment Agency to issue a flood alert along the riverside from the Thames Barrier in [...]
Worldpay share price falls more than 11 per cent to be among the FTSE 100’s worst performers after posting disappointing full-year results March 8, 2016 Shares in Worldpay fell by more then 11 per cent today as the payments company posted its first round of financial results since it listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) last year. The plummeting share price makes Worldpay among the FTSE 100's worst performers for the trading day so far, along with miners. Worldpay reported [...]