Russia’s Ukraine attack is end of Pax Americana March 3, 2014 THIS is the week Western foreign policy was finally exposed as a sham. Russia has started to invade Ukraine, an independent nation supposedly backed by the West, in what could be the most significant geopolitical crisis since 9/11, and what is anybody going to do about it? Nothing. Pax Americana had been on its death [...]
Racing City heads make waves over at the Royal Victoria Dock March 31, 2014 THE FOUNDER of foreign exchange consultancy IFX, Nick Williams, has just enjoyed a triumphant weekend down by Canary Wharf – although his success had little to do with currency fluctuations. Williams and his navigator, RSA risk consultant Martin Robinson, raced his IFX P1 powerboat to victory in the Royal Victoria Dock during a two-day event [...]
Hawks circle as economy booms May 11, 2014 THE BANK of England is facing growing pressure to reconsider its cheap money policies after another set of business surveys will today point to strong growth across the economy. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said this morning it now sees the economy growing by three per cent this year, up from its forecast of [...]
Broad causes storm as captain is fined after England defeat March 23, 2014 ENGLAND captain Stuart Broad yesterday bemoaned the slap on the wrist he was given by cricket’s authorities for publicly criticising the umpires following defeat to New Zealand in their opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup. Broad was fined 15 per cent of his match fee by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after expressing annoyance [...]
Blame Europe’s 70 year holiday from history for the West’s terrible decline May 5, 2014 THE US public has had it with being the world’s policeman. An April 2014 NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that only 19 per cent wanted America to engage in a more activist foreign policy. Fully 47 per cent wished the US to conduct a less activist policy, a camp that has quadrupled in size over [...]
West End popularity sees developer Shaftesbury close to fully let February 7, 2014 London’s whirring West End continues to benefit property business Shaftesbury. The FTSE 250 firm, which invests in the area exclusively, has said this morning that its portfolio is “substantially fully let” with domestic and international visitors continuing to flock to the area. Despite adverse weather over Christmas, people have kept up spending in Shaftesbury’s restaurants’ [...]
We take the Aston Martin Vanquish to Dartmoor June 23, 2014 It’s the tail-end of dusk in Devon and silence is broken. Thundering down the twisting A382 from Exeter to Chagford, an ancient tin-mining town set on the upper reaches of southern England’s most rugged terrain, Dartmoor, the Aston Martin darts into a private road. Its V12 echoes through a dark tunnel of trees, skimming the [...]
UK tech giant finds missing Malaysian flight March 24, 2014 BRITISH satellite firm Inmarsat has been put into the spotlight after its technology helped track down flight MH370, as officials said yesterday the missing Malaysia Airlines plane had crashed into the Indian ocean. New satellite data from Inmarsat, which was handed to the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch on Sunday, has revealed Flight MH370’s final [...]
Stagecoach says storms will not dent its revenues from railways February 26, 2014 STAGECOACH, the transport group that runs the South West Trains franchise, said the recent storms and flooding that devastated the region’s railways will not make a dent in the firm’s overall results. UK rail revenues were up 3.9 per cent in the forty weeks to 2 February, with the effects of the weather likely to [...]
“Mr Gaucho” to set up new steak venture April 1, 2014 Martin Williams has been MD of Gaucho for nine years. His face was seen so regularly at the brand’s restaurant some dubbed him Mr Gaucho. But it seems he’ll have to relinquish his moniker because after almost a decade he’s moving on. Williams finishes up at Gaucho this month and is starting up his [...]