Custom might just be a Cut above his Lockinge rivals May 14, 2015 IN RECENT years northern trainers have always been a fair way behind their Newmarket and Lambourn contemporaries when it comes to the very best races – they just don’t have the firepower. But if there is a future champion trainer amongst their ranks it is surely David O’Meara. The former jump jockey has made a [...]
My House: Ricardo Cervera, First Soloist with the Royal Ballet February 19, 2015 Look out of the windows of my flat and you see leaves – it’s almost like living in a treehouse. Five years ago I moved to Canonbury from Westminster. Living in such a central location was convenient because it was so close to Covent Garden where the Royal Ballet practices, but all the concrete and [...]
Ken Livingstone lashes out at George Osborne at City University Q&A April 7, 2015 He could have gone for a Tommy Cooper classic or some variant on the knock, knock formula – but that just wouldn’t be Ken, would it? Students at City University have been chuckling away in recent days over a bizarre recording of former London mayor Ken Livingstone being asked to name his favourite joke. [...]
City Moves for 12 May 2015 | Who’s switching jobs May 11, 2015 Colliers International Martin Mahmuti has been appointed senior property economist in the commercial real estate services firm’s research and forecasting team. He began his career at Cushman and Wakefield, where he primarily reported on UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa retail markets. Hermes Investment Management Philip Nell has been appointed fund director in the asset [...]
It’s a TI: Collectors are clamouring for The Watch Gallery and Hublot’s ultra-exclusive titanium timepiece April 8, 2015 The Swiss have certainly been making their presence felt in London of late. Within the last 36 months, Bond Street and Mount Street have experienced a veritable Helvetian takeover, with (deep breath) Bell & Ross, Blancpain, Breitling, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Parmigiani, Richard Mille and Vacheron Constantin opening mono-brand boutiques in the capital. All in tasteful shades [...]
Chinese fund to invest £1bn in new London financial district February 16, 2015 CHINA Minsheng Investment, the country’s largest private investment fund, said over the weekend that it would invest £1bn in a Chinese-led project to develop a new financial district in London. The project is one of the largest Chinese investments in the UK in recent years. The private equity firm said it would become the majority investor in the [...]
Stalling London house market falls behind Northern Ireland’s February 11, 2015 THE SCOTTISH and Northern Irish housing markets are more buoyant than the stalled sector in London, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said today. Overall the housing market is still rising – the number of surveyors reporting rising prices outweighed those reporting falling prices by a margin of seven per cent in January. But in London, [...]
City Moves for 10 September 2014 | Who’s switching jobs September 9, 2014 Northland Capital Partners The stockbroker has appointed Patrick Claridge as chief executive. He has over 30 years’ experience in the securities industry, and most recently worked at Merchant Securities. Claridge has also held senior roles at E*TRADE and TIR Securities. Chubb Insurance Jalil Rehman has been appointed chief executive of the insurance company in Europe. [...]
Ghost in the machine: Rolls-Royce’s new Ghost hits the almost imperceptible sweet spot between manufacturing and art June 4, 2015 Automobiles are no strangers to art galleries. Among the MoMA’s permanent collection in New York is a pristine multi-story car park that includes a scarlet 1946 Cisitalia 202 GT, a matt olive ‘52 VW Beetle, and a blue metallic 1961 Jaguar E-type roadster. For three days in London last Christmas, though, there was a marque [...]
Airports commission chair Sir Howard Davies to be named as new chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland February 23, 2015 After a lengthy search, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is close to naming Airports Commission chair Sir Howard Davies as its new chairman, has been reported. The FT suggested this morning that the appointment of Davies, a former McKinsey consultant who resigned from his post as director of the London School of Economics in 2011 [...]