The week in brief February 16, 2014 Samsung launches brand marketing platform The electronics company has launched a brand marketing platform, “Launching People”, that will create a TV series where stars (including Idris Elba, Paloma Faith, Gizzi Erskine, and Rankin), will mentor undiscovered talent. Samsung hopes it will help the brand become the “most loved” in Britain. Mini seeks new creative agency [...]
London faces second day of strike misery February 5, 2014 A SECOND day of strike action on the Tube is set to bring further travel woe to commuters today, as part of a union dispute with Transport for London that business groups have slammed. Around a third of all Tube services ran yesterday, with eight of the 11 lines operating for most of the day. [...]
Somersby to provide emotional success for Knight and Channon January 16, 2014 TERRY Biddlecombe, the three-time champion jockey, will be laid to rest today and there won’t be a dry eye in the house at Ascot tomorrow if SOMERSBY, formerly trained by his wife Henrietta Knight, gives him the perfect send off in the Sodexo Clarence House Chase (3.35pm). Biddlecombe and Knight hit the headlines when Best [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 15 January 2014 January 14, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES Cameron shelves migration report David Cameron shelved a government report on EU migration, after Theresa May, home secretary, failed to provide evidence to support her case for imposing tighter curbs on immigrants. May, whose department was responsible for drafting the report, said last month there was “abuse of free movement” and that some [...]
Valentine’s Day drinking for the City singleton February 7, 2013 No better half? No need! If you aren’t coupled up for Valentine’s Day 2013, head to one of the following clubs to celebrate courtly love’s patron saint. The Old Vic Tunnels in Leake Street is holding an avian-themed shindig named the Love Nest Valentine’s Ball. From 14-16 February the venue will be transformed into the [...]
A cynic’s solution to not loving Valentine’s day February 12, 2013 City A.M.’s cocktail expert Call ME a cynic, but there is only one thing worse than being single on Valentine’s Day and that is being forced to sit with your significant other in a bar or restaurant, spending hand over fist in a vain attempt to quantify your affections. And every year the expectations for [...]
Getting to the heart of online dating February 2, 2014 Annabel Palmer talks matchmaking with Lovestruck founders Brett Harding and Laurence Holloway ONLINE dating has come a long way since kiss.com and match.com – widely believed to be the first major dating websites – were registered in 1994 and 1995 respectively. Today, it is one of the most popular ways to meet a new partner, [...]
City Views | How much have you spent on Valentine’s day this year? February 14, 2013 ADAM LEWIS | UBS I have a girlfriend and haven’t spent a penny. I don’t see it as a big thing and only found out when somebody told me today… I found a poem, copied it into an email and sent it to her. I don’t think she’s particularly worried either. PHIL KNIGHT | SEB [...]
Champions League: Tired Chelsea sleepwalk way into knockout stage November 26, 2013 FC BASEL 1 vs CHELSEA 0 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho shouldered the blame for his team’s laboured performance at St Jakob-Park last night, but the other result in Group E ensured they limped through to the last 16 of the Champions League. The Blues made a single change to the starting line-up from the team [...]
Blade Runner charged with shooting model girlfriend dead February 14, 2013 PARALYMPIC star Oscar Pistorius is due to appear in court today charged with the Valentines Day murder of his model girlfriend after she was shot dead at his home in South Africa early yesterday morning. Pistorius – dubbed Blade Runner for his trademark prosthetic legs – was arrested at his luxury home in a gated [...]